1、What makes a city great? What are you favorite cities?Why?,A great city has a long history . A great city is usually the capital of a country and has a large population. A great city will produce a large population.,RUSSIA,MOSCOW,Do you know something about Russia?,palaces,a portrait of Peter the Gr

2、eat(1672-1725),the Russian Czar,St Petersburg,A city of heroes,Peter the Great on his bronze horse,(1703-1914)(1991-now),Petrograd(1914-1924),Leningrad(1924-1991),Skimming:True of false. ( )The city of St Petersburg was built and rebuilt by Peter the Great. ( ) Many great palaces in the city, which

3、were large and beautiful ,were built after Peters death. ( )The Germans attacked St Petersburg a hundred years ago. ( )A portrait of Peter the Great was destroyed by the Germans. ( )It was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces. ( )Workers and painters used old photographs to help them rebu

4、ild the city ( )St Petersburg will never be as beautiful as it was before.,F,F,T,T,F,T,F,during his lifetime,in 1941.,1 The palaces were large and beautiful, and they often looked like something out of(from) a fairy tale.,2 Old paintings, including a portrait of Peter the Great which was found in th

5、e snow outside St Petersburg, have been carefully recreated, and the old palaces have been made as wonderful as in the past.,1 Where do people usually build a city? Why? 2 What were the palaces like? 3 What did Germans do as they left the city? 4 Was it easy for the people of St Petersburg to rebuil

6、d the city? And why? 5 What did the people do to bring the city back to life?,it is true that many of the worlds greatest cities have been built on the banks of a river.,Large and beautiful, they often looked like something out of (from)a fairy tale.,The Germans burned many of the palaces as they le

7、ft.,It was difficult to save the palaces and building without destroying their old beauty.,Pieces of palaces were used; with the help of; a portrait of Peter the Great found (rebuilt, put back,replaced, recreated, made),Topic sentence in each paragraph.,The Russian Czar Peter the Great built a new c

8、apital-St Petersburg.,St Petersburg has also been the center of many important events in history.,The people of St Petersburg began rebuilding the city.,The people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russia.,Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4,built(Peter the Great, the Russian people),destroyed(the Germa

9、ns(the Nazis,), the people of the this great city),rebuilt(the people of St Petersburg),Who are were the heroes of the city?,A City of Heroes,Why are the people of the city heroes? What did and do they do to show their bravery?,Never gave in; would not give up; “Well not let our history and culture

10、be destroyed, and we will do everything we can to save our city!” Strong ,proud, and united, the people,A city is only as great as its people and that the spirit of a city is more important than its building.,What can we learn from the text?,Important phrases in the text:,on the bank of / flow throu

11、gh / look like something /out of a fairy tale; try to do something / under attack / give in /in ruins /give up / lie in pieces /do everything sb. can to do sth. ; be used to do sth. / bring.back to life / it is difficult to do sth. /without doing /with the help of sth. /bring back sth. /put back sth. /including sth. /asas ; come true,Task 1:Find out some import