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How much is it worth?Please guess the prices of the following things. The one who gets the closest price of it can take it away.

A jade sculpture 翡翠雕塑

about 4 million Yuan

窑址在江西吉安，盛于南宋。产品以木叶、剪纸贴花以及兔毫釉最为名贵。此碗参考价为８—９万元。

A bowl

(Jiangxi Song Dynasty)

80,000-90,000 Yuan

底部有“大明弘治年制”楷书款，盘径２６ . ２厘米。９６年的拍卖成交价在２０—３０万元左右。

200,000-30,000 Yuan

A plate

(Ming Dynasty)

高４９ . ３厘米，景德镇官窑制品。元青花的特点为体大、胎厚、份量较重，色泛青白。

此类梅瓶当在１０万元左右

• 。 about

100,000 Yuan

a vase

• What do you think they have in common?

expensive, valuable, …

Why do many people spend so much money on them?

They are cultural relics.

Do you know what cultural relics are?

Can you give some examples of the cultural relics both at home and abroad?

What are cultural relics?• A cultural relic is something that has

survived for a long time, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.

文化遗产日 the Second Saturday of June

National Cultural Heritage Day

• Can you give some examples

• of the cultural relics both at home and abroad?

非物质文化（ the Intangible Cultural Heritage ）

China has greatly increased the expense on its culture relic protection from 16.1 million US dollars in 1994 to 66.6 million US dollars in 2005, Chinese Cultural Minister Sun Jiazheng said at the press conference held at the Information Office of the State Council on May 25.

• 1 ．征求看法（ Asking for opinions ） 　 • Are you sure he / she was telling the truth? How do yo

u know that?• 　 How can you be sure he / she was telling the truth?• 　 Why / Why not?•  2 ．发表看法 （ Giving opinions ）• 　 I don't believe ..., because .... • 　 That can't be true ． It is （ not ） a fact ．• 　 I （ don't ） agree with you ． I don't agree that .... • 　 It can be proved ． The truth is （ not ） easy to know ．• 　 I think they have said useful things.... has no reason to

lie

• According to the second national cultural relic census conducted in the 1980s, China then had 400,000 immovable cultural relics. However, at least one-third of them had been eras from the map, according to experts' estimation, most of them being destroyed by human forces.

• Some typical cases regarding cultural relic protection in recent years also revealed that protection of historical relics appeared so weak compared with the short-term local interest.

• A more serious phenomenon that should arouse public concern is that some ancient cultural sites are guarded by only one or two persons, where even a thief can easily go in and make away with the relics, not to mention tomb diggers.

• Although China has already published relative laws and regulations for cultural relic protection, owing to people's negligence, such laws and regulations exist in name only in some places.

• To lighten the economic burden on their shoulders and create more profits, local governments often remain blind to tourism development projects that might damage cultural relics.

• According to international cultural relics preservation conventions, every country has a duty to preserve relics and pass them down to future generations.

• "Cultural relics protection should make way for economic development," it seems, has become a well-entrenched mantra in many localities.

• When cultural relics are ruined for the sake of renovation or expansion, a city's continuous civilization tradition comes to an end.

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The Great Wall

Do you know which part of China the Great Wall lies in?

1. What do you know about the Great Wall?

2.What was it used for?

Forbidden City

Beijing

Seventeen arches bridge

Nine dragons wall

Potala Palace

Tibet

Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor

and the Terracotta Warriors

Terracotta warriors and horses秦始皇兵马俑

Shangxi

The Mogao Caves

Gansu

Huanglong Scenic and

Historic Interest Area

Sichuan

Mount TaiShandong

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenicand Historic Interest Area

The Ancient city of Ping Yao

Shanxi

The Great Wall

The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world that created by man being! If you come to China without climbing The Great Wall , just well as you come to Paris withoutvisiting the Iron Tower.Man often says: “Theman who has not climbed The Great Wall is not the true man.

The old town of LIjiang

Yunnan

• Mount Qincheng and Dujiangyan

Hubei

•Mount Qincheng and Dujiangyan

• Longmeng Grottoes

• Longmeng Grottoes

•Longmeng

• Three Parallel Rivers of Yunan Protected Areas.

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunan Protected Areas.

The Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains

The Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains

• The Moutain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde

•The Moutain Resort and its Outlying Temples,

Chengde

Mount Emei and the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area

Mount Emei and the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area

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• ......To Khmer People, Angkor Wat is more than just an ancient pile of stones, it is more than just the remains of a highly advanced kingdom, it is more than just a tourist attraction - to the Khmers it is a symbol of hope.......

Paris

The Eiffel Tower, the most famous city landmark in Paris, was designed by Gustave Eiffel and erected (1887-9) in the Champs-de-Mars for the Paris Exhibition of 1889. The tower consists of an open-lattice framework supporting three tiered platforms. It is 300 m (984 ft.) high. It was the tallest structure in the world until 1930 when the Empire State Building was completed. It is of interest that Gustave Eiffel also designed the steel framework of the Statue of Liberty.

