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Teaching aims:

1. Topic

The qualities of a great person;

The lives of some great people.

2. Useful words and expressions:

hero quality willing active republic principle fight peaceful prison prisoner period law advise continue fee gold youth league stage vote position accept violence equal blanket degree guard educated terror fear cruelty reward right(n.) criminal leader president sentence(v.) sincerely

lose heart in trouble worry about out of work Youth League as a matter of fact blow up put… in prison come to power set up be sentenced to

3. Functional items:

A. Giving opinions:

Why do you think so?

What do you think of …?

What’s your opinion?

I agree/ don’t agree.

I think/don’t think….

I prefer….

In my opinion….

I’m afraid…

B. Making comments:

Good idea!

That’s an excellent idea.

4. Structures

The attributive clause (II)

由where, when, why, 介词+ which, 介词+ when 引导的定语从句。

The school where I studied only two years was three kilometers away.

This was a time when you had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.

The reason why I got a job was because of my hard work.

…we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government.

The person to whom you should be grateful for a peaceful South Africa is Nelson Mandela.

Teaching procedures

Period 1 (Reading)Step 1. Warming up

1. Ask Ss some questions:

What are the qualities you should find in a great person?

Who do you think is a great person?

What qualities do you have?

2. Ss finish the chart on page 33.

Step 2. Pre-reading

1. Show Ss some pictures about six great persons and let them guess who they are.

2. Ask Ss to tell why they are important persons in history.

Step 3. While-reading

1. First reading: Ss read the text and finish comprehending 1 on page 35.

2. Ss read again and make a timeline of Elias’ life until he met Nelson Mandela.

1940______________ 1942 ______________

1944 ______________ 1946 ______________

1948 ______________ 1950 _______________

1952 ______________ 1954 _______________

3. Ss read the whole passage and see how many parts the text can be divided into, and give the general idea of each part.

Suggested answers:

Part I paragraph 1-2

The life of Elias’ before he met Nelson Mandela.

Part II paragraph 3-5

The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.

Step 4. After-reading

Ss discuss:

How the ANC Youth League fights the Government?

What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?

Step 5. Extensive reading

Get the Ss to learn more about Nelson Mandela.

Ss read the passage: the rest of Elias’ story on page 38, and answer the following questions:

1. When did Elias lose his job?

2. Does Elias like his present work?

Homework

1. Recite the key sentences in the text.

2. Retell the text.

Period 2. (language learning and grammar)

Step 1. Revision

Ss try to retell the text, using their own words.

Step 2. Language points

1. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was ….

2. advise…on

3. be …away

4. Less important than…

5. Only then did we decide to… (倒装句)

Step 3 discovering useful words and expressions

1. Ss read Elias’ story again and try to find words that mean the same in the form on page 35.

2. Ss read the passage on page 36, part 2 and try to complete the it with properate words.