1、Unit 5Nelson Mandela a modern heroObjectiveTo learn qualities that make a great person and something about the lives of some great people.What adjectives would you use to describe a great person?And what qualities does a great person have?Discuss with your partner and make a list.Qualities of the gr
2、eat peopledeterminedbraveconfidentwarm-heartedresponsibleselflesshonestgenerouskindeasy-goinghard-workingdevotedhelpfulindependentWho is your hero/heroine?In my opinion Who can be called a great person?I think To my understanding I feel that a great person is someone who is devoted to helping others
3、.Who is he?He was born in a peasant family in 1866.He strongly believed in the three principles:nationalism;peoples rights;peoples livelihood.He is a Chinese who founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years fighting.Who is he?Sun Yat-senSun Yat-sen(1866-1925),ChinaHe was a Chinese re
4、volutionary leader and statesman,the founder of the Kuomintang and the first provisional president of the Republic of China.He said,“Thats one small step for a man,one giant leap for mankind.”He was the first man to land on the moon in July 1969.Who is he?He was a pilot in the American Air Force and
5、 later joined the astronaut program.Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong(1930-2012),USAAmerican pilot,astronaut;the first person to walk on the moon He was a Canadian who worked selflessly in China as a doctor and saved many Chinese people.He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during Worl
6、d War II.Who is he?Unfortunately he got blood poisoning while working in China and died here.Norman BethuneNorman Bethune(1890-1939),Canada He was a Canadian,a Communist and also a doctor.He supported the Chinese Communist Party and went to help their army as a doctor and to train other doctors.He i
7、nvented mobile field hospital units which could be moved quickly to the places where the war was being fought.He was a man who wrote the Bible in English so all could read it.He died for his ideas but his work is still used in the official Bible today.Who is he?William TyndaleWilliam Tyndale(1494-15
8、36),Britain He believed that the Bible should be read by everyone.He translated the Bible into easily readable English for the people of his time.The priests and some religious people opposed his idea.At last he was caught and put to death for his beliefs.He was an Indian who gave up a rich life for
9、 his ideas.He fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.Who is he?He was the father of the Indian nation of the twentieth century.Mohandas GandhiMohandas Gandhi(1869-1948),India He formed an organization leading the Indiansstruggle for equal rights.He wasa model of a different
10、kind of political leader.Mohandas Gandhi was educated in the United Kingdom and received a law degree from University College in London.He was the former president of South Africa who fought for black people.He helped black people get the same rights as white people.Who is he?He was in prison for al
11、most thirty years.Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela(1918-),South Africa In order to make the black people get the freedom,he fought many years and was in prison for 27 years.He helped the black people to realize the dream of making black and white people equal.Are they all great people?Names His qualitie
12、sGroup1 Sun Yat-sen Group2 Norman BethuneGroup3 Mohandas GandhiGroup4 Nelson Mandela Fill in the table below and then talk about what kind of qualities they have?Give your reasons.As a great personShould he/she help others?Should he/she get on well with others?Should he/she be willing to do public s
13、ervice?Should he/she be active in social activities?Should he/she never lose heart when he/she is in great trouble?A great man is 1.one who helps others especially when they are ready to sacrifice something to help.2.one who unselfishly gives up something to achieve his goal.3.one who has gone throu
14、gh struggles and difficulties for their noble cause.4.one who is very dedicated and persistent in achieving his noble goal.Who is the great person in your heart?Why do you like himher so much?Did heshe do anything for others?What arewere hisher best qualities?Great people in your heartWhat kind of p
15、erson are you?Do you have the qualities of a great person?How much do you know about Nelson Mandela?Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July,1918 in Transkei,South Africa.Rolihlahla Mandela became the first member of his family to attend a school,where his teacher Miss Mdingane gave him the English name N
16、elson.After enrolling,Mandela began to study for a Bachelor of Arts at the Fort Hare University,where he met Oliver Tambo.Tambo and Mandela became lifelong friends and colleagues.After the 1948 election victory of the Afrikaner-dominated National Party,Mandela began actively participating in politic
17、s.Nelson Mandela was elected the first black President in South Africa in 1994.In 1961,he became the President of the African National Congress(ANC).He helped the black people to get the same rights as the white people.He fought for the black people and was in prison for 27 years.Mandelas 90th birth
18、day was marked across the country on 18 July 2008,with the main celebrations held at his home town of Qunu.In a speech to mark his birthday,Mandela called for the rich people to help poor people across the world.1.The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fal
19、l.2.If you want to make peace with your enemy,you have to work with your enemy.Then he becomes your partner.3.Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.Nelson Mandelas quotation 4.If you talk to a man in a language he understands,that goes to his head.If you talk to
20、 him in his language,that goes to his heart.5.If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa,there are also roads that lead to their goal.Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.Nelson Mandelas quotation HomeworkHomework1.Look up the new words and expressions of the Reading in the dictionary.2.Preview the Reading:ELIAS STORY
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