The Big Ben Clock Tower

London

The big Ben Clock Tower

"Big Ben" is the name of the clock inside this famous tower that also forms part of the Houses of Parliament. Its

impressive mechanism weighs in at over 13.5 tons, and the pendulum, which beats once every two seconds, is 13 feet long and weighs 690 pounds. The clock was named "Big Ben" after the First Commissioner of Works, and

since 1885 a light above it has been lit while the House of Commons is in session.

Australia

Triumphal ArchTriumphal Arch （凯旋门）（凯旋门）

Triumphal ArchTriumphal Arch （凯旋门）（凯旋门）

• It is It is locatedlocated in in pairs , Francepairs , France

• It’ s the biggest It’ s the biggest arch in the world.arch in the world.

• It is It is grandgrand and and beautiful in the beautiful in the night light.night light.

凯旋门是凯旋门是 18061806 年拿破仑为纪念年拿破仑为纪念法国大军战胜奥俄联军而建的。法国大军战胜奥俄联军而建的。随后的随后的 18301830 年革命，路易年革命，路易 -- 菲利菲利浦国王将其作为革命军和帝国的浦国王将其作为革命军和帝国的纪念馆。纪念馆。

TAJ MAHAL （泰姬陵）

• It is located in India.

• It is the grave a king built fr his wife.

• It showed the deep love of the king and queen.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa （比萨斜塔）

• It is the famous Italy building.

• It got the name leaning tower because it leans to the earth.

• It actually used for telling people time.

Louvre Museum( 卢浮宫 )

It is also called musee du louvre in France.

It was built in the 13th century.

It was a castle for the king of France.

In 1793,it opened to the public and became a museum.

卢浮宫始建于 13 世纪，是当时法国路易王室的城堡，被充当为国库及艺术馆 。

Versailles palace （凡尔赛宫）

1)It was first built for the king when they hunted in the countryside.

2) Now it is a museum.

The Great Pyramid of Giza （吉扎金字塔）

It is located in Egypt now

it became the grave after the king died.

London Tower（伦敦塔）

• It was built in the 1000s. The workers spent nearly 12years to finish it.

• It was once used as the castle,the prison, the museum.

• Now, it becomes the scenery for the people all over the world.

The Statue of Liberty

(The symbol( 象征）

of the USA)

What did the Goddess hold in her hands?

女神双唇紧闭，戴光芒四射的冠冕，身着罗马式宽松长袍，右手高擎象征自由的火炬，左手紧握一铜板刻着《美国独立宣言》发表的日期 -- 公元 1776 年 7 月 4 日，脚上散落着已断裂的锁链，右脚跟抬起作行进状，整体为挣脱枷锁、挺身前行的反抗者形象

THE ROMAN COLOSSEUM

Italy

STATUES OF EASTER ISLAND

Chile

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

StonehengeThe megalithic ruin known as Stonehenge stands on the open downland of Salisbury Plain two miles (three kilometres) west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, in Southern England. It is not a single structure but consists of a series of earth, timber, and stone structures that were revised and re-modelled over a period of more than 1400 years. In the 1940s and 1950s, Richard Atkinson proposed that construction occurred in three phases, which he labelled Stonehenge I, II, IIIa, IIIb, and IIIc. This sequence has recently been revised in Archaeological Report (10) published by English Heritage.

St Petersburg Russia

1)world famous

2)made of stones; man-made

3)a long history

4)symbols of their countries and cultures

1.What are the similarities of these cultural relics?

• All these cultural relics are quite beautiful. But some of them were lost or ruined in history, such as Yuan Ming Yuan, The Great Wall, The Pyramid.

• what can cause them lost or ruined?

1. Maybe they were destroyed by natural disasters (wind and rain).

2.Maybe they were even stolen by invaders during wars.

Now our government has spent a lot of money on rebuilding it. Do you think it is worthwhile?

1.They have great value to us.2.They tell us what our ancestors ( 祖先） were and what their life was like.3.They tell us the history of our country, no one should forget the past.

As we known, some of the cultural relics were destroyed during the war. Such as Yuan Ming Yuan, it was burnt out by the invaders.

Useful expression:I think it is worthwhile because...I don’t think so because...

In October, 1860, the Yuanmingyuan Park was destroyed by the Anglo-French Joint Forces or the armies of France and Britain. Now many people hope to rebuild the Park. Do you think it necessary to rebuild the Park? Please discuss this topic with your partners and tell us your ideas.

Can you give some

examples of the

cultural relics

that are in the need

of being protected?

“We will not let our history and culture be destroyed, and we will do everything we can to save our city!

Qianning grand bronze bell of tang dynasty （唐、乾宁大铜钟）

The discovery histric and cultural relics

Duanzhou ink-slub （端砚）

Stone inscriptions of tang dynasty gentleman libeihai 唐代李北海碑刻

A rare Ming dynasty vase

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