Learning Plan for Unit Five—Nelson Mandela-a modern hero
Period Two Reading
学习目标：1. 复习本单元的重点单词和词组。
2. 掌握文章大意，了解曼德拉的事迹。
3. 重点训练学生快速阅读获取信息的能力。
Step 1. Word revision
1. 在某方面吝啬_________________
2. 在某方面慷慨___________________
3. 在某方面积极_________________
4. 事实上_________________________
5. 致力于做--- ___________________
6. 成立，建立_____ (______ , _______)
7. 失业_________________________ 8. 在某人的指导下_________________
9. 乐意去做某事_________________ 10. 处于困境中_____________________
11. 失去信心_____________________ 12. 求助于_________________________
13. 建立，设立___________________ 14. 当权，上台_____________________
15. 被判处死刑___________________ 16. ---的原因________________________
17. 为争取---而战_________________ 18. 相信，信任_____________________ 19. 摆脱，无---的_________________ 20. 在狱中，被监禁_________________ Step 2. Fast reading
Write out the right order according to what happened to Elias in the following years.
1. 1940___ A. Elias began school.
2. 1942___ B. Elias was twelve years old and met Mandela.
3. 1946___ C. Elias left school.
4. 1948___ D. Elias was born.
5. 1952___ E. Elias helped Mandela blow up some government buildings.
6. 1963___ F. Elias was a two-year-old baby.
Step3. Listening
Listen to the tape of the text and try to finish Ex 1 on Page 35.
Step4 careful reading
（1）Read the text carefully and try to get some more information about Elias and fill the following blanks.
Information of Elias：
Elias’life before He was a poor _______worker.
meeting Mandela Elias’problem：He needed to get a _________because he wanted to continuedoing his work.
They could not_______.
Black people’s problems They couldn’t get _____ they wanted.
They had to live in ________________.
Elias’life after Mandela told him _________the correct papers so that
he could keep his job.
meeting Mandela He joined __________________________.
He helped Mandela ______some government buildings.
（2）Read the text again and choose the best answer.
1. The reason why Elias left school was that
A. He was tired of going to school
B. The lessons were boring
C. His family was too poor
D. He met Mandela
2. How did Nelson Mandela help Elias keep his job?
A. He talked with Elias’boss.
B. He helped him get the correct papers.
C. He lent him some money.
D. He asked him to go to court
3. Why did Elias help Nelson Mandela blow up some government buildings?
A. Because he liked violence.
B.Because it was not dangerous.
C. Because he thought it was a way to make black and white people equal.
D. Because he wanted to be famous.
4.Life was ____ for Elias in his childhood.
A. hard
B. good
C. Happy
D. interesting
5. What dream did Nelson Mandela have?
A. To become the president of South Africa.
B. To win the Nobel Peace Prize.
C. To make black and white people equal.
D. To blow up some government buildings.
6. How did the ANC Youth League fight against the Government at first ?
A. By force.
B. In a peaceful way.
C. Through violent fights.
D. By war.
7. What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?
A. Bravery.
B. Kindness.
C. Determination
D. All of the above.
Step 5. summary
Elias is a poor b_____ worker in South Africa. When he first met Mandela he was in a difficult p_____ of his life. He began s______at six. But he had to leave because his family could not c______ to pay the school fees. When he got a job, he was w_______ because he didn’t have a passbook. Then Mandela told him what to do and helped him. When Mandela o________ the ANC Youth League, Elias joined it. At that time, black people had no v____ and could not chose who r_____ them. In 1963 he helped b_____ up some government buildings, though it was d________ for him, because he knew it was to r________ their dream of making black and white people e_______.