Unit four
Reading task
Unit 5 Nelson Mandela----a modern hero
Period 4 Reading II
The rest of Elias’ story
Could you imagine the life of Mandela and Elias in prison. Find some words to describe it.
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.
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
Read the passage for a second time and choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
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. Life for Elias was not too bad in prison because _________
A. he had to study
B. he could study with the guards
C. he wanted to study
D. he could study and get a degree
B
4. 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
Answer key for exercise 1:
Elias became a good student.
He realized he was clever enough to do a degree.
The guards were cruel.
Some people died in prison.
Elias was not allowed to take a degree in prison.
1. You cannot imagine how the sound of the name of Robben Island made us afraid. 你想象不到听到罗本岛这个名字令我们多么害怕。
imagine n./doing sth./sb.+doing/that…
Can you imagine life without electricity?
I din’t imagine becoming a writer in my childhood.
I can’t imagine her marrying him.
Imagine that you are a bird.
Language points for Reading II
2. He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evening when we should have been asleep. 在午餐的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
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.
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。站在现在的角度上评说过去的事情。
asleep, sleep & sleepy
--Is he still sleeping?
--Yes, he is fast asleep.
I was too sleepy to hear the end of her talk.
I usually sleep seven hours a day.
asleep 是表语形容词，意为“睡着的”。
sleep 是动词或名词，意为“睡觉”。
sleepy 是形容词，意为“打盹的”。
3. They were not cleverer than me, but they did pass their exams.
他们不如我聪明，但确实通过了考试 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!
4. I did not work again for twenty years until Mr Mandela and the ANC came to power in 1994.
come to power = come into power 执政
in power 当权，执政
Things have changed a lot since he came to power.
How long has he been in power?
5. 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.
She worried for fear that the child would be hurt.
6. I remembered the beatings and the cruelty of the guards and my friends who had died.
beating n. 打、输
They gave him a good beating.
They gave our team quite a beating.
beat n. 敲击，跳动
We heard the beat of a drum.
Can you hear the beat of my heart?
7. They said that the job and the pay from the new South African government were 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 kindness.
vt. 酬谢，给以报答
He rewarded me with a prize.
Do you know anything about Bill Gates?
Reading task
Bill Gates, father of microsoft, what kind of man he is in your heart?
I think he is a great man because…
I think he is not a great man because…
INFORMATION ABOUT BILL GATES
Chief executive officer
Set up “Microsoft”
Left Harvard University
Gave money to help
education and health
Other people are jealous
of his success
They think he is too big
and too powerful, unfair
Bill Gate is a successful and rich man, but is he a great man? Has he given up anything (not money) in his life to help other people and made things fairer in the world?
The representatives from each group should present the discussion of their group.
Is Bill Gate a great man?
Discussion
Homework
Finish off the exerices in the Ss’books.
Revise the phrases learnt in this unit.