Module1Unit 5 reading学案
I. Read for general understanding.
1)Read for the main idea of each paragraph.
2) Try to analyze the structure of the passage.
II. Skimming（Inpidual work）:
Take a quiz below and according to the questions; see whether they can grasp the details of the text.
1. Why did Elias have to leave school?
A. Because he didn't have a passbook.
B. Because his home was far from the school.
C. Because his family couldn't afford the school fees.
D. Because he couldn't read or write.
2. Nelson Mandela opened a black law firm in order to .
A. make money
B. help the poor black people with their problems
C. make himself famous
D. study law
3. How did Nelson Mandela help Elias keep his job?
A. He talked with Elias' boss.
B. He helped him get the correct papers.
C. He lent him some money.
D. He asked him to go to court.
4. Why did Elias help Nelson Mandela blow up some government buildings?
A. Because he liked violence.
B. Because it was not dangerous.
C. Because he thought it was a way to make black and white people equal.
D. Because he wanted to be famous.
5. What dream did Nelson Mandela have?
A. To become the president of South Africa.
B. To win the Nobel Peace Prize.
C. To make black and white people equal.
D. To blow up some government buildings.
6. What does the word “leave” in the 3rd line of Para 2?
A. go away from a place
B. give up; stop
C. forget to take
D. cause sb. to be in a certain condition
7. What can we infer from this part?
A. Elias was a black worker in Johannesburg.
B. Elias received little education when he was young.
C. Mandela opened a law firm to help black to share their problems.
D. Black people in Johannesburg are not treated equally.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence .
1 Elias was unhappy in the prison because ________
A he was kept with the criminals
B the prison guards studied with him
C he had to study
D he could not study for a degree
2 Nelson Mandela showed how good a leader he was because
A he fought the guards in prison
B he refused to let the guards study in his school
C he let the guards study in his school but not take the exams
D he let the guards study even though the prisoners could not
take the exams
3 Life for Elias was not too bad in prison because_________
A he had to study
B he could study with the guards
C he wanted to study C he could study and get a degree
4 As leader of South Africa , Nelson Mandela helped prisoners of Robben Island by__________
A giving them an education
B giving them money
C putting the guards in prison
D giving them a job
III. Scanning（Team work）:
Read the text carefully and try to find more details from the text then make a timeline
of Elias’s life, according to the time below.
1940 born 1942 a two years old baby.
1944 four years old. 1946 began school.
1948 left school. 1950 opened__________________ law
firm.
1952 12/ met Mandela. 1954 14 / encouraged by Mandela
IV. Retelling
According to the timeline of Elias’s l ife, use some important words and phrases
to retell the text. Retell the passage in third person with the help of the following hints:
Elias black worker South Africa little education difficulties at the
age of 12 Mandela with sb’s help moved kindness Elias’ time life for the blacks hard rights choose unequally ANC Youth League equal rights join peaceful way law not allow violence with violence dream
______(,a ____________________in________________,) first met Nelson Mandela
__________________. At that time, Mandela was the black________ who offered__________ to poor people on their legal problems.
Elias needed Nelson’s help because he had very ___________ . He got a job in
a gold mine. Sadly he did n’t have a passbook to live in Johannesburg and he
__________ about whether he would become _______of work. (Mandela told)Elias how
to get the __________ papers so he could stay in Johannesburg/_________________,
Elias knew how to get the __________ papers so as to stay in Johannesburg. Elias
never __________ Mandela’s _________(how kind Mandela was). /During Elias’ time, life for the blacks was hard. They had no rights to choose and were treated unequally. So when Mandela organized the ANC Youth League to fight for the equal rights of the blacks, Elias joined it as soon as he could. /When Mandela organized the_________________, Elias _________it as soon as possible.
In 1963, Elias helped Mandela___________ up some government buildings./ At first they tried some _______ way to break the law but it was __________. As a result, they had to answer __________________ to realize their _________of making black and white people equal. Though it was dangerous, Elias was very _________ to help.
When Elias lost his job and was __________, his wife was very unhappy. She knew this means he was _________ when all she wanted was a _______ life with enough money every month. She tried to _______ him not to fight the government as she thought it was better to ______ that in South Africa black people were not as important as white people. But he was willing to _______ the fight and help Nelson Mandela with equal rights for black people. For a ______ time she felt helpless and ________, but Elias encouraged her with stories of how good life would be when white and black people worked and played together. He ___________________ to advise black people on their problems.
Unit 5词汇学案
Using Language Listening
1 Listen to the tape and find out the reason why Elias
joined the ANC Youth League .Then answer the
following questions .
1 What is a passbook ?
A A book to help you pass exams .
B A book to show your identity .
C A book to tell you where to live .
D A book to tell you how to live
2 Why is it important ?
A For traveling outside South Africa .
B For showing where you were born .
C For traveling inside South Africa .
D For getting a job .
3 What job did Elias want to do ?
A To work with other black workers .
B To work as a cleaner .
C To teach in a primary school .
D To work in the mines.
4 Who worked underground ?
A The white workers .
B The black and white workers .
C The black workers .
D Foreign workers .
5 Who worked on the surface ?
A The black workers .
B The black and white workers .
C The white workers .
D Foreign workers .
6 Where did Elias live ?
A In a classroom .
B In a home of his own .
C In a large room with beds .
D With his family .
