1、Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-A Modern Hero1.Who is your hero/heroine?2.Why do you like him/her so much?3.What qualities does he or she have?4.What qualities does you have?Fill the chart below and find out what kind of person are you?What kind of person are you?Do you always do your own home work?Do you ask
2、 for help when you think it necessary?Do you help others with their work if they ask you?Do you get on well with your classmates?Are you willing to do public service work without pay?Your friend needs bus fare home but you want to buy something to eat?Would you refuse to help?Are you active in schoo
3、l activities?Do you have hobbies?Do you easily lose heart when you are in trouble?Do you often help old people or little children when they need help?How can we tell if an important person is a great person?Most of the great people are also important people.But important people may not also be great
4、 people.Now look at the information about six men.And find out who is not a great person?Give you reason for your decision.Divide the whole class into several groups and discuss it.William Tyndale(1484-1536)Priest and scholar;translated the Bible into Modern English.William Tyndale believes that the
5、 Bible should be able to be read by everyone.So he made it his lifes work to translate the Bible from ancient Greek and Hebrew into easily readable English for the people of his time.But he was caught and put into prison and died for this ideas and beliefs.After his death,the Bible was published in
6、English and 80%of it was the work of William Tyndale.Norman BethuneA Canadian;fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during World War II;worked as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers.Norman Bethune was a Canadian,a Communist,and also a doctor.He supported the Chinese and went to
7、help their army as a doctor and to train other doctors.He invented mobile field hospital units.Unfortunately,he got blood poisoning while working in China and died there.Sun Yat-senHe founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years fighting;he strongly believed in the three principles:n
8、ationalism;peoples rights;peoples livelihoodSun Yat-sen(November 12,1866-March 12,1925)was a Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman,the founder of the Kuomintang and the first provisional president of the Republic of China.In the 1930s he was posthumously given the title“Father of the Nation”(国父
9、Guf),which is currently used in Taiwan.In the mainland,he is commonly referred to as the“forthgoer”(革命的先行者)and is mentioned by name in the preamble to the Constitution of the Peoples Republic of China.Mahatma GandhiHe gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the U
10、K in a peaceful way.Mohandas Gandhi was educated in the United Kingdom and received a law degree from University College in London.After he was admitted to the British bar,he practiced law in Bombay(now Mumbai),India,and later in Durban,South Africa.While in South Africa,he was treated as a member o
11、f an inferior race,which spurred him into his lifelong quest to achieve civil rights for all races.Nelson MandelaHe fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years.He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people.Nelson Mandela was elected the first black President in
12、 South Africa in 1994For the first time ever,South Africans all races are citizens.The vote came on April 26,1994.The victory celebration was the sweet one for Nelson Mandela.Just days later,the Africans government of F.W.de Klerk handed the rings over to victorious African National Congress.Neil Ar
13、mstrongAmerican pilot,astronaut;the first person to walk on the moon“Thats one small step for a man,one giant leap for mankind.”Neil Armstrong was the first man ever to walk on the moon.He was a pilot in the American Air Forces and later joined the astronaut program.He was chosen to be the first man
14、 to walk on the moon.Great person:Important person:Plays an important role in some field,organization or great events.Has a great idea;always helps others;unselfishly;gives up something to achieve his/her goal,etc.Neil Armstrong is an important person and the others are great person.用括号内所给词的适当形式完成下列
15、句子。1._(self)people must learn to share so as to make themselves become _(self).2.European countries are now making an _(act)effort to save more materials than before.3._(devote)to caring for the poor,Mother Teresa had no time to think of herself.SelfishselflessactiveDevoted4.The distant countryside is so _(peace)that I dont want to go back to the noisy city.5.Mr.Yang _(selfless)helped six children finish their university study within 10 years.selflessly peaceful
