Nelson Mandela

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Unit5
Nelson Mandela ----a modern hero
Period 1
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Question Discussion
Who is a famous person in your eye? Why?
   Who do you think is an important person?
Why?
Who is a great person in your eye?
Are there differences between a famous (or an
important) person and a great person?
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Discussion summary
A famous person may not be an important person
and an important person may not be a great
person.
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A great person is one who has followed his or her
ideas and sacrificed something so that their
ideas could be realized.
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An important person may be well-known but if he
hasnt gone through struggles and difficulties
for their noble cause, he or she cant be called
a great person.
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What good qualities make a great man?
determined
intelligent
Kind
good qualities
generous
unselfish
hardworking
confident
brave
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Self-aware
What good qualities do you already have?
Do the chart in warming up to see what kind
of person you are.
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Be self-aware,
Make self-perfect
Learn from great people
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Pre-reading
Read the brief introduction about the six
pictures and judge which of them are great people
using the standard we have just learned and try
to give your reason.
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He wrote the Bible in English so all could read
it. He died for his ideas but his work was later
used in the Bible.
William Tyndale (1494-1536), Britain
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He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese
invaders during World War II. He worked in China
as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers.
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canada
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He founded the first Republic in China in 1911
after many years fighting. He strongly believed
in three principles nationalismpeoples
rightspeoples livelihood.
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), China
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Gandi (1869-1948), India
He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought
for his country to be free from the UK in a
peaceful way.
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He fought for the black people and was in prison
for thirty years. He helped the black people to
get the same right as white people.
Nelson Mandela , South Africa
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He landed on the moon in July 1969. He was the
first man to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong, USA
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Who do you think is a great person? Why?
Who do you think is not a great person? Why not?
Which of them do you admire most?
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Preview the whole unit
Tasks
How many people are talked in this Unit in
all?
Why does the topic of this unit says that
Nelson Mandela is a modern hero?
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While-reading
Look at the black words (new words ) in the
sentences. Guess their meanings first and
then check them in the vocabulary.
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Listen to the new words and expressions in
Unit5. Make sure that your pronunciation is
correct.
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Homework
Recite the new words and preview the reading
passages on pages 34 38 (Underline what you
dont understand)
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Thank you!