高一英语必修2,Unit1 的reading：in search of the amber room的缩写

It vanished in the wake of World War II–an 11-foot-square hall walled with amber and other semiprecious stones and worth $142 million in today's dollars.It was illuminated by 565 candles whose light was reflected in the warm gold surface of the amber and sparkled in the mirrors,gilt,and mosaics." This opulent gesture of friendship between Russians and Germans would come to serve as a potent symbol of their divisions.in a goodwill ceremony faintly and oddly reminiscent of that first kingly gift just under 300 years ago