unit 7：Mandelas garden.ppt

Aims of Teaching To know something about Mandela To learn to use words like “pursue, decline, etc.” To learn to use what-clauses and as-clauses To notice the collocations of certain verbs and nouns. Part One: Duty Report Part Two: Warming-Up Questions Part Three: Background Information Part Four: Text Appreciation Part Five: Homework Part Three Background Information Ⅰ. Presentation on Mandela Ⅱ. More Information about Mandela Ⅲ. About the text Ⅱ. More Information about Mandela Date of birth (1918) Education ANC ( Africa National Congress 1944 ) Apartheid Imprisonment (1964-1990) Nobel Peace Prize (1993) First president of South Africa (1994-1999) Mandela in Africa National Congress (ANC) in 1944 Apartheid n. (in South Africa) government policy of racial segregation, separating the whites and the blacks种族隔离 Prison cell for Mandela on Robben Island Mandela in prison the release day (1990) Nobel Peace Prize (1993) President Nelson Mandela (1994-1999) The text is adapted from Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela in Boston, USA in 1994. Part Four: Text Appreciation Ⅰ. Main idea of the text A. Skimming and scanning B. Key sentences to understand the article C. Main idea of the text Ⅱ. Detailed study of the text A. Skimming and Scanning Please read over the text again in three minutes, try to answer the question that I raised just now and grasp the main idea of the text . Question: How did Mandela keep himself passionate for such a long time in prison? B. Key sentences to understand the text Para. 2 “To survive in prison, one must develop ways to take satisfaction in daily life.” Para. 8 “ To plant a seed…offered a simple but enduring satisfaction.” Para 9 “ Leaders must look after their gardens; they too, plant seeds, and then watch, cultivate, and harvest the results. Like…what cannot succeed.” C. Main idea of this article Mandela regards garden