Unit 5

Step 1

Section Ⅰ

Step 2 Step 3

Do you know som ething about Nelson M andela's life in

prison？Please read the follow ing passage to get the answ er.

Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on

July 18,1918. He was educated at University College of Fort

Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law

in 1942. He joined the African National Congress in 1944.

In June 1961, the ANC considered his proposal on the use of

violent actions and agreed that those members who wished to

involve themselves in Mandela's campaign would not be stopped

from doing so by the ANC. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and

sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labour. In 1963,

Mandela was brought to stand trial for plotting to overthrow (颠

覆) the government by violence. On June 12, 1964, Mandela was

sentenced to life imprisonment. From 1964 to 1982, he was kept

at Robben Island Prison, off Cape Town.

During his years in prison, Nelson Mandela's reputation

grew steadily (稳定地). He was widely accepted as the most

important black leader in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was

released (释放) on February 18,1990. After his release, he

devoted himself to his life's work, trying to achieve the goals

he and others had set out almost four decades earlier. In 1991,

at the first national conference of the ANC Mandela was

elected President of the ANC.

1．qualify /kwɒlIfaI/ v. (使)具有资格；证明合格

2．proposal /prə pəʊzəl/ n. 建议；提议；计划；提案

3．violent / vaIələnt/ adj. 猛烈的；使用暴力的

4．involve /In vɒlv/ vt. 使卷入；使参与

5．arrest /ə rest/ v． 逮捕

6．plot /plɒt/ v. 密谋；策划

7．be sentenced to 被判处……

8．reputation /'repjʊ'teIʃən/ n. 名誉；名声

9．devote oneself to 致力于；献身于

10．set out 出发；开始；陈列

Section Ⅰ Warming Up & Reading — Pre reading

Pre reading

Please match the words with their proper meanings. 1．mean A．法律的；依照法律的

2．selfish B．投票；选举

3．lawyer C．暴力；暴行

4．legal D．联盟；同盟

5．fee E．律师

6．league F．学费；会费；酬金

7．violence G．不公正的；不公平的

8．vote H．乐意的；自愿的

9．willing I．自私的

10．unfair J．吝啬的；卑鄙的 答案：1～5 JIEAF 6～10 DCBHG

Background Introduction & Lead in

A famous person may not be a great person, but a great

person must be a famous person.

1．What do you think of a great person?

A great person is someone who

./A great person is someone who

.

/A great person is someone who

.

devotes his/her life to helping

others helps others selflessly

or makes great contributions to social development progress

we love and respect and

honor

2．What do you know about Nelson Mandela? He devotes his life to helping his people get the same rights

as white people in his country./He is a national leader who

has been fighting for making black and white people

equal./He is a national hero in South Africa./Nelson

Mandela is regarded as one of the greatest spiritual and

political leaders of our time.

While reading

Fast reading 1．Look at the title and the picture of the passage, and then

skim the passage to find out the main idea of it.

It is mainly about the story of the poor black worker Elias

who got help from Nelson Mandela.

2．Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

Part 1：

Paragraphs 1－2 A．The life of Elias before he met

Part 2：

Paragraphs 3－5 B． after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did

Nelson Mandela

The change of Elias' life

Careful reading

(Ⅰ )Read the text again and choose the best answer according

to the text.

1．When was Elias born?

A．In 1942. B．In 1940.

C．In 1964. D．In 1920.

2．Which of the following statements is NOT the writer's purpose

of writing the passage?

A．To tell us how great Nelson Mandela was.

B．To let us know why they had to fight for human rights

with violence.

C．To tell us an interesting story.

D．To let us know the living situation of the blacks in South

Africa at that time.

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．Nelson Mandela helped Elias to keep his job

B．Elias was happy to blow up the government buildings

C．Elias met Nelson Mandela at school

D．the government was happy with Nelson Mandela and the ANC

4.Why did Elias help 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 people and

white people equal.

D．Because he wanted to be famous.

5．What disadvantages did Elias have in finding a job?

A．He helped Nelson Mandela blow up the government

buildings.

B．He had poor education.

C．He was very young.

D．He didn't want to live in Johannesburg. 答案：1～5 BCACB

Black people's 1.

They couldn't get the jobs they wanted.

They had to live in the 2. part of South Africa.

Elias'life

Before meeting Mandela

A poor 3. worker in South Africa.

He didn't have a 4. to live in Johannesburg, so he would probably become 5. work.

After meeting Mandela

Mandela told him 6. get the correct papers so that he could 7. in Johannesburg.

He 8. the ANC Youth League.

He helped Mandela 9. some government 10. .

(Ⅱ )Read the text carefully and fill in the chart with information in the text.

problems poorest

black

passbookout of

how tostay

joinedblow up

buildings

Study reading Analyze the following sentences in the text that may be difficult

to understand.

1．The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult

period of my life.

[尝试翻译]

第一次见到纳尔逊·曼德拉的时候，是我一生中非常艰难的时期。

[句式分析]

2．However, this was a time when one had got to have a passbook

to live in Johannesburg.

[句式分析]

[尝试翻译]

可是，那个时候你要想住在约翰内斯堡就非

得要有身份证不可。

3．Sadly I did not have one because I was not born there, and I

worried about whether I would become out of work.

[句式分析]

[尝试翻译]

糟糕的是我没有身份证，因为我不是在那里出

生的，因而我担心会失业。

4．... we were put into a position in which we had either to

accept we were less important, or fight the government.

[句式分析]

[尝试翻译]

我们被置于这样一个境地：要么我们被迫接受

低人一等的现实，要么跟政府作斗争。

Post reading

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Elias was a poor black worker in South Africa while Nelson

Mandela was the black lawyer, who offered to poor

black people on their problems. When Elias was in a very

difficult of his life, he went to Nelson Mandela for advice.

Elias had very little because his family couldn't

the school fees and the bus fare, he had studied for only two years in school. Then he managed to get a job in a gold mine.

guidance

legal

period

education

afford

But without a to live in Johannesburg he was afraid to

become out of work.Nelson Mandela offered him help and that was one of Elias' happiest days. When Mandela the ANC

Youth League, Elias joined it as soon as possible. In the last thirty years, black people had lost all their .They chose to

the laws □10 .If this was not allowed, they decided to answer

violence with □11 .In fact, Elias didn't like violence, but in

1963, in order to □12 their dream of making black and white

people □13 ，he helped to blow up some government buildings.

passbook

organized

rights attack

peacefully

violence

achieve

equal