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Unit 5 Nelson Mandela Warming up.Guessing gameWho is he?1. He was the father of the Indian nation of the twentieth century. He formed an organization leading the Indians struggle for equal rights. He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way. He was a model of a different kind of political leader. 2.He was born in a peasant family in 1866. He studied medicine in China and Hongkong and practised as a doctor in Macao.He opposed the Qing government.When the Qing government fell, he became the first president of the Chinese Republic.He gave up being President in 1912 to work on his three principles:the principle of peoples rights, peoples livelihood and nationalism.3.He was the first man to walk on the moon.He was a pilot in the American Air Force and later joined the astronaut programme. He was chosen to be the first man to walk on the moon.4.He is one of the greatest scientists of the century in the world. He put forward the theories of relativity. His theory in physics helped the world to know more about the universe, so he was given the Nobel Prize in 1921. He proved that light does not travel in a straight line, but bends as it passes the sun.5.She is a famous chemist and physicist and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes for her work on radioactivity and her discovery of polonium and radium. Her best qualities are persistence, determination and modesty.6.He is the former South African president. In order to make the black people get the freedom, he fought many years and was put in prison for thirty years. He helped the black people to realize the dream of making black and white people equal.7.He believed that Bible should be read by everyone. He translated the Bible into easily readable English for the people of his time. The priests and religious people disliked his idea and thought they would have less power, so they tried to stop him. But he did not give up. At last he was caught and put to death for his beliefs.8.He was a Canadian who has a very strong feeling against injustice. He was a very important doctor in his own country. He came to China to support the Chinese and their army as a doctor. Unfortunately he got blood poisoning while working in China and died here.Gandhi （ ） Neil Armstrong （ ）Albert Einstein （ ） Nelson Mandela （ ）Norman Berthune （ ） Sun Yat-sen （ ）Marie Curie （ ） William Tyndale （ ）. Answer the following questions.1. Who do you admire greatly? Why?2. What are the qualities you should find in a great person?_3. What qualities do you have?_.Listening.1.Read the statements below and then listen to the whole text. Decide whether they are true or false. Correct the wrong information.1. William Tyndale wrote the first Bible. ( )2. He was born in the fifth century. ( )3. Many years ago the bible was written in the Greek and Hebrew languages. ( )4. William Tyndale later moved to Belgium to complete his work. ( )5. Everybody in Europe loved the bible written by William Tyndale. ( )2. Listen to part 1 again and complete the passage.William Tyndale was born in _ in the _century. He lived from_ to _. He was only _ years old when he died. At that time the bible was not written in _, so most people in _ couldnt read it at all. So William Tyndale wrote the first_. People still use his _and _ today.3. Listen to Part 2 again and answer these questions.1. Why was the king not happy with William Tyndale?2. What happened to him after he was found in Belgium?3. What do people think of his work now?Homework1. Review the words of unit 5.2. Preview the reading and find the difficult sentences.Answers1. Gandhi （ 1 ） Neil Armstrong （ 3 ）Albert Einstein （ 4 ） Nelson Mandela （ 6 ）Norman Berthune （8 ） Sun Yat-sen （2 ）Marie Curie （ 5 ） William Tyndale （ 7 ）2. What are the qualities you should find in a great person?Brave hard-working active reliable honest generous wise devoted selfless warm-hearted determined Intelligent, diligent, Do public service work without pay, confident, energetic, passionate【pnitli】热情的，激昂的 , Make great contributions to mankind, Get on well with others, Never lose heart, Be active in society activities, Do public service work without pay3. What qualities do you have?A great person is a person who has followed his or her ideas and sacrificed something so that they could be realized.Listening2. Read the statements below and then listen to the whole text. Decide whether they are true or false. Correct the wrong information.1. William Tyndale wrote the first Bible. ( )2. He was born in the fifth century. ( )3. Many years ago the bible was written in the Greek and Hebrew languages. ( T )4. William Tyndale later moved to Belgium to complete his work. ( T )5. Everybody in Europe loved the bible written by William Tyndale. ( )3. Listen to part 1 again and complete the passage.William Tyndale was born in _London_ in the _fifteenth_century. He lived from_1494_ to _1536_. He was only _42_ years old when he died. At that time the bible was not written in _English_, so most people in _Britain_ couldnt read it at all. So William Tyndale wrote the first_Englis Bible_. People still use his _words_and _expressions_ today.4. Listen to Part 2 again and answer these questions.1. Why was the king not happy with William Tyndale?The king was not happy because he did not want the people to read the Bible in English. (He wanted to have power over what people thought about Christianity. He knew that when people read the Mobile for themselves they could decide for themselves. He was right because once people did read translated Bible, they started arguing with the traditional way of understanding it.)2. What happened to him after he was found in Belgium?He was put in prison and later killed.3. What do people think of his work now?They love his work very much. His bible is still the most popular and his words are still used today.
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