FREEDOM FIGHTERS

revision

Martin Luther King. Jr （ Jr=junior ） (1929—1968) A. Open a home for old and poor black in 1908 Nelson Mandela (1918--…) B. Give a speech “I Have a Dream” in 1963 John Brown (1800—1859) C. Become the first black president of South Africa Harriet Tubman (about1821—1913) D. Help runaway slaves in the 1850s. Just try to match the following freedom fighters with their actions: B C D A

 Born in 1929  Graduated in 1955  Worked in a church  Organized his first action in 1955  Formed an organisation for black leaders to work together in 1957  Give speech “ I Have a Dream” in 1963  Received the Nobel Peace Price in 1964  Murdered in 1968 Martin Luther King. Jr W o n

Born in 1918 First actions while still at university in 1940 Graduated in 1942 Helped to found the ANC Youth League in 1944 Led many peaceful actions during the 1950s Put in prison from 1962 till 1989 Received the Noble Peace Prize in 1993 Because the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 Nelson Mandela prison 监狱 (c.) 被监禁状态 (u.) 常用词组 : put …in \ into prison throw \ cast … into prison send \ take … to prison be in prison be out of prison break prison 当前面使用冠词时, 仅表示 地点, 同类词语还有 :school, university, hospital, table 等.

Born in 1800 Worked as a farmer Believed that slavery was wrong Made friends and lived with free black people in the 1840 Helped runaway slaves in the 1850s In 1855 he and five of his sons fought to create a safe area for black people adj. 逃跑的

Born as a slave in 1820 Escaped in 1849 In 1850 a law was made to forbid people to help runaway slaves Joined an action group to help runaway slaves in 1850 Saved more than 300 slaves from 1851 to 1861 Fought in the Civil War and rescued more than 750 slaves Active in the women’s rights movements after the war Opened a home for old and poor black people in 1908 Harriet Tubman forbid vt. 禁止, 不让 --- forbade, forbidden forbid sb. to do sth. forbid (doing) sth. His mother forbade his smoking. His mother forbade him to smoke. 这里禁止吸烟 ! Smoking is forbidden here. Parking forbidden!= No parking!

…….when we allow freedom ring - when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children - black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics - will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" 当我们让自由之声轰响，当我们让自由之声响彻每一个大村小庄， 每一个州府城镇，我们就能加速这一天的到来。那时，上帝的所有 孩子，黑人和 白人，犹太教徒和非犹太教徒，耶稣教徒和天主教徒， 将能携手同唱那首古老的黑人灵歌： “ 终于自由了！终于自由了！感 谢全能的上帝，我们终于自由了！ ” Let’s appreciate part of “I Have a Dream”

pre-reading

A group of prisoners, including men, women and children, are being led away by armed soldiers. In the background we can see that there is a fire in the city. fire soldiers men, women, children prisoners (Jewish) [na:tis]

We can see a bus conductor who puts up a sign that the waiting room for bus passengers is only for white people.

We can see a black man who shows his passport. black man passpor t

fast reading

1. Martin Luther King, Jr went to university when he was eighteen. 2.Black people refused to take buses for more than 18 months. 3.Black girls could not marry white boys in the southern state. 4.Rose Parks was arrested for hitting a white man. 5. The Civil Rights Act was passed in1965. (F)(F) (F)(F) (T)(T) (F)(F) (F)(F) True or false. Then correct the false sentences. fifteen 12 refusing to stand up for a white man 1964

detail reading

I mportant dates of Dr. Martin Luther King In 1929 In 1944 In 1955 In 1963 In 1964 In 1968 Was born went to university Led the famous boycott( 联合抵制 ) gave a speech “I have a dream”, become world famous received the Nobel Prize in peace, was murdered.

Main idea of each paragraph Paragraph Main Idea the background of the speech King’s action against racial discrimination the famous speech “I have a dream” Martin Luther King’s message King’s death King’s success King’s opinion Rosa Parks’ event

marriages public places education politics were forbidden by law separate sections in shops, buses… Black children were educated in separate schools The blacks in the southern states had no right to vote. Discussion

Peaceful actions MarchboycottSpeech Non-violent demonstration what kind of actions did he use? Discussion

Homework A. Prepare the following words and expressions in the text 1.separate 2. vote 3. set an examples to 4. demand 5.arrest B. Review unit 11 to unit 13, we will take an exam on Sunday evening.

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