Unit 5
Nelson Mandela –
a modern hero

Reading
高一人教新课标版必修一
lawyer
guidance
legal
Fee
fare
hopeful
stage
n. 律师
n. 指导; 领导
adj. 法律的; 依照法律的
n. 费(会费、学费等); 酬金
n.（公共汽车、轮船、计程车等的）票价车费
adj. (怀)有希望的
n. 舞台; 阶段; 时期
Words Preview
质量; 品质; 性质
乐意的; 自愿的
共和国; 共和政体
法则;原则
和平的;平静的
继续
quality n.
willing adj.
republic n.
principle n.
peaceful adj.
continue vi. &vt.
vote

attack
violence
equal
anti-black
sentence
nationalism
livelihood
vt. & vi. 投票; 选举
n. 投票; 选票; 表决
vt. 进攻; 攻击; 抨击
n. 暴力; 暴行
adj. 相等的; 平等的
adj. 反黑人的
vt. 判决;宣判
n. 民主主义;国家主义
n. 生计;谋生
1. 乐意做某事
2. 愿意让某人做某事

3. 建议某人做某事
4. 处于不幸中
5. 为了…而战
6. 与…作战
be willing to do sth.
be willing for sb. to do sth.
advise sb. to do sth.
in trouble
fight for …
fight against …
Expressions Preview
7. 继续做某事
8. 担心
9. 失业
10. 非洲民族会议
11. 事实上
12. 使充气;爆炸
13. 把…投入监狱
14. 与…平等的，胜任，相等
continue to do sth.
worry about
out of work
African National Congress
as a matter of fact
blow up
put … in prison
be equal to
15. 当权; 上台
16. 设立; 建立
17. 被判决……
18.对(于) …很积极
19.原则上
come to power
set up
be sentenced to …
be active in (doing) sth.
in principle
Reading
ELIA’S STORY
Nelson Mandela
Elias
?
What’s the connection between them?
Pre-reading: Make a guess
Strangers
Friends
C. Father and son
D. Teacher
and student
He fought for the black
people and was in prison
for thirty years. Nelson is
a modern great man
because he helped his
people get the same rights
as white people in his
country.
Elias’ Story
Elias: a poor black worker in South Africa.
The text tells us about his life and what he did with Nelson Mandela to fight for black people.
How many parts can the text be divided
into? Give the general idea of each part.
Part 2 (para 3-5)
The change of Elias’ life after he met
Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.
Part 1 (para 1-2)
The life of Elias before he met
Nelson Mandela.
Fast reading
The life of Elias
he was born
he began school
he left school
he met Nelson Mandela
he helped Mandela blow up some government buildings
Paragraph 1:
1. How old was Elias when he first met
Mandela?
2. What was Mandela at that time?

3.What did Mandela do to help black people?
He was twelve.
He was a lawyer.
He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems.
Paragraph 2:
1. When did Elias begin school?

2. Why did Elias have to leave school?
3. Why didn’t Elias have a passbook?
He began school at six.
Because his family couldn’t continue
to pay the school fees and the bus fare.
Because he wasn’t born there.
Paragraph 3:
How did Mandela help Elias?
Mandela told Elias how to get the correct papers so he could stay in Johannesburg.
Paragraph 4:
What was the situation of black people
at that time?
They couldn’t vote or choose their leaders. They couldn’t get the jobs they wanted. They were sent to live
in the poorest parts of South Africa.
Paragraph 5:
Because he wanted to realize their dream of making black and white people equal.
Why did Elias support violence when
he did not agree with it?
Elias went to see Nelson Mandela
when he was in trouble.
2. Elias left school because the school
was too far from his home.
3. Nelson Mandela helped him keep
his job.
4. Elias met Nelson Mandela at school.
T
F
True or False
T
F
Careful Reading
5. Nelson helped him keep his job.
6. Elias was unable to read or write
because he was lazy.
7. Nelson was a black lawyer.
8. Nelson thought violence was a good
way to help black people.
9. Nelson believed that black people were
being treated as well as white people in
South Africa.
F
F
F
T
T
10. Elias trusted Nelson Mandela and he
joined the ANC Youth League.
11. Elias was willing to blow up
government buildings.
12. Nelson Mandela thought violence
was a good way to help black people.
13. The government were happy with
Nelson and the ANC.
14. Totally, Elias was happy blowing up
government buildings.
T
F
F
F
F
What disadvantages did Elias
have in finding a job?
He was a black person, poor education;
no permit to live in Johannesburg
More intensive questions :
2. According to the text, what was the
situation for black people in South Africa?

