Unit 5 Nelson Mandela—a modern hero學案
3) do you think all of them are great people?
3. read the text to make a timeline of elias’ life.
1940______________________ 1948______________________
1942 ______________________ 1950______________________
1944______________________ 1952______________________
1946 ______________________ 1954______________________
第二部分：reading（任務領先 合作探究）
fast reading
1. read the passage fast and find out the topic sentence for each paragraph
topic sentence of paragraph 1
topic sentence of paragraph 2
topic sentence of paragraph 3
topic sentence of paragraph 4
topic sentence of paragraph 5
2. read again and find how many parts can the text be divided into? give the general idea of each
part.
part paragraph main idea
…
3. what is the main idea of the passage?
careful reading
1. choose the best answer according to the text.
1). what disadvantages did elias have in finding a job?
a. he helped nelson mandela blow up the government buildings.
b. he had poor education. c. he was very young.
d. he didn’t want to live in johannesburg.
2). when was elias born?
a. in 1952. b. in 1940. c. in 1964. d. in 1920.
3). which of the following statements is not the purpose of the writer in writing the passage?
a. to tell us how great nelson mandela was.
b. to let us know why they had to fight for human rights with violence.
c. to tell us an interesting story.
d. to let us know the living situation of the blacks in south africa at that time.
4). it can be inferred from the passage that______________.
a. nelson mandela helped elias to keep his job
b. elias was happy to blow up the government buildings
c. elias met nelson mandela at school
d. the government was happy with nelson mandela and the anc
2. read the text with the questions in mind and try to find out the answers.
1) what disadvantages did elias have in finding a job?
2) how did the white people stop the black people from being treated fairly?
3) how did the new government in south africa treat the white people?