Unit5Unit5NelsonMandela------AModernHeroInmyopinion…Whocanbecalledagreatperson?Whocanbecalledagreatperson?Ithink…Tomyunderstanding…Ifeelthat…Agreatpersonissomeonewhoisdevotedtohelpingothers.DiscussionDiscussionWhatqualitiesdoyouthinkagreatpersonshouldhave?qualitiesqualitiesofthegreatofthegreatpeoplepeopledeterminedbraveconfidentwarm-heartedresponsibleselflesshonestbroad-and-openmindedgenerouskindeasy-goinghard-workingdevotedhelpfulindependentHowcanwetellifanimportantpersonisagreatperson?Mostofthegreatpeoplearealsoimportantpeople.Butimportantpeoplemaynotalsobegreatpeople.Nowlookattheinformationaboutsixmen.Andfindoutwhoisnotagreatperson?Giveyoureasonforyourdecision.Dividethewholeclassintoseveralgroupsanddiscussit.WilliamTyndale(1484-1536)Priestandscholar;translatedtheBibleintoModernEnglish.WilliamTyndalebelievesthattheBibleshouldbeabletobereadbyeveryone.Sohemadeithislife’sworktotranslatetheBiblefromancientGreekandHebrewintoeasilyreadableEnglishforthepeopleofhistime.Buthewascaughtandputintoprisonanddiedforthisideasandbeliefs.Afterhisdeath,theBiblewaspublishedinEnglishand80%ofitwastheworkofWilliamTyndale.NormanBethuneACanadian;foughtagainsttheGermanNazisandJapaneseinvadersduringWorldWarII;workedasadoctorandsavedmanyChinesesoldiers.NormanBethunewasaCanadian,aCommunist,andalsoadoctor.HesupportedtheChineseandwenttohelptheirarmyasadoctorandtotrainotherdoctors.Heinventedmobilefieldhospitalunits.Unfortunately,hegotbloodpoisoningwhileworkinginChinaanddiedthere.HefoundedthefirstRepublicinChinain1911aftermanyyears’fighting;hestronglybelievedinthethreeprinciples:nationalism;people’srights;people’slivelihood.SunYat-senSunYat-senSunYat-sen(November12,1866-March12,1925)wasaChineserevolutionaryleaderandstatesman,thefounderoftheKuomintangandthefirstprovisionalpresidentoftheRepublicofChina.Inthe1930shewasposthumouslygiventhetitle“FatheroftheNationFatheroftheNation”(国父),whichiscurrentlyusedinTaiwan.Inthemainland,heiscommonlyreferredtoasthe“forthgoer”(革命的先行者)andismentionedbynameinthepreambletotheConstitutionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.MahatmaGandhiHegaveuparichlifeforhisideasandfoughtforhiscountrytobefreefromtheUKinapeacefulway.MohandasGandhiwaseducatedintheUnitedKingdomandreceivedalawdegreefromUniversityinLondon.AfterhewasadmittedtotheBritishbar,hepracticedlawinBombay(nowMumbai),India,andlaterinDurban,SouthAfrica.WhileinSouthAfrica,hewastreatedasamemberofaninferiorrace,whichspurredhimintohislifelongquesttoachievecivilrightsforallraces.NelsonMandelaHefoughtfortheblackpeopleandwasinprisonforthirtyyears.Hehelpedtheblackpeopletogetthesamerightsaswhitepeople.NelsonMandelawaselectedthefirstblackPresidentinSouthAfricain1994.Forthefirsttimeever,SouthAfrican’sallracesarecitizens.ThevotecameonApril26,1994.ThevictorycelebrationwasthesweetoneforNelsonMandela.Justday’slater,theAfricansgovernmentofF.W.deKlerkhandedtheringsovertovictoriousAfricanNationalCongress.NeilArmstrongAmericanpilot,astronaut;thefirstpersontowalkonthemoon.“That’sonesmallstepforaman,onegiantleapformankind.”NeilArmstrongwasthefirstmanevertowalkonthemoon.HewasapilotintheAmericanAirForcesandlaterjoinedtheastronautprogram.Hewaschosentobethefirstmantowalkonthemoon.Greatperson:Importantperson:Playsanimportantroleinsomefield,organizationorgreatevents.Hasagreatidea;alwayshelpsothers;unselfishly;givesupsomethingtoac...