Black people had no _____.
They couldn’t get _____ they wanted.
They were sent to the _______ areas
where ______ could grow food.
vote
jobs
poorest
no one
3. Why did Elias visit Nelson Mandela?
Because he needed legal help. He was
not allowed to work without a passbook.
4. What did Mandela do to help black
people?
Mandela helped black people by offering guidance to them on legal problem.
6. How did he support Mandela?
He joined _______________________.
He helped Mandela __________
some government buildings.
the ANC Youth League
blow up
5. Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela?
Mandela told him _________ the correct
papers so that he could keep his job.
how to get
Elias felt 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.
7. What was Elias’ attitude towards the  unfair situation black people faced?  How do you know?
Nelson Mandela turned to violence
because he felt there was no other
way of changing this unfair situation.
8. Why did Nelson Mandela turn to
violence to make black and white
people equal?
9. Is it fair to treat others badly for things
they cannot change, like the color of skin
or eyes or the race one belongs to?
Give a reason.
No, because there is nothing one can
do to change or improve the situation.
10. What do we call it when some people
are badly treated because of their race
and others not?
Racialism.
1. Why did Elias have to leave school?
A. He didn't have a passbook.
B. His home was far from the school.
C. His family couldn't afford the
school fees.
D. He couldn't read or write.
C
Choose the best answer.
2. Nelson Mandela opened a black
law firm in order to ____.
A. make money
B. help the poor black people
with their problems
C. make himself famous
D. study law
B
3. How did Nelson Mandela help
Elias keep his job?
A. He talked with Elias' boss.
B. He helped him get the correct
papers.
C. He lent him some money.
D. He asked him to go to court.
B
4. Why did Elias help Nelson Mandela
blow up some government buildings?
A. He liked violence.
B. It was not dangerous.
C. It was a way to make black and
white people equal.
D. He wanted to be famous.
C
5. What dream did Nelson Mandela
have?
A. To become the president of South
Africa.
B. To win the Nobel Peace Prize.
C. To make black and white people
equal.
D. To blow up some government
buildings.
C
6. What does the word “leave” mean
in the 3rd line of Para 2?
A. go away from a place
B. give up; stop
C. forget to take
D. cause sb. to be in a certain condition
B
7. How did the ANC Youth League fight against the government?
A. They fought against the government in a peaceful way.
B. They shoot the government officials.
C. They decided to answer violence with violence.
C
8. Why did Elias help Mandela blow up
some government buildings?
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.
C
Elias’ life before meeting Mandela
Black people’s problems
Summary
Information of Elias
Elias’
problem
They had no ______.
They couldn't get ______ they wanted.
They had to live in
_________________.
He was a poor ________
worker.
He needed to get a _________ because
he wanted to continue doing his work.
black
passbook
vote
jobs
the poorest areas
Elias’ life after
meeting Mandela
Mandela’s help
support for Mandela
Mandela told him ____________
the correct papers
so that he could
keep his job.
He joined ____________
_____________.
He helped Mandela
_______ some
government buildings.
how to get
the ANC
Youth League
blow up
Helpfulness
Bravery (勇敢)
Persistence (坚持不懈)
Kindness (亲切, 仁慈)
Determination (坚定) ……
What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?
Please discuss this question:
He had opened a black law firm to advise
poor black people on their problems.

He told me how to get the correct papers
so I could stay in Johannesburg.
Find out the great qualities of Mandela according to the passage.
(Helpful)
(Kind & Intelligent)
We were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government.
We chose to attack the law. 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.
(Brave, Determined & Unselfish)
Match the words & phrases with the explanation.
A. having the same rights
or being treated the
same as other people.
B. to tell the truth
C. not having a job
D. an amount of money
paid to be allowed to do
something such as join a
club, a school, etc.
E. help
F. having hope
guidance
fee
out of work
hopeful
as a matter of fact
equal
Fill in the blanks with the correct words
1. His lawyer’s hourly ______ is 150 dollars.
2. He has been _____________ for a year and
now he’s looking for a job.
3. The worker looks stupid, but
_________________, he is bright.
guidance, fee, out of work, hopeful,
as a matter of fact, equal
fee
out of work
as a matter of fact
4. All people are _______, so they should
share the same rights as each other.
5. I am _________ that she will come
tomorrow.
6. He did the work with his teacher's
___________.
equal
hopeful
guidance
1. The time when I first met