1.My name is Elias. I am … The time when I … I was … It was in 1952 and … He offered… He was generous …

2. The school where I …

3. However, this was a time…

4. The day when Nelson Mandela …

5. The last thirty years have seen… , until today…

6. The parts of town in which…

7. The places outside the towns…

8.…we were put into a position in which… We chose to… We first broke the law…; when this was… only then …

Robben Island 罗本岛

escape vi. 逃脱

escape from He escaped from the prison.

escape n./doing

We were lucky to escape being punished.

blanket n. 毛毯

educate vt. 教育；训练 educated adj. 受过教育的

education n. 教育 educator n. 教育家

come to/into power 当权；上台

beg vi. 请求；乞求 beg for food

relative n. 亲戚；亲属 relation 关系

terror n. 恐怖 terrible adj. terrorist n. 恐怖分子

cruelty n. 残忍 cruel adj.

reward n. 报酬；奖金 v. 酬谢；给予报答

Scan the text in two minutes and answer the following two questions:

(1)What did Elias do when he was in prison?

(2) Finally ,what did Elias take as his job? Did he enjoy it?

He studied and was taught by Nelson Mandela when he was in prison.

His job is taking the tourists round his old prison, at first he didn't enjoy his job but later he was proud to do this.

Reading---- scanning (2m)

Read the passage for a second time and choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. Elias was unhappy in the prison because _________.

A. he was kept with the criminals

B. the prison guards studied with him

C. he has to study

D. he could not study for a degree

D

2. Nelson Mandela showed how good a leader he was because ________.

A. he fought the guards in prison B. he refused to let the guards study in his school C. he let the guards study in his school but not take

the exams D. he let the guards study even though the

prisoners could not take the exams

D

3. As leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela helped prisoners of Robben Island by ________

A. giving them an education B. giving them money C. putting the guards in prison D. giving them a job

A

Language points

2. He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evening when we should have been asleep.

在午休息时间和晚上我们本应该睡觉的时候他教授我们。 should do & should have done

1. It was a prison from which no one escaped.

主句： It was a prison.

从句： No one escaped from the prison.

should do 表示应该做，一般指现在或将来的动作，指过去的动作时应站在过去的角度。

should have done 表示本应该做而没有做的（虚拟的）。站在现在的角度上评说过去的事情。

He should have come earlier.You should come earlier tomorrow.

You should have written to your mother. My teacher said I should study harder.I should have studied harder when I was young.

3. He said they should not be stopped from studying for their degrees.

他说他们不应该被剥夺学习的权利。 stop sb. (from) doing sth. 阻止某人干某事……

他们不让我出去。

They stopped me (from) going out.

Nobody can stop the wheel of the history (from) moving forward.

没有人能阻止历史车轮的前进。

prevent sb. (from) doing sth.

keep sb. from doing sth.阻止某人干某事……

4. They were not cleverer than me, but they did pass their exams. So I knew I could get a degree too.

他们不如我聪明而又确实通过了考试，所以我知道我也能获得学位。

did pass 为强调结构，强调谓语动词时，在动词原行前加 do, does, did.

Do be careful!

I do hope you have a merry Christmas!

He does speak English well!

5. I did not work for twenty years until Mr Mandela and the ANC came to power in 1993.

come to power = come into power 执政

in power 当权，执政 Things have changed a lot since he came to p

ower.

How long has he been in power?

6. All the terror and fear of that time came back to me.

terror n. 恐怖，可怕的人或事 The murder was a terror to the people in the town. fear n. 恐惧，可怕 vt. 恐惧，害怕 + n./to do /that… Do you fear death? She fears to speak in our presence. I fear that we can’t protect ourselves.

for fear of …& for fear that… 担心 He left an hour earlier for fear of missing the train.

7. They said that the job and the pay from the new South African government was my reward after working all my life for equal rights for the Blacks.

reward n. 报酬，奖金 He worked hard but without much reward. in reward 作为报酬 She got nothing in reward for her kindnes

s. vt. 酬谢，给以报答 He rewarded me with a prize.

Transkei 特懒凯斯

set up 设立；建立

sentence vt. 判决 be sentenced to 被判处…（徒刑）

anti- （前缀）反；抗 anti-black adj. 反黑人的

president n. 总统；会长

Nobel Peace Prize 诺贝尔和平奖

opinion 意见；主张；看法

Speaking and writing

• set up 设立；建立 ( 指组织；机构 )

We decided to set up a fund for the Hope Project.

The government has set up a working team to look into the accident.

set off 出发；启程

set about doing sth. 开始做…

set free 释放；使获得自由• be sentenced to 被判处……

He was _____ six years in prison.

A. sentenced B. sentence to

C. sentenced to D. being sentenced