1. Unit 5 Nelson Mandela - a modern hero
Reading
Elias’ story

2. Nelson Mandela Pre-reading What’s the connection between them?
reading strategies: Make a guess according to the title before reading.
What’s the connection between them?
Nelson Mandela
Elias
Strangers
Friends
C. Father and son
D. Teacher and student

3. Fast reading Read fast to prove your guess and get the main idea.
skimming
1.What’s the connection between them?
Strangers B. Friends
C. Father and son D. Teacher and student
2.What is the general idea of the story?
The story is about __________ .
the poor life of black people in South Africa.
the life of Mandela.
how Mandela helped black people.
how Elias met Mandela.

4. 3. How many parts can the text be divided into
3. How many parts can the text be divided into? Give the general idea of each part.
Paragraph The life of Elias before he met Nelson Mandela.
Part 1
Part 2
Paragraph The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

5. Intensive reading
What problems did the black people like Elias have at that time?
They had no
They couldn’t get they wanted.
They had to live in
vote
jobs
the poorest areas

6. Intensive reading 2.Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela? how to get
Mandela told him
the correct papers so that he could keep his job.

7. Intensive reading 3.How did he support Mandela? He joined .
He helped Mandela__________
some government buildings.
the ANC Youth League
blow up

8. Read the text again , then close your books and finish the short passage.
Elias is a poor b_____ worker in South Africa. When he first met Mandela ,he was in a difficult p_____ of his life. He began s______at six. But he had to leave because his family could not c______ to pay the school fees. When he got a job, he was w_______ because he didn’t have a passbook. Then Mandela told him what to do and helped him. When Mandela o________ the ANC Youth League, Elias joined it. At that time, black people had no v____ and could not choose who r_____ them and even no one could grow food there. In 1963 he helped b_____ up some government buildings, though it was d________ for him, because he knew it was to r________ their dream of making black and white people e_______.
lack
eriod
chool
ontinue
orried
rganized
ote
uled
low
angerous
ealize
qual

9. 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）)

10. Homework Find out the useful words and expressions in the text.
2. Find out all the sentences which are
caused by the Relative Adverbs(关系副词)

11. Thank you