1. The Rest of Elias’ story

2. Ex. 1 of Learning about Language Alternative expressionsWords and expressions from the text group of people organized for a special purpose feel hopeless lose one’s job brave man In fact league lose heart out of work hero as a matter of fact

3. have some difficult problems be taken to prison some time be ready to money paid for going to school tell somebody what to do go on in trouble put in prison period willing fees advise continue

4. always doing new things what people to in a war a yellow metal for making a ring agree to take go against a law quiet and calm active fight gold accept break the law peaceful

5. When Elias lost his job and was __________, his wife was very unhappy. She knew this means he was _________ when all she wanted was a _______ life with enough money every month. She tried to _______ him not to fight the government as she thought it was better to ______ that in South Africa black people were not as important as white people. But he was willing to _______ the fight and help Nelson Mandela with equal rights for black people. For a ______ time she felt helpless and ________, but Elias encouraged her with stories of how good life would be when white and black people worked and played together. out of work in trouble peaceful advise accept continue period lost heart

6. The Rest of Elias’ story Read the text, and do the exercise on Page 38

7. Read the text again and answer the following questions: 1.How did Mr. Mandela help Elias in the prison? 2.When did Elias lose his job? 3.Does Elias like his present work?

8. 1.You cannot imagine how the sound of the name of Robben Island made us afraid. 你想象不到听到罗本岛这个名字令我 们多么害怕。 imagine n./doing sth./sb.+doing/that… Can you imagine life without electricity? I din’t i magine becoming a writer in my childhood. I can’t imagine her marrying him. Imagine that you are a bird.

9. 2. He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evening when we should have been asleep. 在午餐的休息时间和晚上我们本应该 睡觉的时候他教授我们。 should do / should have done He should have come earlier. You should come earlier tomorrow. You should have written to your mother. My teacher said I should study harder. I should have studied harder when I was young.

10. should do 表示应该做，一般指现在或 将来的动作，指过去的动作时应站在 过去的角度。 should have done 表示本应该做而没有 做的。站在现在的角度上评说过去的 事情。

11. asleep, sleep & sleepy --Is he still sleeping ? --Yes, he is fast asleep. I was too sleepy to hear the end of her talk. I usually sleep seven hours a day. asleep 是表语形容词，意为 “ 睡着的 ” 。 sleep 是动词或名词，意为 “ 睡觉 ” 。 sleepy 是形容词，意为 “ 打盹的 ” 。

12. 3. As they were not cleverer than me, but did pass their exam, I knew I could get a degree too. 由于他们不如我聪明而又确实通过了考试， 我知道我也能获得学位。 did pass 为强调结构，强调谓语动词时，在 动词原行前加 do, does, did. Do be careful! I do hope you have a merry Christmas! He does speak English well!

13. 4. I did not work for twenty years until Mr Mandela and the ANC came to power in 1993. come to power = come into power 执政 in power 当权，执政 Things have changed a lot since he came to power. How long has he been in power ?

14. 5. All the terror and fear of that time came back to me. terror n. 恐怖，可怕的人或事 The murder was a terror to the people in the town. fear n. 恐惧，可怕 vt. 恐惧，害怕 + n./to do /that… Do you fear death? She fears to speak in our presence. I fear that we can’t protect ourselves. for fear of … for fear that… 担心 He left an hour earlier for fear of missing the train. She worried for fear that the child would be hurt.

15. 6. I remembered the beatings and the cruelty of the guards and my friends who had died and I felt I would not be able to do it. beating n. 打、输 They gave him a good beating. They gave our team quite a beating. beat n. 敲击，跳动 We heard the beat of a drum. Can you hear the beat of my heart?

16. 7. They said that the job and the pay from the new South African government was my reward after working all my life for equal rights for the Blacks. reward n. 报酬，奖金 He worked hard but without much reward. in reward 作为报酬 She got nothing in reward for her kindness. vt. 酬谢，给以报答 He rewarded me with a prize.