Unit5NelsonMandela----amodernheroReadingPractice读天下文章博众家之长Whoarethey?AbrahamLincolnMariecurieWilliamTyndaleNormanBethuneSunYat-senAlbertEinsteinGandhiNelsonMandelaHefoughtagainsttheGermanNazisandJapaneseinvadersduringWorldWarII.HeworkedinChinaasadoctorandsavedmanyChinesesoldiers.HefoundedthefirstRepublicinChinain1911aftermanyyears’fighting.Hestronglybelievedinthethreeprinciples:nationalism;people’srights;people’slivelihood.HegaveuparichlifeforhisideasandfoughtforhiscountrytobefreefromtheUKinapeacefulway.NormanBethuneSunYat-senGandhiHewasthesixteenthPresidentoftheUnitedStares.Hefoughtforthefreedomandrightsoftheslaveallthroughhislife,buthewasmurdered.HewrotetheBibleinEnglishsoallcouldreadit.HediedforhisideasbuthisworkwaslaterusedintheBible.AbrahamLincolnWilliamTyndaleHewasthebestphysicsprofessorintheworldinthe20century.Hewasfamousforhisresearchaboutthelight、electricityandheat.HedevotehislifetoscienceandcreatedtheTheoryofRelativity(相对论).AlbertEinsteinDiscussionWhatcanwelearnfromthesepeople?Hefoughtfortheblackpeopleandwasinprisonforthirtyyears.Hehelpedtheblackpeopletogetthesamerightsaswhitepeople.NelsonMandela•Readthepassageanddecidethestatementstrue(T)orfalse(F).1.EliasmetNelsonMandelaatschool.2.NelsonMandelawasablacklawyer.3.Eliaswasunabletoreadorwritebecausehewaslazy.4.NelsonMandelahelpedhimkeephisjob.5.Eliaswashappyblowingupgovernmentbuildings.6.NelsonMandelabelievedthatblackpeoplewerebeingtreatedaswellaswhitepeopleinSouthAfrica.7.NelsonMandelathoughtviolencewasagoodwaytohelpblackpeople.8.ThegovernmentwerehappywithNelsonMandelaandtheANC.TFFTFFFFReadingPractice:Task1:Readingforgeneralunderstanding•Readthewholepassageandseehowmanypartsthetextcanbedividedinto,andgivethegeneralideaofeachpart.PartIparagraph1-2ThelifeofElias’beforehemetNelsonMandela.PartIIparagraph3-5ThechangeofElias’lifeafterhemetNelsonMandelaandwhatMandeladid.Task2:Readingforstructureofthepassage.Task3:Readingfordetails.QuestionsforPartI1.WhichofthestatementsaboutEliasiswrong?A.Hehadtoleaveschoolforpovertywhenhewas8.B.Lackofeducation,hewaspoorinreadingandwriting.C.HeworriedthathewouldlosthisjobbecausehehadnopassbookinJohannesburg.D.It’shardforhimtofindajobinagoldminesohevalueitmuch.2.Whatdoestheword“leave”inthe2ndlineofPara2?A.goawayfromaplaceB.giveup;stopC.forgettotakeD.causesb.tobeinacertaincondition3.Whatcanweinferfromthispart?A.EliaswasablackworkerinJohannesburg.B.Eliasreceivelittleeducationwhenhewasyoung.C.Mandelaopenedalawfirmtohelpblacktosharetheirproblems.D.BlackpeopleinJohannesburgarenottreatedequally.CBDTask3:Readingfordetails.QuestionsforPartII1.WhathelpdidEliasgetfromMandela?2.HowwasEliaslifechanged?3.WhatdifficultiesdidtheblackpeopleinJohannesburghavetoface?4.Whatdidtheblackpeopledotofightfortheirequalrights?Hetoldhimhowtogetcorrectpapers.Hebegantohelpfightfortheequalrightsoftheblacks.Theycouldnotmaketheirownchoice.PeacefulwaysanswerviolencewithviolenceTask4:ConsolidationRetellthepassageinthirdpersonwiththehelpofthefollowinghints:EliasblackworkerSouthAfricalittleeducationdifficultiesattheageof12Mandelawithsb’shelpmovedkindnessElias’timelifefortheblackshardrightschooseunequallyANCYouthLeagueequalrightsjoinpeacefulwaylawnotallowviolencewithviolencedreamTask4:ConsolidationModelEliaswasablackworkerinSouthAfrica.Hejustreceivedlittleeducationwhenhewasyoung.Sohehadsomedifficultiesinhiswork.Whenhewasattheageof12,hemetMandelaandsolvedhisproblemswithhishelp.Hewasgreatlymovedbyhiskindness.DuringElias’time,lifefortheblackswashard.Theyhadnorightstochooseandweretreatedunequally.SowhenMandelaorganizedtheANCYouthLeaguetofightfortheequalrightsoftheblacks,Eliasjoineditassoonashecould.Atfirsttheytriedsomepeacefulwaytobreakthelawbutitwasnotallowed.Asaresult,theyhadtoanswerviolencewithviolencetorealizetheirdreamofmakingblackandwhitepeopleequal.Discussion:WhatcanwelearnfromthetextaboutNelsonMandela?Homework1.FinishthereadingofthepassageonP.382.Studythelanguagesinthisunitandprepareforthenextperiod.Thanksalot!Anycommentiswelcome!
