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1、Unit1Culturalrelics话题诵读日积月累[导语]被称为“世界第八大奇迹”的国宝琥珀屋,二战中下落不明。多少觅宝者踏破铁鞋却一无所获。如今,琥珀屋终于完全逼真地重新建成了,而且比原来的更美。AbriefhistoryoftheAmberRoomConstruction(建筑)oftheAmberRoombeganin1701.ItwasoriginallyputatCharlottenburgPalace,homeofFrederickI,thefirstKingofPrussia.TheroomwasdesignedbyGer
2、mansculptor(雕刻家)AndreasSchluter.PetertheGreatlovedtheroomonavisit,andin1716theKingofPrussia一thenFrederickWilliamI—sentittoPetertheGreatasagift・TheAmberRoomwasshippedtoRussiain18largeboxesandputinthewinterpalaceinStPetersburgasapartofaEuropeanartcollection.Ttwasfirstopenin1
3、746inthewinterpalace,whereitwashousedtill1755.In1755,CzarinaElizabethorderedtheroombemovedtotheCatherinePalaceinPushkin.ItaliandesignerBartolomeoFranccscoRastrel1iredesignedtheroomtofitintoitsncw,largerspaceusingextraambershippedfromBerlin.Ttseemshardtobelievethatboxesofse
4、veraltonsofambercouldgomissing,andmanyhistorianshavetriedtosolvethemystery.Themostbasictheoryisthattheboxesweredestroyedbythebombings(轰炸)of1944.0thersbelievetheamberisstillinKaliningrad,whilesomesayitwasputontoashipandconbefoundsomewhereatthebottomoftheBalticSea.Oneofthemo
5、reextremetheoriesisthatStalinactuallyhadasecondAmberRoomandtheGermansstoleafake(贋品).ThehistoryofthenowAmberRoom,atleast,isknownforsure.Thereconstructionbeganin1979atTsarskoyeSeloandwascompleted25years一and$11million一later.Itisbasedlargelyonblackandwhitephotographsoftheorigi
6、nalAmberRoom.By2003thegreatworkoftheRussiancraftsmenhadbeenmostlycompleted.ArtistsusedclosetotentonsofamberofdifferentcoloursandtypestorecreatetheAmberRoom・Thenewroomwasdedicated(JE献给)byRussianPresidentVladimirPutinandGermanChancellorGerhardSchroderonthe300thbirthdayofthec
7、ityofStPetersburg・[词海拾贝]1.originally日dy.起初;原来2.redesignK重新设计;再设计3.historian風历史学家4.reconstruct!on/?.重建;再现5.craftsmann.工匠;技工[问题思考]阅读短文,判断正(T)误(F)。1.In1716FrederickWilliamIsenttheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreatasagift.(T)2.HistoriansbelievetheAmberRoomwasdestroyedbythebombingsof1944
8、.(F)1.Asamatteroffact,thereweretwoAmberRooms.OnewasatthebottomoftheBalticSea;theotherwass
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