Unit 5 Nelson Mandela - a modern hero

(Reading)

Let’s enjoy a beautiful song.

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 disappear

Warming up:

1. Who is your hero/heroine?

2. Who do you admire most in your heart ? Why?

3. Do you think he/ she is a great person?

4. What do you think of a hero/heroine?

A hero or heroine is someone who is admired

for his or her bravery,goodness,or great ability.

Yaoming

Jordan

A questionnaire:

What kind of person are you?

Do you always help others?

Do you help others with their work if they ask you?

Do you get on well with your classmates?

Are you willing to do public service work without pay?

Are you active in school activities?

Do you easily lose heart when you are in trouble?

Discussion

What qualities do you think a great person should have?

Something typical of a person

or thing;characteristic n.

Great person

smart

modest

unselfishwarm-hearted

confident

determined

active

honest

brave

persistent

Make great contributions to people

Never lose heart when in great trouble

Be willing to do public service

be active in society activities

Do you have the qualities to be a great person?

Guessing game

Thomas Edison

Karl Marks

Shakespeare

Confucious

Madam Curie

Premier Zhou

William Tyndale

(Britain 1494-1536)

He wrote the bible in English.

Norman Bethune

(Canada 1890-1939)

He worked in China during World War II.

Sun Yat-sen

(1890-1925,China)

He founded the first Republic in China .He believed in the three principles.

Gandhi

(1869-1948 ,India)

He fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.

Neil Armstrong

He landed on the moon in 1969.

Matin Luther King

He was a great political leader in the USA. He fought for black people to get the same rights in the USA. He made a great speech “I have a dream”.

Are they all great people?

Why?

DiscussionOf these six persons,who do you

think are the great persons or are just important persons? Why? Work in pairs and give your opinions.

You can use these sentence structures:

1. Who do you think…? Why do you think so? What’s your opinion?

2. I agree\don’t agree. I prefer… I am afraid…

Great persons are important in a long history.

Important persons are important in a certain time.

New words and expressions

2.law 法律 3.advise4.continue 继续

6.gold 黄金 7.worry about 8.out of work 9.Youth League 青年团 10.passbook

11.stage 舞台

12.vote 选举13.position 位置

15.accept 接受 16.blow up

17.as a matter of fact

18.put … in prison 投入监狱 19.equal

1.period

5.fee

14.violence

Nelson Mandela

Former President, African National CongressFormer President of South Africa

He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years.

He helped the black people to get the same rights as the white people.

Elias’ Story

Reading :

a great person

A great person is one whohas followed his ideas and gave up something to realize his dream.

What’s the connection between them?

Reading strategies: Make a guess according to the title before reading.

Pre-reading Elias’ story

A.Strangers

B. Friends

C. Father and son

D. Teacher and student

Read fast to prove your guess and get the main idea.

What’s the relationship between them?A.Strangers B. Friends

C. Father and son D. Teacher and student

What is the general idea of the story?

A.the poor life of black people in South Africa.

B.the life of Mandela.

C.how Mandela helped black people.

D.how Elias met Mandela.

The story is about __________ .

skimming

What kind of writing is the text, can you guess?

A personal report, not a history lesson.

reading strategies :

It is a story so we should find out the essential items in a story.

Time

Place

Characters

events

In the middle of 1900s

South Africa

Elias and Mandela

How Mandela helped Elias and black people in South Africa.

scanning

How many parts can we divide the text into?

Scan the text and answer the question.

Main ideas of each part.

Part I Elias’ life before he met Nelson Mandela.

Part II

The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

(Para.3-5)

(Para.1-2)

Detailed reading

Read the story carefully and do some exercises.

•Step 1 True or False•Step 2 Get to know Elias

Comprehending exercises (True or False)

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.

5.Elias was happy blowing up government buildings.

6.Mandela thought violence was a good way

to help the black people.

7.The government were happy with Mandela

and the ANC.

4.Nelson Mandela helped Elias keep his job.

F

T

F

F

F

F

T

Write out the right order according to what happened to Elias in the following years.

1. 1940___ A. Elias began school.2. 1942___ B. Elias was twelve years old and met Mandela.3. 1946___ C. Elias left school.4. 1948___ D. Elias was born.5. 1952___ E. Elias helped Mandela blow up some government buildings.6. 1963___ F. Elias was a two-year-old baby.

DF

ACB

E

A timeline of Elias’ life and other events in his life.

What was Elias’ change?

I was worried about whether I would be out of work.

I was happy to help because I knew it was to realize our dream of making black and white equal.

Why did Elias change?

A. Elias changed himself.

B. Nelson Mandela helped him when he was in trouble.

C. Nelson Madela’s qualities influenced him a lot and made him realize to make black and white equal.

D. B and C.D

What situation were the black

people in at that time?

no money

could not write or read

out of work

no right to vote

How did Mandela help Elias and other black people ?

He opened a black law firm.

He organized the ANC Youth League.

He broke the law in a peaceful way first.

He blew up some government buildings

blow up

Discussion:

What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?

bravery, persistence ( 坚韧不拔） ,kindness, determination ，belief 。。。。

Retell Elias’ story

Before meeting Mandela (Group 1 & 2)

born began school leave

got a job worried about out of work

After meeting Mandela (Group 3 & 4)

get … stay … joined the ANC Youth League

blow up put in prison happy

realize our dream

More information about Nelson Mandela

http://www. news.xinhua net.com

http:// www. anc.org.za

Learning about Language

Match the explanations with new words in Match the explanations with new words in Unit5Unit5

A truth or belief that is accepted as a base for reasoning or action n._______

• An act of making a choice or decision on a matter by means of voting n.______

• Rough treatment; use of physical force on others n._______

• The same in size, number, value, rank, etc. v._________

• A sum of money paid for professional services to a

doctor, lawyer, private school, etc n.________

principleprinciple

votevote

violence

equal

fee

•You will do sth and are ready to do that a. ______

•Always doing new things a.__________

•Feel discouraged ,hopeless, phrasal verb ___________

•Have a serious problem phrasal verb __________

•A desire for political independence or a great love for one’s country n. _________

•A period of life before being a fully mature adult_____

willingwilling

activeactive

lose heartlose heart

in troublein trouble

nationalism

youth

•A group of people,clubs joined together n.________

•part of process,a period,a platform in a theatre n.______

•agree to take sth or to do sth v.________

•Destroy by explosion phrasal verb. ________ .

•Great fear,sth that makes people frightened n. ________

•sth you get after you have done sth useful n.v.______

•The person who has the highest position in a republic country, in an organization. n. _______

•A person who has committed crime n. _______

•A judge states in a court their punishment v. ________

league

stage

acceptaccept

blow up

terrorterror

rewardreward

presidentpresident

criminalcriminal

sentencesentence

Ex. 1 of Learning about Language

Alternative expressions Words 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

Word-consolidation

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

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

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 troublepeaceful

adviseaccept

continue

periodlost heart

★ Summary ＆ homework

1. Tell something about Mandela to your partner in your own words.

2.Read “ Notes to the text” for U5 ( P84-86).

3. Find out the difficult sentences

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 disappear

See you!