新人教必修一 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-Warming up[课件].pptVIP

Look at the introduction of Nelson Mandela on your book on Page 84, and think is he a great person? Nelson Mandela A Modern Hero Discussion What qualities do you think a great person should have? qualities of the great people determined brave confident warm-hearted responsible selfless honest broad-and-open minded generous kind easy-going hard-working devoted helpful independent In my opinion… Who can be called a great person? I think … To my understanding… A great person is someone who is devoted his/her life to helping others. I feel that… William Tyndale (1484-1536) He wrote the Bible in English so all could read it. He died for his ideas but his work is still used in the official Bible today. William Tyndale believes that the Bible should be able to be read by everyone. So he made it his life’s work to translate the Bible from ancient Greek and Hebrew into easily readable English for the people of his time. But he was caught and put into prison and died for this ideas and beliefs. After his death, the Bible was published in English and 80% of it was the work of William Tyndale. Norman Bethune A Canadian;He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during World War II. He worked selflessly in China as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers. Sun Yat-sen He founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years’ fighting; he strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; people’s rights; people’s livelihood Mahatma Gandhi He gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way. Nelson Mandela He fought for the black people and was in prison for almost thirty years. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people. Nelson Mandela was elected the first black President in South Africa in 1994. For the first time ever, South African’s all races are citizens. The vote came on April 26, 1994. Neil Armstrong American pilot, astronaut; He was the first man