人教版高一必修一 UNIT5 READING.pptVIP

2. How do you comprehend Mandela’s famous saying “The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws… we have almost no rights at all”? For the last thirty years many laws have been passed. These laws have taken away our rights. They have stopped us from developing a better life. Now we have very few of these rights left. 1. Fill in the blanks about the truth of the black people. Black people could not _____ or ________ their leaders. They could not get the _____ they wanted. The parts of the town in which they had to live were ________ by white people. The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the ________ parts of South Africa. No one could grow ______ there. vote choose jobs decided poorest food 2. How do you comprehend Mandela’s saying “... we were put into a position … we decided to answer violence with violence”? We were pushed into a very difficult situation. I had only two choices: to give up our rights and accept all the unfair laws, or to fight against the government for our rights. We decided to fight against the laws. First we fought the law in a peaceful way. When this was not allowed … we had no choice but to use violence because the government were violent to us. 3. What was Elias’s attitude towards the unfair situation black people faced? How do you know? He felt upset/angry. He tells us in the story that black people could not choose where to live, his job or his homeland outside the city. Because he felt there was no other way to change the situation. 4. Why did Nelson Mandela turn to violence to make black and white people equal? Did Elias like violence? Why did he help blow some government buildings? No, he didn’t like. He helped blow some government buildings because he knew it would help them achieve their dream of making black and white people equal. Decide whether they are true or false. 1. Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was in trouble. 2. Elias left school because the school was too far f