Unit5NelsonMandela----Unit5qualitymeanactivegenerousselfishselflessdevotedn.質量;品質;性質adj.吝嗇的;自私的adj.積極的;活躍的adj.慷慨的;大方的adj.自私的adj.無私的;忘我的adj.忠實的;深愛的WordspreviewWhatadjectivesbelowwouldyouusetodescribeagreatperson?Andwhatqualitiesdoesagreatpersonhave?Discusswithyourpartnerandmakealist.WarmingUphard-workinglazyfriendlycruelwarm-heartedmeandeterminedwiseactivegenerouseasy-goingreliableunkindbraveselfishstubbornselflessdevotedhandsomenicehonestfamouscalmlovelyWhoisyourhero/heroine??GuessinggameWhoishe?Pre-readingHebelievedthatBibleshouldbereadbyeveryone.HetranslatedtheBibleintoeasilyreadableEnglishforthepeopleofhistime.Thepriestsandreligiouspeopledislikedhisideaandthoughttheywouldhavelesspower,sotheytriedtostophim.Buthedidnotgiveup.Atlasthewascaughtandputtodeathforhisbeliefs.WilliamTyndaleWilliamTyndale

(1484-1536)Priestandscholar;translatedtheBibleintoModernEnglish.WilliamTyndalebelievesthattheBibleshouldbeabletobereadbyeveryone.Sohemadeithislife’sworktotranslatetheBiblefromancientGreekandHebrewintoeasilyreadableEnglishforthepeopleofhistime.Buthewascaughtandputintoprisonanddiedforthisideasandbeliefs.Afterhisdeath,theBiblewaspublishedinEnglishand80%ofitwastheworkofWilliamTyndale.HewasaCanadianwhohasaverystrongfeelingagainstinjustice.Hewasaveryimportantdoctorinhisowncountry.HecametoChinatosupporttheChineseandtheirarmyasadoctor.UnfortunatelyhegotbloodpoisoningwhileworkinginChinaanddiedhere.NormanBerthuneNormanBethuneACanadian;foughtagainsttheGermanNazisandJapaneseinvadersduringWorldWarII;workedasadoctorandsavedmanyChinesesoldiers.NormanBethunewasaCanadian,aCommunist,andalsoadoctor.HesupportedtheChineseandwenttohelptheirarmyasadoctorandtotrainotherdoctors.Heinventedmobilefieldhospitalunits.Unfortunately,hegotbloodpoisoningwhileworkinginChinaanddiedthere.

Hewasborninapeasantfamilyin1866.HestudiedmedicineinChinaandHongkongandpractisedasadoctorinMacao.HeopposedtheQinggovernment.WhentheQinggovernmentfell,hebecamethefirstpresidentoftheChineseRepublic.HegaveupbeingPresidentin1912toworkonhisthreeprinciples:theprincipleofpeople’srights,people’slivelihoodandnationalism.SunYat-senSunYat-sen

(November12,1866-March12,1925)wasaChineserevolutionaryleaderandstatesman,thefounderoftheKuomintangandthefirstprovisionalpresidentoftheRepublicofChina.SunYat-sen

HefoundedthefirstRepublicinChinain1911aftermanyyears’fighting;hestronglybelievedinthethreeprinciples:nationalism;people’srights;people’slivelihoodInthe1930shewasposthumouslygiventhetitle“FatheroftheNation”(國父Guófù),whichiscurrentlyusedinTaiwan.Inthemainland,heiscommonlyreferredtoasthe“forthgoer”(革命的先行者)andismentionedbynameinthepreambletotheConstitutionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.

HewasthefatheroftheIndiannationofthetwentiethcentury.HeformedanorganizationleadingtheIndian’sstruggleforequalrights.HegaveuparichlifeforhisideasandfoughtforhiscountrytobefreefromtheUKinapeacefulway.Hewasamodelofadifferentkindofpoliticalleader.GandhiMahatmaGandhiHegaveuparichlifeforhisideasandfoughtforhiscountrytobefreefromtheUKinapeacefulway.MohandasGandhiwaseducatedintheUnitedKingdomandreceivedalawdegreefromUniversityCollegeinLondon.AfterhewasadmittedtotheBritishbar,hepracticedlawinBombay(nowMumbai),India,andlaterinDurban,SouthAfrica.HeistheformerSouthAfricanpresident.Inordertomaketheblackpeoplegetthefreedom,hefoughtmanyyearsandwasputinprisonforthirtyyears.Hehelpedtheblackpeopletorealizethedreamofmakingblackandwhitepeopleequal.NelsonMandelaNelsonMandelaHefoughtfortheblackpeopleandwasinprisonforthirtyyears.Hehelpedtheblackpeopletogetthesamerightsaswhitepeople.NelsonMandelawaselectedthefirstblackPresidentinSouthAfricain1994Forthefirsttimeever,SouthAfrican’sallracesarecitizens.ThevotecameonApril26,1994.ThevictorycelebrationwasthesweetoneforNelsonMandela.Justday’slater,theAfricansgovernmentofF.W.deKlerkhandedtheringsovertovictoriousAfricanNationalCongress.Hewasthefirstmantowalkonthemoon.HewasapilotintheAmericanAirForceandlaterjoinedtheastronautprogram.Hewaschosentobethefirstmantowalkonthemoon.NeilArmstrongNeilArmstrong

Americanpilot,astronaut;thefirstpersontowalkonthemoon

“That’sonesmallstepforaman,onegiantleapformankind.”

NeilArmstrongwasthefirstmanevertowalkonthemoon.HewasapilotintheAmericanAirForcesandlaterjoinedtheastronautprogram.Hewaschosentobethefirstmantowalkonthemoon.1.Whodoyouadmiregreatly?Why?2.Doyouthinkhe/sheisagreatperson?3.Whatarethequalitiesyoushouldfindinagreatperson?4.Whatqualitiesdoyouhave?Intelligent,diligent,determined,activeAretheyallgreatpeople?Whatqualitiesmakesagreatman?OnewhohasanideaandfollowedhisideaOnewh