Unit 5 Nelson Mandela—a modern heroSection Ⅱ Learning about Language & Using LanguageⅠ.重点单词1．escape vi.&vt. 逃脱；逃走；避开2．educate vt. 教育；训练educated adj. 受过教育的；有教养的education n. 教育3．beg vi. 请求；乞求4．terror n. 恐怖；可怕的人；恐怖时期；恐怖活动5．cruelty n. 残忍；残酷cruel adj. 残忍的；残酷的6．reward n. 报酬；奖金；vt. 酬劳；奖赏7．sentence vt. 判决；宣判8．opinion n. 意见；看法；主张Ⅱ.重点短语1．lose_heart 丧失信心或勇气2．come_to_power 当权；上台3．set_up 设立；建立4．be_sentenced_to 被判处……(徒刑)Ⅲ.重点句式1．should have done sth.He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings when we should_have_been_asleep.他在午餐后的休息时间以及晚上我们本该睡觉的时间教我们学习。2．“do/does/did＋动词原形”表强调的用法They were not cleverer than me, but they did pass their exams.他们并不比我聪明，但他们确实通过了考试。3．the first time 引导时间状语从句I felt bad the_first_time_I_talked_to_a_group.第一次给旅行团做讲解时，我的心情很不好。课文预读THE REST OF ELIAS' STORY1You cannot imagine① how the name of Robben Island made us afraid. It was a prison from which no one escaped②. There I spent the hardest time of my life. But when I got there Nelson Mandela was also there and he helped me. Mr Mandela began a school for those of us who had little learning③. He taught us during the lunch breaks④ and the evenings when we should have been ⑤ asleep ⑥. We read books under our blankets⑦ and used anything we could find⑧ to make candles to see the words. I became a good student. I wanted to study for my degree⑨ but I was not allowed to do that. Later, Mr Mandela allowed the prison guards to join us. He said they should not be stopped from studying⑩ for their degrees. They were not cleverer than me, but they did⑪ pass...
