Unit 2 A life's Work Developing ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Watch the video and answer the questions. Warming up 1. Who was the Forbidden City built for? The Forbidden City was built for emperors, their families and servants in the Ming and Qing dynasties. 2. When did it become home to the Palace Museum? It became home to the Palace Museum in 1925. 3. How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum? There are around 1.8 million works of art. 4. What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world? 1. 没有皇帝允许，谁也不允许进入紫禁城。 No one could enter the Forbidden City without the permission of the emperor. 2. Since then, ordinary people have been able to enter the Forbidden City and admire the rich collection of the Palace Museum, _____________________________ _____________________________________________. (里面收藏了大约180万有几千年中国历史的藏品。) 3. In short, it is a ________________________________， (中国文明伟大辉煌历史的象征)__________________ __________________.(保存着这个国家的文化记忆) memory of the country preserving the cultural which comprises around 1.8 million objects that cover thousands years of Chinese history symbol of the great and glorious history of Chinese history Look at the title and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. Masters of Time Read and get the main idea of the passage. The passage is about Wang Jin and his team who are working in the Forbidden City to restore old clocks. Wang Jin and his work 1. Who is Wang Jin and where does he work? He is a clock restoration master, working in Xi San suo in the Forbidden City. 2. What was special about Wang Jin and his student Qi Haonan? They used to be the only two timepiece restorers in the Palace Museum. 3. Why is it painstaking for Wang Jin and his students to repair the collection of timepieces in the Palace Museum? Because repairing such a large and important collection of timepieces involves complex work, unique methods of restoration and sourcing difficult-to-find materials, which take a lot of time, care and attention to detail. 4. Why is W