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The struggle is my life ! ---Nelson Mandela

Unit 5 Nelson Mandela

---a modern hero

漳州一中 孙碧娟

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1. When did Nelson Mandela form the ANC?

2. When did Nelson Mandela become the first black president of South Africa?

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1. When did Nelson Mandela form the ANC?

2. When did Nelson Mandela become the first black president of South Africa?

1944

1994

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Elias’ story

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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.

4. Nelson Mandela helped him keep his job.

5. Elias was happy blowing up government buildings.

6. Nelson Mandela believed that black people were being treated as well as white people in South Africa.

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

8. The government were happy with Nelson Mandela and the ANC.

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TRUE or FALSE

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1. According to the text, what was the situation for black people in South Africa?

2. How did the ANC Youth League fight against the government?

3. Why did Elias help Mandela blow up some government buildings?

Further comprehension:

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league

as a matter of factbe out of work

group of people organized for a special purpose

lose one’s job

in fact

be taken to prison

some time

money paid for going to school

tell somebody what to do

go on

a yellow metal for making a ring

agree to take

Look at the reading passage again to find useful words and expressions that mean the same.

be put in prisonperiod

fees

advise

continuegold

accept

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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.过去三十年里出现了最多的法律来剥夺我们的权利 , 阻挡我们的进步 ,直到今天我们已经到了几乎没有任何权力的地步 .

• National Day saw people singing and dancing happily in the street.

• This old house has seen better days.

see: to be the time when (an event) happens; witness

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The Rest of Elias’ story

Read the text, and do the exercise on Page 38.

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1. Elias was unhappy in the prison because ________________________________.2. Nelson Mandela showed how good a

leader he was because ______________ ______________________

____________________.3. Life for Elias was not too bad in prison because ___________________________. 4. As leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela helped pri

soners of Robben Island by ______________________.

he could not study for a degree

he let the guards

study even though the prisoners could

not take the exams

giving them an education

he could study with the guards

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Discussion

Why Nelson Mandela is a great man?

Do remember to give examples.

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Homework 1. look at the reading passage again, find all the sentences wit

h attributive clauses and underline them. 2. Work in four to make an interview. One of you act as Elias a

nd the other three are tourists. You can ask questions that you want to know. Maybe these tips will help you!

How did you get to know Nelson Mandela? What did he do to help you keep your job in a gold mine?Can you explain some of Nelson Mandela’s political ideas or beliefs?What was Nelson Mandela’s way of fighting? What was life like on Robben Island?Where did you learn to read and write?Why did you become a tour guide? What do you think of your present job?

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http://www.englishchina.com/celeb/index.htmhttp://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/