Xinmei Gu from No .16 Middle School

William Tyndale

wrote the Bible in English so all could read it. He died for his ideas but his work was later used in the Bible.

Mohandas Gandhi gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.

Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. ”.

Sun Yat-sen founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years’ fighting. He strongly believed in the three principles:

nationalism; people’s rights; people’s livelihood.

Norman Bethune fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during World War II. He worked in China as a doctor who saved many Chinese soldiers.

Nelson Mandela fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people.

What are the qualities that great peoplehave in common?

A great person is someone who devotes his or her life to a great career or to help others . They are usually smart, modest, unselfish, warm-hearted, confident, determined, active, honest, brave generous.

Fast reading: Fast reading: How many parts can How many parts can we divide the text into? What’s the we divide the text into? What’s the

main idea of each part?main idea of each part?• Part 1.

• Part 2

(Para 1-2):

(Para3-5):

The life of Elias before he met Nelson Mandela.

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

be willing to do 愿意……I am willing to help you with your work.

fare 交通费用（车、船、机票等费用）

fee 酬金，服务费：会费，报名费等 [ 常pl] bus fare one-way fare

school fees lawyer’s fees

Careful reading :Try to guess the Careful reading :Try to guess the meaning of the new words by contemeaning of the new words by conte

xt. xt. • Guidance

• fee

• out of work

• hopeful

• as a matter of fact

• equal

• stage

Decide whether the statements are true or false.Decide whether the statements are true or false.

1. Elias went to see Mandela when he was in trouble2. Elias left school because the school was too far

from his home.3. Mandela helped him keep his job.4. Elias trusted Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth

League.5. Elias was willing to blow up government buildings.6. Mandela thought violence was a good way to help

black people.7. Nelson Mandela was a black lawyer.8. Elias was unable to read or write because he was

lazy.

9. The government were happy with Mandela and the ANC.

10. Elias was happy blowing up government buildings.

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Timeline of Elias’ lifeWork out the year and Elias’ age to fit the events in his life

year Elias’age events

born Elias was born.

Elias began school.

Elias left school.

… … Elias got a job but was worried about losing it.

1952

… … He joined______________________

He helped Mandela___________ some government buildings and helped to fight for their _________ .

12 Elias met Nelson Mandela .

1940

61946

81948

equality1963

the ANC Youth League

blow up

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Further reading: Answer the following questions

1. Why did Elias visit Mandela?2. What’s Mandela’s job at that time?3. What’s the situation of black in the early 1960s? Education ,Jo

b rights, Living conditions4. What did Mandela do to help black people?5. What’s Elias’ attitude towards the unfair situation black pe

ople faced?6. Why did Mandela turn to violence to make black and white pe

ople equal?7. What did Elias think of Mandela?8. How was Elias’ life changed?

    

1. Why did Elias visit Mandela?

2. What’s Mandela’s job at that time?

3. What’s the situation of black in the early 1960s? Education Job rights Living conditions

Because he needed legal help.

He was a black lawyer who offer guidance to the black

very little education

Couldn’t get the jobs they wanted

The poorest parts of South Africa

4. What did Mandela do to help black people?

5. What’s Elias’ attitude towards the unfair situation black people faced

6. Why did Mandela turn to violence to make black and white people equal?

7. What did Elias think of Mandela?

8. How was Elias’ life changed?

Offering guidance to them on legal problems.

Angry.

Because he felt the peaceful way was useless and there was no other ways.

He was generous with his time and he was willing to help others.

He became more hopeful about his future and joined Youth League.

Discussing

a.    What do you learn about Nelson Mandela from ELIAS’ STORY?

b.     Do you like the way Elias tells his story? Give a reason.

Suggested answers:

a. I know that Mandela is a great leader who fought for equal rights for the black people all through his life. He organized the ANC Youth League which fought against the government. He is in favor of peaceful fighting. He is kind, helpful, generous, brave, and determined.

What do you learn about Nelson Mandela from ELIAS’ STORY?

Do you like the way Elias tells his story? G

ive a reason. I like the way Elias tells the story. Elias is a b

lack worker with only a little education, so he uses some simple and short sentences to describe his experiences and his contact with Mandela, and thus makes the whole story more real-like and close to the readers. The quoted speech in the story objectively reveals Mandela’s political views through which some aspects of Mandela’s qualities are shown clearly.

Learning tipsGuessing the new words Guess by the formation of words

Guess by the context:

Guess by common sense:

Tips: We usually combine these ways together to understand a reading passage.

lawyer

violence

vote

guidance hopeful

legal fee out of work attack…

The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.

.

see 在此句意为“见证，目睹”； ( 在某段时期 ) 发生 ( 某情况 ), 经历 , 经受 ;

The last few months has seen more and more traffic accidents.

过去的几个月发生了越来越多的交通事故

…only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.

only then 此处引起倒装句，当 only 修饰状语位于句首时，句子采用部分倒装的结构。

Only by practicing a few hours every day will you be able to master English.

only 修饰主语时，句子不倒装。Only he knew how to solve the problem..

你 只有每天练习几个小时才能掌握英语

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

be equal to 等于，相当于 , 胜任

I’m not equal to the position.

Women demand equal pay for equal work.

goodbye