Unit 5 Nelson Mandela
Game time!
Rules: You are divided into 13 groups. Are you clear about your group number? Answer one question, you will get one or more points for your group! The loser will have to make a speech tomorrow.
Guess whom I am talking about? I will give you some tips.
① a famous Chinese runner ② is active in running competition and confident when he was at the race. ③ is generous. He donated parts of his money to the victims of Tsunami. He is…
was called one of the Asia’s Heroes by the famous magazine: TIME. He is the person who
Do you think Liu Xiang is a small potato, an important person or even a great person? What is your opinion? Please discuss in groups in 2 minutes and then tell us. Cheer up! You will get 3points.
Some useful words and phrases: I think / I agree / I prefer/ In my opinion he is … because … He is willing to devote his life to sports. He is brave,determined and broke the world record for China He would not lose heart when he is in trouble.
Everyone has the potential to become a great person and an important person. Let’s see what are the qualities of great people and what are the qualities of important people. Qualities of great men qualities of important men
Work in groups and work out a list of qualities of great people and qualities of important people. Each member can only say 2 qualities. Let’s see which groups can finish within 2 minutes. Words about qualities （品质） : active 主动的, 活跃的 confident 有信心的 easy-going 容易相处的 frank 直率的, 真诚的 kind 友好的 generous 慷慨的 strong-willed 意志坚强的 brave 勇敢的 hard-working 勤劳的 honest 诚实的 intelligent 理解力强的 warm-hearted 热心的 reliable 可信赖的 unselfish 无私的 determined 有决心的 willing to help 助人的
What good qualities make a great man? good qualities intelligent determined generous Kind unselfish hardworkingconfident brave
Difference: An important person may be well-known but if he hasn’t gone through struggles and difficulties for their noble cause, he or she can’t be called a great person.
Memory Game: The next page I want to show you some pictures of some famous persons. Try your best to remember their pictures and names in 1 minute.
Yao Ming Sun Yat-sen Yang Liwei Bill Gates Gandhi Nelson Mandela
Who is he? Choose one of the six questions and make a guess. The winner will get two points for his or her group. A B C D E E F
He set up Microsoft Company and makes his own software. He is the richest man in the world now. Bill Gates
He is the best basketball player in our country. He enters the NBA in America. Yao Ming
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.
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.
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.
He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years. He helped the black people to get the same right as white people. Nelson Mandela
Match the words: a. 原则 b. 慷慨的 c. 处于困境 d. 坚决的 e. 乐意 … f. 丧失信心 principle: generous : be willing to ： in trouble: determined: lose heart ： a. b. f. e. c. d.
New Words and Expressions a. 监狱 b. 品质 c. 和平的 d. 生计 e. 共和国 f. 积极的 prison: quality : republic ： peaceful: livelihood: active ： a. b. f. e. c. d.
Group Discussion: discuss the Talking Task on Page69 Prepare a presentation (The loser) Preview Elia’s Story on Page34 and Page 36. Tomorrow morning there will be a dictation.
Listen to the new words and expressions in Unit5. Make sure that your pronunciation is correct.