Unit 5 Nelson Mandela第一課時
warming up
第一步：通過問學生一些問題引入本課的話題:
1. who do you think is the most powerful student in you class?(以身邊同學為例，引發學生興趣，調動學生對該話題的討論積極性)
2. what qualities do you think he has? or can you use some adjectives to describe him/her? (回憶所學過的關于描述人的形容詞:honest, humorous, hard-working, quick-minded, co-operative, smart, tall, handsome, easy-going, ready to help others, etc)
3. can we say that he/she is a great person? why?(通過討論，引發學生對偉人所具品質的思考);
第二步：個人活動，完成問卷調查表。教師可酌情自己加一些問題，如：
do you love your parents?
do you always do housework at home?
are you ready to help others anytime anywhere?
do you always try your best to get along well with the people around you?
do you easily give up doing some difficult tasks?
第三步：兩人活動，交流以上問卷調查中的個人資料后總結，教師可用以下問題提示：
what qualities does your partner have?
is he/she a great person?
will he/she be a great person in the future?
第四步：個別學生向全班介紹同伴的品質。
pre-reading
第一步：學生合上書本，教師展示一些名人圖片，如 abraham lincoln， bill clinton 等，讓學生猜他們分別是誰；
第二步：教師念一些名人身平事跡，再讓學生把這些事跡與人物對應；
第三步：學生看書上名人的照片并閱讀書上的人物介紹，不懂的地方向老師請教，教師酌情講解一些詞匯，如 principle, fight等；
第四步：學生兩人討論：在所有這些人物中，你認為哪些是偉人，哪些是重要人物，并談談你的區分標準;
第五步：聯系身邊的實際情況，學習討論偉人和重要人物的區別，如重要人物班長和偉大人物白求恩之間的區別。
great person: has a great idea; always helps others; unselfishly gives up something to achieve his/her goal, etc.
important person: plays an important role in some field, organizations or great events.
homework
1. pre-view reading on page 34;
2. underline the new words and phrases and some parts you find difficult to understand.