1. Unit 5
Nelson Mandela-
a modern hero
(Reading)

2. Yaoming
Jay Zhou

3. What kind of person are you?
A questionnaire:
What kind of person are you?

4. Do you always help others?
Do you help others with their work if they ask you?
Do you get on well with your classmates?
Do you easily lose heart when you are
in trouble?
Are you active in school activities?
Are you willing to do public service work without pay?

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

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

7. Do you have the qualities to be a great person?

8. William Tyndale
(Britain )
He wrote the bible in English.

9. Norman Bethune (Canada 1890-1939)
He worked in China during World War II.

10. Sun Yat-sen
( ,China)
He founded the first Republic in China .He believed in the three principles.

11. Gandhi (1869-1948 ,India) He fought for his country to be free
from the UK in a peaceful way.

12. Are they all great people?
Why?

13. Great persons are important in a long history.
Important persons are important in a certain time.

14. Neil Armstrong
He landed on the
moon in 1969

15. Nelson Mandela Former President, African National Congress
Former President of South Africa

16. He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years.
He helped the black people to get the same rights as the white people.

17. Reading :
Elias’ Story

18. New words and expressions
1.period
12.vote 选举
2.law 法律
13.position 位置
3.advise
14.violence
4.continue 继续
15.accept 接受
5.fee
16.blow up
6.gold 黄金
17.as a matter of fact
7.worry about
18.put … in prison
投入监狱
8.out of work
9.Youth League 青年团
19.equal
10.passbook
11.stage 舞台

19. How many parts can we
divide the text into?

20. Part II Part I Main ideas of each part.
(Para.1-2)
Elias’ life before he met Nelson Mandela.
Part II
(Para.3-5)
The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

21. Listen to the tape,and fill in the blanks
with the words you hear on the tape.

22. Comprehending exercises (True or False)
1.Elias met Nelson Mandela at school. F
2.Nelson Mandela was a black lawyer. T
3.Elias was unable to read or write because
he was lazy. F
4.Nelson Mandela helped Elias keep his job. T
5.Elias was happy blowing up government
buildings. F
6.Mandela thought violence was a good way
to help the black people. F F
7.The government were happy with Mandela
and the ANC.

23. A timeline of Elias’ life and other events in his life.
1940:
1946:
1948:
1952:
1963:
He was born .
He began school
He left school .
He was 12 and met Mandela . . .
He helped blow up some government
buildings.

24. What situation were the black
people in at that time?

25. Discussion: (bravery, persistence, kindness, determination)
What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?
(bravery, persistence,
kindness, determination)

26. Language points

27. fight:
*fight for… 为…而战斗
eg: to fight for their rights.
*fight against/with… 为反对…而斗争, 和…作斗争
eg: to fight against/with difficulties.
eg: England fought against/with Germany.

28. eg. He told me that he had been in prison for three years.
*be in prison 坐牢
*be in the prison 在监狱里
eg. He told me that he had been in prison for
three years.
*put sb in prison 把…投入监狱
eg: The robber has been put in prison.

29. … we were put in a position in which we had
either to accept we were less important, …
eg: I received his invitation but I didn’t accept it.

30. eg: Yesterday saw a terrible car accident in front of the school.
The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress.
eg: Yesterday saw a terrible car accident in
front of the school.

31. More information about Nelson Mandela
news.xinhua net.com
www. anc.org.za

32. Homework Read “ Notes to the text” for U5 ( P84-86).
Write a short passage about Nelson Mandela. * *