LessonSevenMandela’sGarden.ppt

Lesson Seven   Mandela’s Garden  Do you know them? Who do you think is a great person? Who do you admire greatly? Why? Norman Bethume (1890-1939),Canada Gave up his career in Canada and died helping the Chinese army as a doctor in World War II Sun Yat sen The first President of the Chinese Republic,he spent many years abroad working hard for the revolution when he could have had a happy and successful life as a doctor. Neil Armstrong (1930-) USA First man on the moon Marie Curie(1867-1934) Famous chemist and physicist and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes for her discovery of polonium and radium. Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865) Ended the slavery of South America and united the South and the North into a whole state. Albert Einstein(1879-1955) One of the greatest scientists of the century,he was given the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his theories of relativity. Qian Xuesen(1911--) Hsue-Shen Tsien “The father of China’s aerospace” and “the king of rocket” 1.How can we tell if an important person is a great person? 2. What qualities do you think are needed to make a great person? How can we tell if an important person is a great person? A great person is one who has followed his/her ideas and sacrificed something. A famous person may be well-known but if he/she has not gone struggles and difficulties for their noble cause, they can’t be called a great person. What qualities do you think are needed to make a great person? Intelligent, determined, generous, kind , unselfish, brave, hard-working, confident, persistence, modesty (One who has an idea,helps others, unselfishly gives up something to achieve his/her goal) Nelson MandelaHow much do you know about him? Key Words of background apartheid racial discrimination African national congress be on trial acquit life imprisonment the Nobel Peace Prize Nelson Mandela 　(1918--), South Africa He spent 27 years in prison fighting for black people in South Africa. He was the first black pre