Unit 5
Nelson Mandela
--A Modern Hero
Words about qualities:
active 积极的,活跃的 careful 办事仔细的
confident 有信心的 easy-going 随和的
devoted 忠实的 friendly 友好的 strong-willed 意志坚强的
tireless 孜孜不倦的 calm镇静的
lovely 可爱的 handsome 帅气的
hard-working 勤劳的 honest 诚实的
intelligent 理解力强的 wise 明智的
warm-hearted 热心的 brave 勇敢的
selfless无私的 generous 慷慨的
reliable 可信赖的
responsible 负责的 sincere 真诚的 willing to help 助人的 determined 坚定的
lazy 懒惰的 cruel 残酷的 mean 吝啬的
unkind刻薄的 selfish 自私的
stubborn顽固的
Step1 Warming up
Who is your favorite star?
He is one of the best basketball players . He is playing basketball in NBA.
Yao Ming
Step 2 Pre-reading
Jay Chow
He wrote a lot of pop songs for himself and for other pop singers.
He is very popular with teenagers.
He founded the first Republic in China .
He believed in the three principles. He devoted his life to the revolution(革命).
Sun Yat-sen
(1890-1925,China)
He devoted his life to saving a lot of soldiers on the battle field during World War Ⅱ.
Norman Bethune
(1890-1939, Canada)
Are these famous people also great people?
famous people are those who are well-known and work harder and make a huge success.
great people are those who devote their life to helping others.
Step 3 While-reading
Nelson Mandela
Skimming for structure
How many parts can the text be divided into?

Main ideas of each part:
Part 1
(Paragraph 1-2)
Part 2
(Paragraph 3-5)
The life of Elias _____ he met Mandela.
The change of Elias’ life ____ he met Mandela and what Mandela did.
before
after
Reading for detail
Part 1
1. Why did Elias visit Nelson Mandela?
2. What did Mandela do to help black people?
3. How much do you know about Elias’ school
life?
4. What trouble was Elias in?
Part 2
1.How did Mandela help Elias?
2.How much do you know about the unfair
situation black people faced?
3.Why did Mandela turn to violence to make
black and white people equal?
4.Was Elias willing to blow up government
buildings? How do you know?
Step 4 After-reading
Discussion:
What qualities does Mandela have?
In my opinion, Mandela is a …person.
You may use the following expression:
(helpful, warm-hearted, friendly, brave, and determined…)
Speaking & writing:
How can you become great people?
Homework:
How can we become great people? Write a passage about this topic.
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Thank you!