1、Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-A Modern HeroJay ChowYaoming Do you always do your own home work?Do you ask 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?What kind of person
2、are you?Your friend needs bus fare home but you want to buy something to eat?Would you refuse to help?Are you active in school 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?Is he a great person?In m
3、y opinionWho can be called a great person?I think To my understandingA great person is someone who is devoted to helping others.I feel thatDiscussionWhat qualities do you think a great person should have?qualities of the great peopledeterminedbraveconfidentwarm-heartedresponsibleselflesshonestbroad-
4、and-open mindedgenerouskindeasy-goinghard-workingdevotedhelpfulindependentHow 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 people.Now look at the information about six men.And find out who is not a
5、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 Bible should be able to be read by everyone.So he made it his lifes work to
6、 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 English and 80%of it was the work of William Tyndale.Norman BethuneA Canadia
7、n;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 help their army as a doctor and to train other doctors.He invented mobile fi
8、eld 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:nationalism;peoples rights;peoples livelihoodSun Yat-sen(November 12,1866-Mar
9、ch 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Guf),which is currently used in Taiwan.In the mainland,he is commonly referr
10、ed 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 UK in a peaceful way.Mohandas Gandhi was educated in the United Kingdom and r
11、eceived 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 of an inferior race,which spurred him into his lifelong quest to achieve civi
12、l 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 South Africa in 1994.For the first time ever,South Africans all races are c
13、itizens.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 ArmstrongAmerican pilot,astronaut;the first person to walk on the moon“Thats
14、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 to walk on the moon.Great person:Important person:Plays an important role
15、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.I.根据下列各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。1.Much of the land was of poor q_.2.Shes over 80,but
16、is still very a_.3.The Peoples R_ of China was founded in 1949.4.Schools try to teach children a set of p_.qualityRepublicactiveprinciples课后练习5.It was _(吝啬的)of him not to invite her.6.Shes always very _(大方的)to the kids.7.If the earths temperature rises,it will be a disaster for all _(人类).generousmea
17、nmankindII.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1.Amy,dont be _(self).Let the others have a turn.2.She set an example to us in _(self)working for the country.3.The baby looks so _(peace)when hes sleeping.4.She described her husband as“a good man and a(n)_(devote)husband.”selfishselfless peacefuldevotedIII.用方框中所给词或短语的适当形
18、式填空。give up;fight for;be free from;in prison;found;believe in;land on1.Youve got to _ yourself,or youll never succeed.2.After hard work,she _ a place in the national team last month.3.She _ her job and started writing poetry.believe ingave up fought for 4.You _ any mistakes because of your carefulness5.The town _ by English settlers in 1790.6.Schenk spent 26 years _ for killing his girlfriend.7.A flying boat is an aeroplane that can _ water.in prisonare free fromwas foundedland on Preview Elias story.Homework
