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1、Unit1 Culturalrelics【导语】 被称为“世界第八大奇迹”的俄罗斯国宝琥珀屋,二战中被德国人占为己有,后来便下落不明。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.
2、TheroomwasdesignedbyGermansculptor(雕刻家)AndreasSchlüter.PetertheGreatlovedtheroomonavisit,andin1716theKingofPrussia—thenFrederickWilliamⅠ—sentittoPetertheGreatasagift.TheAmberRoomwasshippedtoRussiain18largeboxesandputinthewinterpalaceinStPetersburgasapartofaEu
3、ropeanartcollection.Itwasfirstopenin1746inthewinterpalace,whereitwashousedtill1755.In1755,CzarinaElizabethorderedtheroombemovedtotheCatherinePalaceinPushkin.ItaliandesignerBartolomeoFrancescoRastrelliredesignedtheroomtofitintoitsnew,largerspaceusingextraamber
4、shippedfromBerlin.Itseemshardtobelievethatboxesofseveraltonsofambercouldgomissing,andmanyhistorianshavetriedtosolvethemystery.Themostbasictheoryisthattheboxesweredestroyedbythebombings(轰炸)of1944.OthersbelievetheamberisstillinKaliningrad,whilesomesayitwasputon
5、toashipandcanbefoundsomewhereatthebottomoftheBalticSea.OneofthemoreextremetheoriesisthatStalinactuallyhadasecondAmberRoomandtheGermansstoleafake(赝品).ThehistoryofthenewAmberRoom,atleast,isknownforsure.Thereconstructionbeganin1979atTsarskoyeSeloandwascompleted2
6、5years—and$11million—later.ItisbasedlargelyonblackandwhitephotographsoftheoriginalAmberRoom.By2003thegreatworkoftheRussiancraftsmenhadbeenmostlycompleted.ArtistsusedclosetotentonsofamberofdifferentcoloursandtypestorecreatetheAmberRoom.Thenewroomwasdedicated(把
7、……献给)byRussianPresidentVladimirPutin17andGermanChancellorGerhardSchroderonthe300thbirthdayofthecityofStPetersburg.【词海拾贝】1.originally adv.起初;原来2.redesignv.重新设计;再设计3.historiann.历史学家4.reconstructionn.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.In1716Frederi
8、ckWilliamⅠsenttheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreatasagift.( )2.HistoriansbelievetheAmberRoomwasdestroyedbythebombingsof1944.( )3.Asamatteroffact,thereweretwoAmberRooms.OnewasatthebottomoftheBalt
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