Book 1 Unit 5 Learning about Language

Discovering Useful Words and Expressions

There's a hero If you look inside your heart You don't have to be afraidOf what you areThere's an answerIf you reach into your soulAnd the sorrow that you knowWill melt awayAnd then a hero comes alongWith the strength to carry onAnd you cast your fears asideAnd you know you can surviveSo when you feel like hope is goneLook inside you and be strongAnd you'll finally see the truthThat a hero lies in youIt's a long roadWhen you face the world aloneNo one reaches out a handFor you to holdYou can find loveIf you search within yourselfAnd the emptiness you felt will disappearAnd then a hero comes alongWith the strength to carry onAnd you cast your fears asideAnd you know you can surviveSo when you feel like hope is goneLook inside you and be strongAnd you'll finally see the truthThat a hero lies in you

?Elias Nelson Mandela

What do you know about them?Revision Revision ::

The time when... out of work turn to ... lawyer offer legal guidance to equal rights

Complete the passage with words and phrases from Elias’ story.

My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. The time (1)_______ I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and he was the black (2)______ who offered(3)_______ to poor black people on their (4)______ problems. I was (5)______ for his generousness with his time.

I began school at six . But after two years, I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school (6)______ and the bus fare. What’s worse, as I didn’t have a passbook to live in Johannesburg, (7)_______ I worked in a gold mine, I was worried about whether I would be (8)___________.

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when

lawyer guidance legal grateful

fees

where out of work

The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the (9)________ days of my life . He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I became more (10)_________ about my future. When he(11) _______ the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I could. (12)_______________, black people had no rights to (13)_____ at that time, we (14)_______ our life to making black and white people (15)_____. We chose to (16)_______ the laws. Only then did we decide to(17)______________________. In 1963 I helped him (18)_________ some government buildings. Though it was very dangerous, I was happy because it would help us (19)____________ our dream of making black and white people equal.

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happiest

hopeful organized

As a matter of fact vote devoted

equal attack

answer violence with violence blow up

achieve/realize

What qualities do you think a hero should have?

generous, active, devoted, selfless, selfish, mean

John loves money. He never buys others a meal.

Joe enjoys all kinds of sports and making friends.

Tom thinks more of others’ needs than of his own. Ann is willing to give help or money to other people.

Amy never leaves friends alone when they’re in trouble.

UnderstandingUnderstanding:: tell what kind of person he/she is.

active

selfless

generous

mean

devoted

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mankind, fee, violence, lawyer,guidance

grateful, equal, legal, hopeful

attack , vote out of work, turn to, as a matter of fact, blow up, devote…to…

noun:

adjective:

verb

phrases:

/noun:

I can’t understand the

words and expressions!

1. That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for the human race. 2. She was too poor to pay the money for schooling.

3. When in trouble I often go to ask my teacher for advice .

4. As for the problem, you’d better look for advice on the law.

5. In fact, I am thankful to you for your help.

6. He’s very worried because he hasn’t had a job for 3months.

7. The car exploded and the driver was killed. 8. The boy spends much time in reading every day. 9. I was elected chairman of the Students’ Union.

mankind.school fees.

turn toguidance.

legal advice.As a matter of fact,

grateful

has been out of work for …

blew updevotes much time to

Read and find a word or expression for each underlined part.

Understanding:Understanding:

voted

I can’t express

myself in English!

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1.我担心那个男孩是否能够付得起学费 .(fee)

2.事实上 ,她失业已经一个月了。 (out of work)

3.他昨晚被人攻击，但他却没向警察求助。 (turn to)

4.我认识那个故意炸毁商店的人。 (blow up)

5.每个公民必须有平等的选举权。 (equal)

6.我将致力于给人们提供法律指导。 (devote)

1.我担心那个男孩是否能够付得起学费 .(fee)

2.事实上 ,她失业已经一个月了。 (out of work)

3.他昨晚被人攻击，但他却没向警察求助。 (turn to)

I worry about whether the boy can pay the school fees.

As a matter of fact, she has been out of work for one month.

He was attacked last night, but he didn’t turn to the police for help.

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4.我认识那个故意炸毁商店的人。 (blow up)

5.每个公民必须有平等的选举权。 (equal)

6.我将致力于给人们提供法律指导。 (devote)

I know the man who blew up the shop on purpose.

I’ll devote myself to offering people legal guidance.

Every citizen must have the right to vote.an equal

I want to be a

lawyer!

Guess why he wants to be a lawyer.

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mankind, fee, violence, lawyer,guidance

grateful, equal, legal, hopeful

attack , vote out of work, turn to, as a matter of fact, blow up, devote…to…

noun:

adjective:

verb

phrases:

/noun:

My name is… I want to become a lawyer because I believe all m________ is created ______( equally).But I have seen many women paid unequally these years. Some even become out of _____ for no reason and cannot pay their children’s school ____. What’s worse, there are few people who they can t____ ___ for help. I really worry about it and I want to improve women’s life q_____. I hate________ (violent) and want to use l_____ ways to help them. So I’ll ______ (persuade / devote / prefer) myself to my studies from now on. I think I ’ll achieve my dream only in this way.

mankind equal

workfees

turn to

quality violencelegal devote

The last thirty years have_____ the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress. A. noticed B. watched C. seen D. looked

Only then ____ to answer violence with violence. A. we decided B. did we decide C. did we decided D. we did decide

I have seen many women paid unequally these years. These years____________________________These years have seen many women paid

unequally.

I ’ll achieve my dream only in this way. Only in this way will I achieve my dream.

Practice:Practice:Complete the sentences in the paper.

is the heroine in our mind. She is ______and she _____________ her work . These months __________ her working late into night. She is also w______ to help us and ________ with her time. So each time we are in trouble in Chinese, we would like to _______her for________. We are ________ for what she has done. _______________, we consider her as our friend as well as our heroine. With her help, we are________ about our future. And we know we should work as hard as we can because only in this way ___ we _____ (repay) her good work.

selfless devotes herself to

generous

turn to guidance

willing

gratefulAs a matter of fact

hopeful

can repay

have seen

Mrs Xiao--- the Heroine in Our Mind

Who is the hero/ in your mind?What do you think of him/her ?Why ?

What do you learn from him/her?

Using Using languaglanguagee::

heroine

mankind, fee, violence, lawyer, guidance, quality grateful, equal, legal, hopeful, generous, active, selfless, devoted attack , vote out of work, turn to, as a matter of fact, blow up, devote…to…

The last thirty years have seen… Only then did we decide to…

noun:

adjective:

verb/noun:phrases:

sentences:

Homework: Write a passage about your hero/ heroine. Finish Exercises 2 and 3 on Page 36.

So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth

That a hero lies in you