人教版高一Module1 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero

Reading:Elias’ story

闽侯二中 英语组 林雪萍

Lead-in discussion

What is a great person?

A great person is one who has

followed his / her ideas and sacrificed

something so that they could be

realized.

What is a famous person?

A famous person may be well-known

but if he / she has not gone through

struggles and difficulties for their

noble cause, they can’t not be called a

great person.

a great person

hard-working

intelligent

determined

generous

kind

brave

confidentunselfish

helpful

honest

get on well with others

never lose heart

be active in society activities

do public service work without pay

make great contributions to mankind

energeticpassionate

Discussion

Are they all great people?

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Great person:

Important person:

Plays an important role in some field, organization or great events.

Has a great idea; always helps others; unselfishly; gives up something to achieve his/her goal, etc.

Neil Armstrong is an important person and the others are great person.

More information

He is the best basketball

player in our country. He

enters the NBA in America.

Yao Ming

He set up Microsoft

Company and makes his

own software. He is the

richest man in the world

now.

Bill Gates

Yang Liwei

He is an astronaut( 宇航员 )in China. He i

s the first astronaut piloting a spacecraft

( 航天器 ), traveling in the space on board

Shenzhou-5 in 2003.

Today’s focus

Nelson Mandela

He 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.

Nelson Mandela was elected the first

black President in South Africa in 1994

For the first time ever,

South African’s all races

are citizens. The vote

came on April 26, 1994.

The victory celebration was the sweet one

for Nelson Mandela. Just day’s later, the

Africans government of F. W. de Klerk h

anded the rings over to victorious African

National Congress.

Flashcards

1. 质量 ; 品质 ; 性质2. 乐意的 ; 自愿的3. 共和国 ; 共和政体4. 法则 ; 原则5. 和平的 ; 平静的6. 继续

quality n.

willing adj.

republic n.

principle n.

peaceful adj.

continue vi. &vt.

7. 费 ( 会费 , 学费 ); 酬金8. 投票 ; 选举9. 暴力 ; 暴行10. 攻击，进攻11. 平等

fee n.

vote n. &

vt.

violence n.

attack v

equal n.

12. 反黑人的13. 判决 ; 宣判14. 民主主义 ; 国家主义15. 生计 ; 谋生

anti-black n.

sentence vt.

nationalism n.

livelihood n.

Fast reading

Q1:What can you get from the para1?

Q2:What’s the main idea of the whole passage?

Elias was grateful for Mandela’s generous help.

The passage is mainly about the experience of Elias with Mandela and their same thought of fighting for rights of the black people.

Careful reading

Tell True or False1.Elias went to see Nelson Mandela

when he was in trouble.

2. Elias left school because the school was too far from his home.

3. Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.

4. Elias trusted Nelson Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth League.

5. Elias was willing to blow up government buildings.

6. Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.

Q1:Why did Elias have little education?

Because his family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare.

Q2:What was the true situation of the black people at that time?

Black people could not vote or choose their leaders.They could not get the jobs they wanted.The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people.The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa.No one could grow food there.

Q1:Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela?

Because Nelson Mandela used to help him in Johannesburg. And Elias joined the ANC Youth League which was organized by Nelson Mandela.

Q1:Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it?

Because he wanted to realize their dream of making black and white people equal.

Summary

What have we learned today?

Topic:Elias and Mandela fight for the rights of the black people

Grammar:

the Attributive Clause led by where, when, why

prep.+which/whom

Target language:

(two paras of )Famous saying of Mandela

The last thirty years have seen….

Only then did we decide …..

homework1.Review the lesson.

2.Recite the famous saying of Nelson Mandela.

3.Pay attention to the Attributive Clauses.