1、 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela - a modern heroReading Practice讀天下文章博眾家之長Who are they?Abraham LincolnMarie curieWilliam TyndaleNorman BethuneSun Yat-senAlbert EinsteinGandhi Nelson Mandela He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during World War II. He worked in China as a doctor and saved m

2、any Chinese soldiers.He founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years fighting. He strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; peoples rights; peoples livelihood.He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.Norman

3、 BethuneSun Yat-senGandhiHe was the sixteenth President of the United Stares. He fought for the freedom and rights of the slave all through his life, but he was murdered.He wrote the Bible in English so all could read it. He died for his ideas but his work was later used in the Bible.Abraham Lincoln

4、William TyndaleHe was the best physics professor in the world in the 20 century. He was famous for his research about the light、electricity and heat. He devote his life to science and created the Theory of Relativity (相對論相對論). Albert EinsteinDiscussionWhat can we learn from these people?He fought fo

5、r the black people and was in He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years. He helped the black prison for thirty years. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people.people to get the same rights as white people.Nelson MandelaRead the passage and decide the

6、statements true ( T ) or false ( F ).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.5.Elias was happy blowing up government buildings.6.Nelson Mandela believed that black people

7、 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.TFFTFFFFReading Practice: Task 1: Reading for general understanding Read the whole passage and see how many pa

8、rts the text Read the whole passage and see how many parts the text can be divided into, and give the general idea of each part.can be divided into, and give the general idea of each part.Part I paragraph 1-2 The life of Elias before he met Nelson Mandela.Part II paragraph 3-5 The change of Elias li

9、fe after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.Task 2: Reading for structure of the passage.Task 2: Reading for structure of the passage.Task 3: Reading for details.Task 3: Reading for details.Questions for Part I1. Which of the statements about Elias is wrong? A. He had to leave school for pov

10、erty when he was 8. B. Lack of education, he was poor in reading and writing. C. He worried that he would lost his job because he had no passbook in Johannesburg. D. Its hard for him to find a job in a gold mine so he value it much.2. What does the word “l(fā)eave” in the 2nd line of Para 2? A. go away

11、from a place B. give up; stop C. forget to take D. cause sb. to be in a certain condition3. What can we infer from this part? A. Elias was a black worker in Johannesburg. B. Elias receive little education when he was young. C. Mandela opened a law firm to help black to share their problems. D. Black

12、 people in Johannesburg are not treated equally.CBDTask 3: Reading for details.Task 3: Reading for details.Questions for Part II1.What help did Elias get from Mandela?2. How was Elias life changed? 3. What difficulties did the black people in Johannesburg have to face?4. What did the black people do

13、 to fight for their equal rights?He told him how to get correct papers.He told him how to get correct papers.He began to help fight for the equal rights of the blacks.He began to help fight for the equal rights of the blacks.They could not make their own choice.They could not make their own choice.P

14、eaceful ways answer violence with violencePeaceful ways answer violence with violenceTask 4: ConsolidationTask 4: Consolidation Retell the passage in third person with the help of the following hints:Elias black worker South Africa little educationdifficulties at the age of 12 Mandela with sbs help

15、moved kindness Elias time life for the blacks hard rightschoose unequally ANC Youth League equal rights join peaceful way law not allow violence with violence dreamTask 4: ConsolidationTask 4: Consolidation Model Elias was a black worker in South Africa. He just received little education when he was

16、 young. So he had some difficulties in his work. When he was at the age of 12, he met Mandela and solved his problems with his help. He was greatly moved by his kindness. During Elias time, life for the blacks was hard. They had no rights to choose and were treated unequally. So when Mandela organized the ANC Youth League to fight for the equal rights of the blacks, Elias joined it as soon as he could. At first they tried some peaceful way to break the law but it was not allowed. As a result, they had to answer violence with violence to realize their drea