Unit 5 Nelson Mandela----a modern hero

1,她总是逃避escape doing 纳税pay her taxes。 2,我的叔叔是我最近的nearest亲人relative。 3,他被判be sentenced to…三年监禁in prison。 4,那个杀人犯murderer被判处be sentenced to死 刑death。

5.内战the civil war之后一个新政府被建立set up。6.他们设立set up了一个专门的委员会a special committee [k 'm t ]来调查look into此事matter。

Scan the text in two minutes and find out what each paragraph is mainly talking about.1, Para. One 2, Para. Two _______ _______

A. The environment of the prison on Robben Island. B. Elias’ life in prison. C. Elias is proud to show visitors over the prison. D. His life after the four years in prison.

THE REST OF ELIAS' STORY

You cannot imagine how the name of Robben Island made us afraid. It was a prison from which no one escaped. There I spent the hardest time of my life. But when I got there Nelson Mandela was also there and he helped me. Mr. Mandela began a school for those of us who had little learning. He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings when we should have been asleep.①There is a break during the performance for the audience to take a rest. ②Can we take a break?

We read books under our blankets and used anything we could find to make candles to see the words. I became a good student. I wanted to study for my degree but I was not allowed to do that. Later, Mr. Mandela allowed the prison guards to join us. He said they should not be stopped from studying for their degrees. They were not cleverer than me , but they did pass their exams. So I knew I could get a degree too. That made me feel good about myself.

Read the 1st paragraph of the passage for a second time and choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. Elias was unhappy in the prison because _________. D A. he was kept with the criminals

B. the prison guards studied with himC. he has to study

D. he could not study for a degree

2. Nelson Mandela showed how good a leader he was because ________. D A. he fought the guards in the 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 B _________ A. he had to study B. he could study with the guards C. he wanted to study D. he could study and get a degree

4. As leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela helped A 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

When I finished the four years in prison, I went to find a job. Since I was better educated, I got a job working in an office. However, the police found out and told my boss that I had been in prison for blowing up government buildings. So I lost my job. I did not work again for twenty years u

ntil M r Mandela and the ANC came to power in 1994. All that time my wife and children had to beg for good and help from relatives or friends. Luckily Mr. Mandela remembered me and gave me a job taking tourists around my old prison on Robben Island.

5.After Elias was released from prison , _________. A. he only worked for a short time

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B. he could not get any jobC. he was glad to work in a post

officeD. he went to Mandela for advice

Why did Elias lose the job? The police found out he had been in prison for blowing up the government buildings and told it to his boss.

When did Elias begin to work again?

He began to work when Mr. Mandela and the ANC came to power in 1994.

I felt bad the first time I talked to a group. All the terror and fear of that time came back to me. I remembered the beatings and the cruelty of the guards and my friends who had died. I felt I would not be able to do it, but my family encouraged me. They said that the job and the pay from the new South African government were my reward after working all my life for equal rights for the Blacks. So now I am proud to show visitors over the prison, for I helped to make our people free in their own land.

3. How did Elias’s family make a living when he had no job? They had to beg for food and help from relatives or friends.

4. What’s Elias’s new job? His new job is to take tourists around his old prison on Robben Island.