Tiananmen Square

Triumphal Arch Eiffel tower

Pyramid

Pizza tower

Ⅰ. The first readingQ1: Where is the city?

Q2: Who built the city？

Q3: Who are the heroes of the city？

Q4: What did the city experience?

Q5: What does the city look like now?

On the bank of Neva

Peter the Great

Peter the Great and the people of St Petersburg

The city experienced the Second World War and it was destroyed

It is as beautiful as before

Ⅱ.The second readingQ1: Why do people think St Petersburg is a great city?

Q2: Why was it so difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces？

Because, after the Second World War, the city was almost in ruins. Buildings were destroyed, and paintings and statues lay in pieces on the ground

Because it was the capital city and the city is large and beautiful. What is more, it has been the center of many important events in history

Q3: What did the people use to help them rebuild the city？

Q4: Why are people of St Petersburg heroes?

Q5: What did people do before Germans come?

The people hid pieces of the palaces which should now be used to rebuild the city and its culture

Because during the second world War, the people of St Petersburg never gave in and they said they would do everything they can to save their city

With the help of old paintings and photographs, the people of St Petersburg could rebuild the city (bring the city back to life)

Reading Reading

A CITY OF HEROESA CITY OF HEROES

Ⅲ. True (T) or false (F)1. ( ) The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt by Peter the Great

3. ( ) A portrait of peter the Great was destroyed by the Germans.4. ( ) It was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces.5. ( ) Workers and painters used old photographs to help them rebuild the city.

6. ( ) St Petersburg will never be as beautiful as it was before.

2. ( ) The Germans attacked St Petersburg a hundred years ago.

F

F

T

T

T

F

Key Sentences:Part1. Three hundred years ago, the Russian Czar Peter the Great came here and built a new capital -- St Petersburg

The building of the city

Part2. St Petersburg has also been the centre of many important events in history

The damage of the cityPart3. The people of St Petersburg began rebuilding the city

The rebuilding the city

Part4. Strong, proud and united, the people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russian

The present situation of the city

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Retelling:Retell the text in your own words about the city St Petersburg according to the given key words.

The Neva River… 300 years ago … built …many palaces… in 1941…900 days…gave in …in ruins … destroyed … in pieces … impossible… gave up … hidden … bring the city back to life … difficult… without destroying … put back… replaced … a portrait of Peter … recreated… as wonderful as… bronze horse … come true…heroes