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What adjectives below would you use to describe a great person? And what qualities does a great person have? Discuss with your partner and make a list. hard-working lazy friendly cruel warm-hearted mean determined wise active generous easy-going reliable unkind brave selfish stubborn selfless devoted handsome nice honest famous calm lovely Who is your hero / heroine? * * Unit 5 quality mean active generous selfish selfless devoted n. 质量; 品质; 性质 adj. 吝啬的; 自私的 adj. 积极的; 活跃的 adj. 慷慨的; 大方的 adj. 自私的 adj. 无私的; 忘我的 adj. 忠实的; 深爱的 Words preview ? Guessing game He believed that Bible should be read by everyone. He translated the Bible into easily readable English for the people of his time. The priests and religious people disliked his idea and thought they would have less power, so they tried to stop him. But he did not give up. At last he was caught and put to death for his beliefs. William Tyndale William Tyndale (1484-1536) Priest and scholar; translated the Bible into Modern English. 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. He was a Canadian who has a very strong feeling against injustice. He was a very important doctor in his own country. He came to China to support the Chinese and their army as a doctor. Unfortunately he got blood poisoning while working in China and died here. Norman Berthune Norman Bethune A Canadian; fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during World War II; worked as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers. Norman Bethune was a Canadian, a Communist, and also a doctor. He supported the Chinese and w