Look at the sentences and pictures of some important or great people and try to guess who they are .
Guessing Game:
1.He comes from Shanghai,China.
2.He is the best basketball player in our country.
3..He enters the NBA in America.
Yao Ming
He was born on July 3rd ,1983 in Putuo Shanghai China.
2. He is 1.83 meters tall and 74 kg.
3.He runs fastest and got the medal of 100m hurdles in the 2004 Olympic Games.
Liu Xiang
Yang Liwei
1.He is an astronaut(宇航员)in China.
2.He is the first astronaut piloting a spacecraft(航天器),traveling in the space on board Shenzhou-5 in 2003.
1.He is the richest man in the world now.
2.He set up Microsoft Company and makes his own software.
Bill.Gates
1.She was a Polish scientist .
2. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903
3.She won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911
Marie Curie
1.He was born in Germany.
2. His theory is in Physics.
3. He won the Nobel Prize in 1921.
Albert Einstein
Sun Yat-sen
1.He founded the first Republic in China in 1911after many years’fighting.
2. He strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; People’s rights; people’s livelihood.
3.He is thought as the Chinese people’s “ Father of the Nation.
1. He gave up a rich life for his ideas.
2. He fought for his country –India to be free from the UK in a peaceful way.
3.He was thought as Indian People’s “ Father of the Nation.”
Gandhi
He wrote the Bible in English so all could Read it. He died for his ideas but his work was later used in the Bible.
William Tyndale
(1494-1536)
Britain
Norman Bethune
(1890-1939)
Canada
He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during WWII. He worked in China as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers.
Nelson Mandela
(1918- ), South Africa
1.He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years.
2. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people.
3.He was the first black president in South Africa.
Question:What should a great person be like?
What qualities should a great person have?
hard-working
determined
diligent
Strong-minded
wise
loyal
brave
Great Person
generous
confident
helpful
responsible
unselfish
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Elias’s Story
Great person
Ordinary person
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scanning
Para 1 Black people’s rights
Para 2 Elias’ Self-introduction
Para 3 Mandela helped Elias
Para 5 Elias’ true feeling and actions
Para 7 Elias’ trouble –Poor education and job
Pare 4 and 6 Mandela’s speeches
True or False?
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.
5.Elias was willing to blow up government buildings.
6.Nelson Mandela thought violence was a good way to help black people.
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T
F
T
T
F
F
Skimming
1. Who is Elias?
He is a poor black worker in south African.
2. Why did Elias need help from Nelson Mandela?
Because he had very little education and he can’t get a passbook to live in Johannesburg.
3. What advice did Mandela give to Elias?
Mandela told Elias how to get the correct papers so he could stay in Johannesburg.
4. What organization did Elias join?
ANC Youth League
5. How is the life of black people in South Africa?
Paragraph 5
6. Why did he support violence when he did not agree with it?
Because he knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people.
Intensive Reading(I)
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1940 ….
1946 ….
1948 ….
1952 ….
1963 ….
He was born
He began school
He left school
He was 12 and met
Mandela
Biography(人物 传记)
The time of order
Please read the passage carefully and try to
finish timeline of Elias’ life
He helped Mandela
blow up some
government buildings
Post reading
Discussion:
How to be a great person?
Post reading
Do their best
How to make a great person?
pay more time
never give up
intelligent
Never lose heart when in great trouble
set up an aim
get on well with others
insist on what they pursue
help others
be active in society activities
Be willing to do public service
unselfish
determined
Thank you!