• Look at the following pictures and try to recall what we have learned last class.

• Last class we’ve also discussed about how to make suggestions and ask for suggestions. You are asked to send five things that represent china into space. How can you express your idea?

• Making suggestions• Let’s put in …• Maybe we could put …• I’d like to choose …• What\How about …?• Why not …?• Why don’t you …?

• Asking for suggestions• What shall we put in… ?• Can’t we put in…?• Should we put in …?

• The four greatest ancient countries and their rivers.

• China Yellow River• Egypt Nile• Babylon Euphrates and

Tigris • India Ganges

• But what we will learn today has no connection with these four greatest countries . First , let’s look at several pictures.

• St.Petersburg(1703圣彼得堡 )→Petersburg(1914彼得格勒 )→Lingrad(1924列宁格勒 )→St.Petersburg(1991圣彼得堡 )

• Neva River • Czar Peter the Great

• Outline of the text• 1703 Czar Peter the Great built the city ,it

was beautiful, like something out of a fairy tale.

• 1941 under 900 days of attack the city was almost in ruins.

• After the war, people rebuild it and the palaces has been brought back to life.

Words and Grammar• 1, It’s true that …:It’s ＋ adj ＋ that clause• eg. It’s important that we should learn a foreign language well.• 2,in ruins :in a severely damages condition• eg.An earthquake left the whole town in ruins.• 3,(1)give in (to sb.\sth.) : allow oneself to be defeated or overcome b

y sb.\sth. eg. The rebels gave in to the government.• He is a brave man that he would never give in• to his rival.• (2)give sth. In : hand over sth. to sb.• eg.Give in your homework after class.• 4,bring back to life 恢复某事物• eg,bring back to the beauty• bring sth. back to sth • eg. Bring her back to life ,health, happiness.

Now read the text and answer the questions on page 46

• 1,Why do people think St Petersburg is a great city?

• 2,Why was it so difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces?

• 3,What did people use to help them rebuild the city?

• 4,Why are the people of St Petersburg heroes?

• 1,Beacause the palaces were large and beautiful and they often looked like something out of a fairy tale, and the city has been the centre of many important events in history.

• 2,Beacause St.Petersburg was almost in ruins. Buildings were destroyed ,and paintings and statues lay in pieces on the ground.

• 3,With the help of old paintings and photographs, the people of St.Petersburg were able to bring back the beautiful of their culture and their history.

• 4,First , the city was under attack for 900 days ,but the people of the city never gave in .Second , restoring the city and its cultural relics seemed impossible after it was destroyed ,but the people of this city would not give up. At last ,the city has been made as wonderful as in the past .

• Homework :write an article about how to protect the clay Figures of Warriors and Horses.

• Class is over ,thanks all of you.