1. Unit 5
Nelson Mandela
--A Modern Hero

2. Who do you think is a great person? Give your reasons.
Warming up
Who do you think is a great person?
Give your reasons.

3. Words about qualities:
active 积极的,活跃的 careful 办事仔细的
confident 有信心的 easy-going 随和的
devoted 忠实的 friendly 友好的
strong-willed 意志坚强的
tireless 孜孜不倦的 calm镇静的
lovely 可爱的 handsome 帅气的

4. hard-working 勤劳的 honest 诚实的
intelligent 理解力强的 wise 明智的
warm-hearted 热心的 brave 勇敢的
selfless无私的 generous 慷慨的
reliable 可信赖的
responsible 负责的 sincere 真诚的 willing to help 助人的 determined 坚定的

5. lazy 懒惰的 cruel 残酷的 mean 吝啬的
unkind刻薄的 selfish 自私的
stubborn顽固的

6. Pre-reading
Yao Ming
He was one of the best basketball players . He played basketball in NBA.

7. Jay Chow
He wrote a lot of pop songs for himself and for other pop singers.
He is very popular with teenagers.

8. Sun Yat-sen
( ,China)
He founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years’ frighting.
He believed in the three principles: nationalism; people’s rights; people’s livelihood.

9. Norman Bethune
( , Canada)
He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during World War II .He worked selflessly in China as a doctor and saved a lot of Chinese soldiers.

10. Are these famous people also great people?

11. Great people are those who devote their life to helping others.
famous people:
great people:
Great people are those who devote their life to helping others.
Famous people are those who are well-known and work harder and make a huge success.

12. William Tyndale (1484-1536), Britain
He translated the Bible into Modern English so all people could read it. He died for his ideas but his work is still used in the official Bible today.

13. Mohandas Gandhi
( ), India
He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.

14. Neil Armstrong
American astronaut;
He was the first person to walk on the moon in July He said
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

15. Brief introduction about Nelson Mendela
1. All his life, he fought for the black people and was in prison for about thirty years.
2. He founded the ANC Youth League.(非国大青年联盟)
3. He helped the black people to get the same rights as the white people.
4. He was the first black president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela

16. He won the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1993.
He visited China twice,
in and 1999.

18. Elias

19. How many parts can the text be divided into?
Skimming for structure
How many parts can the text be divided into?

20. Part 1 Part 2 Main ideas of each part: (Paragraph 1-2) (Paragraph 3-5)
The life of Elias _____ he met Mandela.
before
Part 2
(Paragraph 3-5)
The change of Elias’ life ____ he met Mandela and what Mandela did.
after

21. Homework:
Read the passage carefully and finish the exercises on page 35.
What qualities does Nelson Mandela have?.Why do you think so? ●

22. Thank you!