1. U5 Nelson Mandela ---a modern hero
Reading

2. What’s the relationship between these two men?
Make a guess
Pre-reading: Make a guess
Strangers
Friends
C. Father and son
D. Teacher and student
What’s the relationship between these two men?

3. skimming How many parts can the text be divided into?
Give the general idea of each part.
Part 1 (para 1-2)
The life of Elias before he met Nelson Mandela.
Part 1 (para 3-5)
The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela.

4. Part 1 (para1-2): 1. How old was Elias when he first met Mandela?
2. What was Mandela at that time?
3. What did Mandela do to help black people?
Twelve.
He was a lawyer.
He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems.
4. When did Elias begin school?
Why did Elias have to leave school?
6. Why didn’t Elias have a passbook?
Six.
Because his family couldn’t continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare.
Because he wasn’t born there.

5. Part 2 (para 3-5): 1.How did Mandela help Elias?
Mandela told Elias how to get the correct papers so he could stay in Johannesburg.
2. What was the situation of black people at that time?
They couldn’t vote or choose their leaders. They couldn’t get the jobs
they wanted. They were sent to live in the poorest parts of South Africa.
3. Why did Elias support violence when he did not agree with it?
Because he wanted to realize their dream of making black and white people equal.

6. Summary He was a poor ________ worker. black Information of Elias
Elias’ life before meeting Mandela
Elias’
problem
He needed to get a _________ because he wanted to continue doing his work.
passbook

7. Mandela told him
____________ the correct papers
so that he could keep his job.
Mandela’s help
how to get
vote
They had no ______.
They couldn't get ______ they wanted.
They had to live in
_________________.
Black people’s problems
jobs
Elias’ life after
meeting Mandela
the poorest areas
support for Mandela
He joined ____________
He helped Mandela _______
some government buildings.
the ANC Youth League
blow up

8. Discussion Why does the author use the first person to tell the story?
Why does he tell Nelson Mandela’s story through another person?

9. Decide whether they are true or false.
1. Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble.
2. Elias left school because the school was too far from his home.
3. Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.
4. Elias trusted Nelson Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth League.
5. Elias was willing to blow up government buildings.
6. Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.

10. Make a timeline of Elias’ life.
events
1940
1946
1948
1952
1963
he was born
he began school
he left school
he met Nelson Mandela
he helped Mandela blow up some government buildings