Reading
Reading: 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.
Black people’s life at that time:
1. 质量;品质;性质
2. 乐意的;自愿的
3. 共和国;共和政体
4. 法则;原则
5. 和平的;平静的
6. 继续
quality n.
willing adj.
republic n.
principle n.
peaceful adj.
continue vi. &vt.
Word Check
7. 费(会费,学费); 酬金
8. 投票; 选举
9. 暴力; 暴行
10. 攻击，进攻
11. 平等
fee n.
vote n. & vt.
violence n.
attack v
equal n.
12. 反黑人的
13. 判决;宣判
14. 民主主义;国家主义
15. 生计;谋生
anti-black n.
sentence vt.
nationalism n.
livelihood n.
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 …
Phrase Check
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
13. 把…投入监狱
14. 与…平等的
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
1. 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 trusted Nelson Mandela and he joined the ANC Youth League.
Tell True or False
T
F
T
T
5. Elias was willing to blow up government buildings.
6. Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.
F
F
Read the text and then try to find the main idea of the text:
The life of Elias’ changed before and after he met Nelson Mandela, and what Mandela did.
Reading
How many parts can the text be divided into? Give the general idea of each part.
Part I

Part II
Paragraph 1-2 The life of Elias’ life before he met Nelson Mandela.
Paragraph 3-5 The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.
Elias was born.
Elias was a two years old baby.
Elias was four years old.
Elias began school.
1940:
1942:
1944:
1946:
Time zone: please find out what happened in Elias’ life in the following years?
1948:
1952:
Elias left school.
Nelson Mandela opened his law firm.
Guiding questions:
1. Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela?
2. What problems did Elias have?
3. Why did he support violence when he
did not agree with it?
4. What would you have done if you were
Elias?
1. Why did Elias support Nelson Mandela?
Because Nelson Mandela used to help him in Johannesburg. And Elias joined the ANC Youth League which was organized by Nelson Mandela.
2. What problems did the black people like Elias have?
Black people had no vote and could not choose who ruled them. The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people. They could not get jobs they wanted. The places they lived were the poorest areas in South Africa. No one could grow food there.
3. Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it?
Because he wanted to realize their dream of making black and white people equal.
Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases according to the text.
two
fees
passbook
out of work
twelve
lawyer
legal
how
joined
equal
Read the text again and fill in the blanks.
Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa on July 18, 1918. In 1937 he entered university where he completed his law degree in 1940. In 1944 he formed the ANC Youth League and in 1952 he set up a law office to help poor black people in Johannesburg. At that time Mandela was a black lawyer to _______ many black people went for
whom
advice, and he offered _________ to poor black people on their legal problems. Many black people joined the ANC Youth League to achieve their dream of making black and white people equal. They first _________ the laws peacefully, and then decided to _________ violence with violence. In 1963 they _________ some government buildings.
guidance
attacked
answer
blew up
Voice your opinions
1. What disadvantages did Elias have in finding a job?
2. How did the new government in South Africa treat the white people?
3. Is it fair to treat others badly for things they cannot change, like the color of skin or eyes or the race one belong to? Give a reason.
4. What do we call it when some people are badly treated because of their race and others not?
1. According to the text, what was the situation for black people in South Africa?
2. How did the ANC Youth League fight against the government?
3. Why did Elias help Mandela blow up some government buildings?
Further comprehension:
1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
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:
Find out the great qualities of Mandela according to the passage.
He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems.

He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg.
(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)
Detail studies
1. What do you think is the purpose of this passage?
2. Do you think Elias tells his story well? Give reasons.
3. What is the tone of Elias’ story?
Do you like Elias because of the way he tells his story? Give a reason.
Discussion
1. Why did the white people not treat black people fairly in South Africa?
2. How do you think the white people stopped the black people from being treated fairly?
3. Is it right for some people in one country to treat other people in the same country differently? Give a reason.
Discover useful words and expressionsfind the words with the same meaning.
league
lose heart
as a matter
of fact
out of work
in trouble
put in prison
willing
fees
advise
continue
fight
accept
peaceful
active
Complete with some of the following words.
My name is Robert Sobukwe. Like Nelson Mandela I was a _______ who believed that all _________is created ______. I hate ________ and tried to
equal official worry about mankind lawyer attack republic quality violence legal hopeful vote active
lawyer
mankind
equal
violence
Use ________ways so that black people could ______ for their government. As I live in South Africa, the _______ of the South African ________ did not agree with me. They _______ me for encouraging the blacks to fight against the government and put me in prison. Nobody was allowed to talk to me for five long years and I lost the ability to talk. Before I went to prison, I had been ________ that things would change.
legal
vote
officials
Republic
attacked
hopeful
After I was released I found the _______of life for black people had got worse. I was _____________ my future, and soon I fell ill. Although I was not as successful as Nelson Mandela, many people remember me as one of the first _______ black fighters for human rights in South Africa.
quality
worried about
active
Homework
1. Recite the key sentences in the two texts.
2. Preview the passage and finish the exercise on Page 36.
The Rest of Elias’ story
Read the text, and do the exercise on Page 39.
Make notes about what happened to Elias in prison.
Discuss the following questions in pairs. Compare your ideas with another pair.
What would you have done if you were Elias?
2. How do you think his wife and family felt when he was in prison?
Read the text again and answer the following questions:
1. When did Elias lose his job?
2. How did Mr. Mandela help Elias in the prison?
3. Does Elias like his present work?
1. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
2. The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away.
3. This was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.
找出定语从句：
4. The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest.
5. …we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.
6. The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people.
7. The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa.
8. …we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the government.
9. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful.
10. It was a prison from which no one escaped.
11. He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings when we should have been asleep.
12. I felt bad the first time I talked to a group.
13. For Mr Mandela began a school for those of us who had little learning.
14. We read books under our blankets and used anything (that) we could find to make candles to see the words.
I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。
1. To his great joy, all his close r_______ and friends came to attend his daughter’s wedding.
2. Thinking of the cruel and bloody war 20 years ago, he is still filled with t_______.
3. In my o_______, watching TV is a waste of time. Why