1. Welcome to my class!
Wu Liqiu
Wenzhou No.21 Middle School

2. Let’s enjoy a song first!

3. Yaoming
Jay Zhou

4. A great person is a person who________
Chairman Mao

5. What qualities do you think a great person should have?
Discussion
What qualities do you think
a great person should have?

6. is willing to help others
brainstorming
is determined
is active
A great person
is willing to help others
never gives up
never loses heart

7. Great person warm-hearted unselfish smart active brave modest
determined
confident
persistent
honest

8. Nelson Mandela

9. Unit 5
Nelson Mandela
-- a modern hero
Check the homework.

10. Nelson Mandela
He fought for black people to get the same rights as white people and was in
prison for almost thirty years because of that.

11. Nelson Mandela 2.He founded ANC (African National
Congress) Youth League(非国大青年联盟).

12. Nelson Mandela
3.He is the
first black
president of
South Africa.

13. Nelson Mandela
4.He is the
winner of the
1993 Nobel
Peace Prize.

14. Elias

15. ?
Elias
Nelson Mandela

16. Reading
ELIAS’ STORY

17. Understanding the structure(结构) of the text.
Task 1
Fast reading
Understanding the structure(结构) of the text.

18. 1.What is the general idea of the
story?
The story is about __________ .
A. the poor life of black people in
South Africa.
B. the life of Mandela.
C. how Mandela helped Elias and black people in south Africa
D. how Elias met Mandela.

19. 2. The text can be divided into two parts
2. The text can be divided into two parts. Please fill in the blanks to get the main idea of each part.
Part I:
before
The life of Elias he met
Nelson Mandela.
(Para. 1-2)
Part II:
The change of Elias’ life
he met Nelson Mandela
and what Mandela did.
(Para. 3-5)
after

20. Task 2 In 1950s Time Place Characters South Africa events
scanning
Detailed reading
reading strategies :
It is a story so we should find out the essential items in a story.
In 1950s
South Africa
Elias and Mandela
How Mandela helped Elias and black people in South Africa.
Time
Place
Characters
events

21. The life of Elias
time
events
1940
1946
1948
1952
1963
he was born
he began school
he left school
he met Nelson Mandela
he helped Mandela blow up some government buildings

22. blow up

23. Exercise 1:
Please read Part I (Para. 1-2), and then decide whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble.
2. Nelson Mandela offered guidance to everyone.
3. Elias left school because the school was too far from his home.
4. Elias had to get a passbook to continue his work. T F F T

24. Read the passage and find the English for the phrases
提供指导
没文化　　　　　　
三公里远　　　　　
学费　　　　　　　
车费　　　　　　
担心　　　　　　
失业　　　　　　　

25. no money to pay the school fees…
Problems:
no money to pay the school fees…
no money to pay to the bus fare
could not write or read
out of work
give advice/help
Elias
Nelson Mandela
Offer guidance …

26. 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. He worried about being _ __ ____.
lack
eriod
chool
ontinue
orried

27. Write a short passage about
“The life of Elias before he met Nelson Mandela”

28. Sometimes great people
are just like the sunshine, giving
us warmness, confidence and
strength, and their spirit, which
will never die away with the
time gone, will inspire
people generation after
generation.

29. Thank you