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1、1Mandelas GardenNelson Mandela R einforcementT ext AnalysisMandelas GardenB ackgroundW arming upUnit 103Questions/ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesWBTRWarming upMandelas GardenUnit 104How much do you know about Nelson Mandela?What do you think is his biggest contribution to his country and the in

2、ternational community?Do you know anything about the apartheid in South Africa? What do you want to know about it?Do you find any charisma of him as a leader?Warming upQuestions/Activities5 Match the words with their correct meanings in the text. 1. liberating2. alternative3. read into4. through tri

3、al and errora. a choice or option b. to think of something as having a meaning or importance that does not seem likely or reasonable c. making you feel freed. strong feeling of dislikee. trying a number of different methods and learning from the mistakes that someone makes f. to move or turn in a ci

4、rcle around a central pointWBTRWarming upCheck-on Preview 答案见备注栏6To get students to know some information about Nelson Mandela.To guide students to understand and appreciate the text.To understand the genre, language style and the general idea of the story.To help students to master the key words, p

5、hrases and sentences.WBTRWarming upObjectives7BackgroundLanguage StyleGenreAuthorBWTRMandelas GardenUnit 108 Was born on July 18, 1918; Opened a firm in 1952 with Oliver Tambo; Joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1944; Was imprisoned (1962-1990); Was awarded, with de Klerk, Nobel Prize for

6、 Peace in 1993; Was elected the first black President of South Africa in 1994; (He and Winnie Mandela) Divorced in 1996; Resigned from his office without seeking a second term in 1999. BackgroundHis LifeAuthor9Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela His moving and exhilarating auto

7、biography; One of the finest memoirs of historys greatest figures; Tells the extraordinary story of his lifean epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.BackgroundHis WorksAuthor10A Short Story Where is the present text taken from? What is autobiography? Have you ever read any au

8、tobiography? Do you enjoy reading it and why?BWTRBackgroundGenre111. A happy combination of abstract and specific words: 1) abstract words: liberating, fulfilled satisfaction, pride, contact, freedom, cultivate, nourish; 2) specific words: to start a garden, to plant, to watch, to harvest, etc.Backg

9、roundLanguage Style122. The use of parallel structures: 1) One can feel fulfilled by washing ones clothes so that they are particularly clean, by sweeping a hallway so that it is empty of dust, by organizing ones cell (para. 2)2) To plant a seed, watch it grow, to tend it and then harvest it, offere

10、d a simple but enduring satisfaction.(para. 8)BackgroundLanguage Style133. The use of figurative language:1) Leaders must also look after their gardens; they, too, plant seeds, and then watch, cultivate, and harvest the results. (metaphor, para. 9)2) Like gardeners, leaders must take responsibility

11、for what they cultivate (simile, para. 9) BackgroundLanguage Style14DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeText AnalysisTWBRMandelas GardenUnit 1015What has Mandela learned from gardening?What do you think are the possible themes of the text?TWBRText AnalysisTheme161Para. 1The end of manual labor made it pos

12、sible for Mandela to start a garden in prison.2Paras. 2-7Mandelas gardening experience in prison.3Paras. 8-11The lessons Mandela learned from this gardening experience.TWBRText AnalysisStructure17Main IdeaSentence ParaphraseWords & ExpressionsExercisePart I Part II Part III TWBRText AnalysisDeta

13、iled Analysis18Part I: Main IdeaWhat does “liberating” mean? What does this word suggest about his prison life so far? How did the authorities treat the blacks in general at the time? What were his surviving strategies in prison? What did they show about his character? cText AnalysisDetailed Analysi

14、s19Detailed AnalysisPart I: Sentence ParaphraseThe end of manual labor was liberating. (Para. 1) Text Analysis Paraphrasing: The arrangement not only freed the prisoners from hard manual labor in the quarry, they now had time and energy for things they were unable to do in the past. To survive in pr

15、ison, one must develop ways to take satisfaction in ones daily life. (Para. 2)Part I: Sentence ParaphraseText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisParaphrasing: One must find ways to enjoy ones daily life to live through the harsh life in prison.21Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWordsGrammarauthoritiespursue purs

16、uitPart I: Words & Expressions22Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Exercise Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the brackets.1. 丰富的工作经验让他能从容应对各种困境。(allow) His considerable working experiences allow him to handle difficult situations. 2. 大街上空无一人。(empty) The street wa

17、s empty of people.3. 他很有才华，但没能真正发挥出来。(fulfill) He has a lot of talent, but he hasnt really fulfilled his potential.。23Part II: Main IdeaWhere was the garden located?Why did his friends call him “a miner at heart”? Why did he give some of his harvests to the warders?Why did he enjoy gardening?Text An

18、alysisDetailed Analysis24 Some of my comrades joked that I was a miner at heart. (para. 4)Part II: Sentence ParaphraseDetailed AnalysisText AnalysisParaphrasing: Some of my comrades said jokingly that I worked as if I were a miner.The sense of being the owner of the small patch of earth offered a sm

19、all taste of freedom. (para. 8)Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Sentence ParaphraseParaphrasing: Being aware that you could grow whatever you wanted on a small piece of land enabled you to enjoy a small amount of freedom.26Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWordsPhrasesSentence PatternPart II: Word

20、s & Expressionstake pride ingive incut outat heartfulfillemptyregretflourishsupplyalternativetasteIt is not until thatneither nor27 Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the brackets. 1. 他表面很现实，但其实很浪漫。(heart) 2. 政府正在尝试使经济恢复健康。(attempt) 3. 我们为自己是中国人而感到深深的自豪。（pride） 4. 我们学

21、校为学生提供了很多选修课。 (provide) 5. 没有人知道该怎么进行改革，我们只能通过反复试验来学习。(trial and error) 答案见备注栏Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Exercise28Part III: Main IdeaWhat aspects of life were discussed as similar to his gardening experience in prison?Why did he bury the dead plant in the corner of the garden?How did he

22、 feel about his relationship with Winnie? Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis29 In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. (para. 9)Part III: Sentence ParaphraseText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisParaphrasing: I found handling certain aspects of my life is similar to tending

23、a garden. 30Leaders must also look after their gardens; they, too, plant seeds, and then watch, cultivate, and harvest the results. (para. 9)Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Sentence ParaphraseParaphrasing: Mandela is here comparing his gardening with his responsibility as a national leader.

24、As in gardening, in his struggle as an ANC leader, he also has to plant seeds, and take care of what he has planted until in the end he harvests the results.31When it finally died, I removed the roots from the soil, washed them, and buried them in a corner of the garden. (para. 10)Text AnalysisDetai

25、led AnalysisPart III: Sentence ParaphraseParaphrasing: By telling Winnie what he did with the dead tomato plant in detail, Mandela wanted her to know he cared about their marriage and felt very sorry about their worsening relationship. 32.either through some mistake or lack of care, the plant began

26、to wither and decline and nothing I did would bring it back to health. (para. 10)Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisParaphrasing: Mandela seemed to feel that he was partly responsible for the way his relationship with his wife had declined, and that was why he did what he could to save their marriage. But he felt that their marriage probably wouldnt survive. Part III: Sentence Paraphrase33Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWordsPhrasesPart III: Words & Expre