必修 1
英语教学课件系列
Unit 5
Nelson Mandela –
a modern hero

Warming up
Words about qualities
hard-working 努力的 lazy 懒惰的
cruel 残忍的 selfish 自私的
friendly 友好的 stubborn 固执的
reliable 可靠的, 可信赖的
mean 吝啬的, 小气的
determined 有决心的, 坚定的
generous 慷慨的, 大方的
devoted 忠实的, 深爱的
honest 诚实的, 忠实地
easy-going 容易相处的
frank 直率的, 真诚的
brave 勇敢的 kind 友好的
active 主动的, 活跃的
strong-willed 意志坚强的
intelligent 理解力强的
warm-hearted 热心的 confident 有信心的
willing to help 助人的 unselfish 无私的
Divide the words into two groups.
hard-working, lazy, friendly, cruel,
warm-hearted, mean, determined, wise,
active, generous, easy-going, reliable,
unkind, brave, selfish, stubborn,
selfless, devoted, handsome, honest,
famous, calm
Words for good qualities:
hard-working, friendly, warm-hearted
determined, wise, active, generous
easy-going, reliable, brave, selfless
devoted, handsome, honest, famous, calm
Words for bad qualities:
lazy, cruel, mean, unkind,
selfish, stubborn
1. Harry Potter beat the evil
dragon (恶龙), so he is very
___________.
Choose a proper word
and fill in the blank.
handsome, lazy, cruel, brave ,
honest, warm-hearted
brave
2. Lei Feng is ready to help others, so he
is a ______________ person.
warm-hearted
3. Jay Zhou is a _________ pop singer,
he is popular with many young girls.
handsome
4. Sun Wukong is ______, he never
tells lies, so many people like him
very much.
honest
5. Zhu Bajie is a key character (角色) in
The West Journey, he is lovely but very
_____ in the novel.
lazy
5. German Nazis were very _____, they
killed millions of Jews during World
War II.
cruel
What qualities does a great person have?

A great person
hard-working
intelligent
determined
generous
kind
brave
confident
unselfish
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
energetic
passionate
Are these famous people also great people?
William Tyndale (1494-1536)
He wrote the Bible in
________ so all could read
it. He died for his ______
but his work is still used
in the _______ Bible today.
English
ideas
official
Norman Bethune(1890-1939)
He fought against _________
Nazis and __________ invaders
during World War II. He
worked selflessly in China
as _________ and saved many
Chinese soldiers.
German
Japanese
a doctor
Sun Yat-sen
He 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
Mahatma Gandhi
He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.
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
handed the rings over to victorious African
National Congress.
Neil Armstrong (1930- )
He was the first man to _____
on the _______ in ______. He
said, “that’s one small step
for a man, one giant leap
for __________.”
land
moon
1969
mankind
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.
A great man is one who has followed his
or her ideas and sacrificed something so
that they could be realized.
A famous person may be well-known but
if he or she has not gone through struggles
and difficulties for their noble aims, they
can not be called a great person.
Language Points
1. quality n. 质量, 品质
Quality matters more than
quantity(数量). 质量比数量更重要。
The quality of the service in this
restaurant is very good.
这个饭店的服务质量很好。
Q______ is more important than
quantity.
2) He has all the q________ of a
successful businessman.
3) One q_______ of wood is that it can
burn.
uality
ualities
uality
练一练
be of good / high / bad / poor quality
The price depends on the quality.
He has many fine qualities.
Kindness is a human quality which
everyone admires.
仁慈是谁都称赞的人类品质。
qualified adj. 有资格的, 有经验的
quantity n. 数量
a large /small quantity of
large /great quantities of
For study, _______ is more important than _______.
A. quality; kind
B. quantity; hardship
C. quality; quantity
D. quantity; quality
C
2. mean adj. 卑鄙的; 吝啬的, 小气的
It was mean of him not to give the
waiter a tip.
She apologized for being mean to me.
means n. 手段, 方法
mean vt. 意指, 意味着, 意思是
meaning n. 意思, 意义, 含义
mean to do sth. 打算做某事
mean doing sth. 意味着
I’m sorry I hurt you. I didn’t mean to.
Missing the bus means waiting for an hour.
be meant to do sth 注定/意欲做某事
be meant for 为……而存在/准备
The guidebook is meant to give you a
general idea of the city.
The chair was clearly meant for a child.
What do you mean by (doing) sth?
What do you mean by your silence?
