Unit 5 Nelson Mandela

– A modern hero

Huang Haishao

Look at the sentences and pictLook at the sentences and pictures of some important or greures of some important or great people and try to guess what people and try to guess wh

o they are . o they are .

Guessing Game:

1.He comes from Shanghai,China.2.He is the best basketball player in our country.3..He enters the NBA in America.

Yao Ming

1. He was born on July 3rd ,1983 in Putuo Shanghai China.

2. He is 1.83 meters tall and 74 kg.

3.He runs fastest and got the medal of 100m hurdles in the 2004 Olympic Games.

Liu Xiang

Yang Liwei

1.He is an astronaut( 宇航员） in China.

2.He is the first astronaut piloting a spacecraft( 航天器） ,traveling in the space on board Shenzhou-5 in 2003.

1.He is the richest man in the world now.2.He set up Microsoft Company and makes his own software.

Bill.Gates

1.She was a Polish scientist .

2. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903

3.She won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911

Marie Curie

1.He was born in Germany.

2. His theory is in Physics.

3. He won the Nobel Prize in 1921.

Albert Einstein

Sun Yat-sen

1.He founded the first Republic in China in 1911after many years’fighting.2. He strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; People’s rights; people’s livelihood.3.He is thought as the Chinese people’s “ Father of the Nation.

1. He gave up a rich life for his ideas.

2. He fought for his country –India to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.

3.He was thought as Indian People’s “ Father of the Nation.”

Gandhi

Nelson Mandela(1918- ), South Africa

1.He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years.2. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people.3.He was the first black president in South Africa.

Question:What should a great person be like?

What qualities should a great person have?

hard-working

determined

diligent

Strong-minded

wise

loyal

brave

Great Person

generous

confident

helpful

responsible

unselfish

……

Great Person

Do you think a great person is far away from us ?

Elias’s Story

Great personOrdinary person

?

Fast Reading

Part1 Paragraph ( ) the life of Elias’ life

before he met Nelson

Mandela

Part2 Paragraph ( ) the change of Elias’ life

after he met Nelson Mandela

and what Mandela did

1-2

3-5

Please read the text quickly and divide the partsPlease read the text quickly and divide the parts according to the main ideas.according to the main ideas.

Intensive Reading(I)

.

1940 ….

1946 ….

1948 ….

1952 ….

1963 ….

He was born

He began school

He left schoolHe was 12 and met

Mandela

Biography( 人物 传记）

The time of orderThe time of order

Please read the passage carefully and try to finish timeline of Elias’ life

He helped Mandela He helped Mandela blow up some blow up some

government buildingsgovernment buildings

Intensive Reading(II)Please read the text carefully and finish the True or False Please read the text carefully and finish the True or False

questions and tell why.questions and tell why. 1. Elias met Nelson Mandela at school. ( ) 1. Elias met Nelson Mandela at school. ( )

2. Nelson Mandela was a black lawyer. ( ) 2. Nelson Mandela was a black lawyer. ( )

3. Elias was unable to read or write because he was lazy. (3. Elias was unable to read or write because he was lazy. ( ) )

4. Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job. ( ) 4. Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job. ( )

5. Elias was happy blowing up government buildings.5. Elias was happy blowing up government buildings. ( ( ) )

6. Nelson Mandela believed that black people were being treated 6. Nelson Mandela believed that black people were being treated as well as white people in South Africa.as well as white people in South Africa. ( ) ( )

7. Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to 7. Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people. help black people.

8. The government were happy with Nelson Mandela and the ANC.8. The government were happy with Nelson Mandela and the ANC.

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Questions:

1. Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela?

-----Group1

2.What problems did the black people like Elias have?

-------Group2

3.Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it? -------Group3

4.What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela? -------Group 4

1. Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela?(Group1)

Because Nelson Mandela used to help him in Johannesburg. And Elias joined the ANC Youth League which was organized by Nelson Mandela.

2. What problems did the black people like Elias have?(Group2)

Black people had no vote and could not choose who ruled them. The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people. They could not get jobs they wanted. The places they were the poorest areas in South Africa. No one could grow food there.

Possible answers

3. Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it?(Group3)

Because he wanted to realize their dream of making black and white people equal.

Possible answers

4.What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?

(Group4)

Helpfulness Bravery( 勇敢） Persistence （坚持不懈） Kindness （亲切，仁慈 ) Determination （坚定）

Discussion:

How to be a great person?(3m)

(First,a group of 3-4 students discuss

together;

Second, the group leader make a brief

report of your group’s discussion )

Do their best

How to make a great person?

pay more time

never give up

intelligent

Never lose heart when in great trouble

set up an aim

get on well with others

insist on what they pursue

help others

be active in society activitiesBe willing to do public

service

unselfishdetermined

Practice

1.Group of people organized for a special purpose

2.Feel hopeless

3.Lose one’s job4.Brave man5.In fact6.some difficult

problems7.Be taken to prison

In trouble

Out of work

league

Put in prison

Lose hope

As a matter of fact

hero

Homework

1.Find out the useful words and expressions 1.Find out the useful words and expressions in the textin the text. . 2.According to the timeline,try to retell Elias’s story2.According to the timeline,try to retell Elias’s story