1. welcome!

3. Personal qualities:
intelligent determined generous unselfish hard-working brave confident active easy-going
well-educated frank reliable
strong-willed warm-hearted self-conscious hard-working gentle responsible

5. Do you know anything about Nelson Mandela?
Lead in
Do you know anything about
Nelson Mandela?

6. Nelson Mandela (1918-- ),South Africa
Nelson Mandela is known as the leader of the African National Congress, which was banned from 1948, He was imprisoned for more than 30 years, and in 1990, he was freed by white government. He shared the1993 Nobel peace prize with South Africa's president . In 1994, he was elected president of South Africa .

7. Reading---Elias’ Story
The Second Period
Reading---Elias’ Story

8. Comprehending
Read these statements. Tell whether they are true or false and why.
1.Elias met Nelson Mandela at school.
2.Nelson Mandela was a black lawyer.
3.Elias was unable to read or write because he was lazy.
4.Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.

9. 5.Elias was happy blowing up government buildings.
6.Nelson Mandela believed that black people were being treated as well as white people in South Africa.
7.Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.
8.The government were happy with Nelson Mandela and the ANC.

10. Read the text again and make a timeline of Elias’life until he met Nelson Mandela.
－1940
－1942
－1944
－1946
－1948
－1950
－1952
－1954
He was born.
He was a two-year-old baby.
He was four years old.
He began school.
He had to leave school.
He worked in a gold mine in Johannesburg.
He was twelve and first met Mandela.
He was fourteen and encouraged by Mandela.

11. Q1：How many parts can we divide the text into？
Main ideas of the passage
Q1：How many parts can we divide the text into？
Q2：What’s the main idea of each part？

12. Part 1 （para 1-2）The life of Elias before he met Nelson Mandela.
Part 2 （para 3-5）The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

13. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks
black
He was a poor
worker.
Information of Elias
Elias’ life before meeting Mandela
passbook
He needed to get a because he wanted to continue doing his work.
Elias’ problem
vote
They had no
They couldn’t get they wanted.
They had to live in
Black people’s problems
jobs
The poorest areas
how to get
Mandela told him
the correct papers so that he could keep his job.
Mandela’s help
Elias’ life after meeting Mandela
He joined
He helped Mandela some government buildings.
the ANC Youth League.
support for Mandela
blow up

14. Understanding ideas
1. Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela? 2. What problems did Elias have? 3. Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it? 4.How did the ANC Youth League fight the government？

15. Discussion What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela？
bravery，persistence，kindness and determination.

16. Interview
Situation: Supposing one of you acts as a journalist and the other as Elias . The Journalist is interviewing Elias. Please work in pairs and act out the dialogue.

17. Summary:
Retell the text by using some key words and phrases.

18. Homework .Rewrite the text in about 100 words.
Read the passage more and get your favorite sentences and difficult sentences.
Finish Ex 1，Ex 2 on SB.P35-36.
.Rewrite the text in about 100 words.

19. Thank you!