Unit 5 Elias’ story
Step1.Lead-in
1. When talking about a person, what adjectives can you think of to describe his or her qualities?
Adjectives for describing a person:
Positive qualities: kind, honest, brave, loyal, happy, wise, smart, friendly, warm, cheerful, popular, generous, hard-working, diligent, strong-minded, determined,
Negative qualities: weak, stupid, lazy, dishonest, mean, tense, cold, unkind, miserable, dull, stubborn, dull
2. What qualities do you think we should find in a great person?
A great person should be determined, hard-working, unselfish, and generous. He should follow his ideas and never lose heart when he is in trouble. He usually gives up something to achieve his goals. He should be willing to do public service work without pay, be active in social activities, gets on well with others, and help others, etc.
Today we are going to read about nelson Mandela, a great leader who fights for the rights of the black people and is considered as a modern hero. Now read the title of the text ---Elia’s story. Can you guess what kind of writing the text is? A story is usually a piece of narrative writing.
Step2. Fast reading Read the passage quickly and find out Topic sentence of each paragraph to get the main idea and the structure of the text. Topic sentence of each paragraph:
Para1. The time when I first met nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
Para2. Sadly I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried about whether I would be out of work.
Para3. The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest day of my life.
Para4. the last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no right at all.
Para5. we first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed...only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.
The quoted speech in the story objectively reveals Mandela’s political views
So What is the main idea of the text? What does Elias tell about in his story?
Main idea of the passage: Elias describes how nelson Mandela helped the black people through his own experience.
He tells about his life, how Mandela helped him and how he supported Mandela.
Step3. Intensive reading Read the passage carefully to locate particula information and answer some detailed questions.
1. what do Mandela do to help black people?
Mandela helped black people by offeringguidance to them on legal problem. This prevented them from being badly treated by the government.
2. Why did Elias visit Nelson Mandela? What is Elias’ problem?
Elias visited Nelson Mandela because he neededlegal help. He Elias is a black worker in South Africa. He was not legally allowed to work without a passbook. He did not have one because he was not born in Johannesburg. He was worried about whether he would be out of work. Nelson Mandela was able to help him get the passbook.
3. What was Elias’ attitude towards the unfair situation black people faced? How do you know?
Elias felt upset or angry about the unfair situation black people faced. He tells us in the story that black people could not choose where to live, his job or his homeland outside the city.
4.Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it?
Why did Nelson Mandela turn to violence to make black and white people equal?
Because their attempt to attack the law in a peaceful way failed. They had to answer violence with violence. There was no other way of changing this unfair situation.
Step4. Language study
Now please read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.
Offer guidance to sb. on sth. ; be generous with; pay the school fees and the bus fair; this is a time when ….; become /be
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