3. active 积极的, 活跃的
He is an active member of the soccer
club. 他是足球俱乐部的一名活跃分子。
take an active part in 积极参加
be active in 在……方面很积极
4. generous adj. 慷慨的, 大方的
be generous to do sth 做某事很慷慨, 大方
be generous with 对……慷慨, 大方
5. devote vt
devote＋名 ＋to(to 是介词) 奉献 (人生, 时间,
劳力等)于……，把……致力于，专用于
He devoted his life to promoting world peace.
He devoted his life to the promotion of
world peace.
devoted adj 忠实的, 深爱的
be devoted to 对…忠实, 对…深爱
a devoted friend
She is devoted to her husband.
6. He died for his ideas but his work is
still used in the official Bible today.
他为了自己的思想而献身, 但他的成果
后来应用于《圣经》。
die for 为……而死
They died for the people; their death is
weightier than Mount Taishan.
be dying for 渴望
I am dying for a cup of water.
be dying to do 很想做, 渴望做
She is dying to see you.
be dying to go abroad
die of 死于疾病和内在的情绪, 强调内因;
die from 死于灾难、伤害、事故等, 强调外
因。
Princess Diana died from a car accident
in 1997.
戴安娜王妃在1997年死于车祸。
7. He fought against the German Nazis
and Japanese invaders during World
War II. 二战时期他抵抗德国纳粹和
日本侵略者。
fight for 为……而战
fight against 与……作斗争
fight with 同并肩作战; 与……战斗
We will have to fight against difficulties.
They told the workers to fight for their
right.
I’ll fight with you, in other words, I’ll support you.
Slaves were fighting for freedom.
The police were called in to stop the fight.
1) England fought ___ France _____
Germany in that war.
A. with; for B. against; against
C. with; against D. for; with
2) Gandhi gave up a rich life and fought
____ his country and his men.
A. against B. with C. for D. to
C
C
8. work as … 从事… …工作
Mandela used to work as a lawyer and
helped many poor black people.
Mandela 过去从事律师工作并帮助过
很多贫穷的黑人。
act as 担任, 充当
9. He founded the first Republic in China
in 1911 after many years’ fighting.
经过多年斗争他于1911在中国创建了
第一个共和国。
found (founded, founded) 建立, 创建
find (found, found) 找到
The hospital was founded in 1920.
Have you found your missing pen?
be founded on/upon 建立在……基础上，
以……为基础
The story is founded on/upon facts.
10. He strongly believed in the three
principles: nationalism; people’s
rights; people’s livelihood.
他坚信三条原则: 民族, 民权, 民生。
believe in 信任, 信仰
Do you believe in God?
We believe in our government.
believe sb. = believe what sb. says
相信某人的话
believe in sb. 信任某人
He believe what he said because I believe in him.
11. He gave up a rich life for his ideas and
fought for his country to be free from
the UK in a peaceful way.
他为了他的思想而放弃了富裕生活, 并且
用和平方式为他的国家摆脱英国而进行
了战斗。
give up 表示主动放弃或屈服
He has decided to give up smoking.
give in 表示被动屈服或认输, 后面
不带宾语
You can’t win the game, so you may
as well give in.
free from 摆脱(不好的东西)的, 无……的
free…from 使……摆脱, 免除
a sentence free from mistakes
They freed the birds from the cages.
Keep the children free from harm.
12. He fought for the black people and
was in prison for thirty years.
他为黑人而战且坐过三十年监狱。
be in prison 在狱中, 被监禁
He has been in prison for five years.
put…in prison = send…to prison =
throw …into prison 把……投入监狱
The car thieves have been put in
prison.
He was sent to prison for ten years.
be out of prison 出狱
go to prison 入狱 escape from prison 越狱
注意: 零冠词现象，常用于prison, school,
hospital, church, college前: go to school/
hospital/college
He had been in prison for 5 years and
was out of prison last week.
→ He was put in prison 5 years ago.
John was thrown into prison for
breaking the law.
Mandela devoted all his life ____ the dream
of making black people and white people equal.
A. to achieve B. to achieving
C. achieve D. achieving
2. Andrew, can you ____ our photographer
this week?
A. come as B. look like
C. work like D. act as
Exercises
C
D
1. The ____________ (生活质量) was very
terrible when Mandela and Elias were
in Robben Island---a prison.
2. Mandela ___________________(积极参加)
activities of helping black people to get
freedom.
3. He has many _____________(好品质) and
honesty is his ____________(最好的品质).
Translation
living quality
took an active part in
good qualities
best quality
4. 他是学生会里的一名活跃分子。
He is an active member in the Students’
Union.
5. 他是一