Unit 5 Nelson Mandela ------A Modern Hero

Do you help others with their work if they ask you? Are you willing to do public service work without pay? Your friend needs bus fare home but you want to buy something to eat? Would you refuse to help?

Are you active in school activities? Do you easily lose heart when you are in trouble? Do you often help old people or little children when they need help?

Great person: Has a great idea; always helps others; unselfishly; gives up something to achieve his/her goal, etc. Important person: Plays an important role in some field, organization or great events.

Gandhi He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.

Sun Yat-sen He founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years’ fighting. He strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; People’s rights; people’s livelihood.

Yang Liwei He is an astronaut(宇航员)in China. He is the first astronaut piloting a spacecraft (航天器), traveling in the space on board Shenzhou-5 in 2003.

Yao Ming He is the best basketball player in our country. He enters the NBA in America.

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

Nelson Mandela He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people.

Reading ELIAS’ STORY

Task 1 Fast reading Tell True or False T F T T 1. Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble. 2. Elias left school because the school was too far from his home. 3. Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job. 4. Elias trusted Nelson Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth League. T F T T

5. Elias was willing to blow up government buildings. 6. Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people. F F

Careful reading Task 2 Time zone: please find out what happened in Elias’ life in the following years? 1940: 1946: 1948: 1952: 1963: Elias was born. Elias began school. Elias left school. He first met Nelson Mandela He helped Nelson Mandela. Blow up some Government buildings.

Match the main idea with each part of the passage ★ before Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 The hard life of Elias’ before he met Mandela. Part I Part II ★after The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

Elias A poor black worker in south Africa Elias’ experiences before meeting Mandela He began school at six years old and left school 1_____years later because his family couldn’t afford the school 2__________ and the bus fare. After trying hard, he got a job in a gold mine. At that time because he didn’t have a 3_________ to live in Johannesburg, he would probably become 4___________. two fees passbook Out of work

The time when he first met Mandela He first met Mandela at 5______ years old, in the year 1952, when Mandela was a black 6________. Mandela helped poor black people to solve their 7_______ matters. How Mandela helped Elias Mandela told Elias 8_______ to get the correct papers so he could stay in Johannesburg. Elias 9______ the ANC Youth League organized by Mandela to realize their dream of making black and white people 10______. twelve lawyer legal how joined equal

Please discuss this question: What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela? Helpfulness Bravery (勇敢) Persistence (坚持不懈) Kindness (亲切，仁慈) Determination (坚定) ……

Homework Guessing who is he/she? Please describe one of your classmates by using the adjective words in Part warming up. And other classmates guess who is he/she.

Thank You!