Unit 5 Nelson Mandela - a modern hero教案

Grammar

Important teaching points

1. Enable the students to grasp the usages of such important new words and expressions as fight, advise, accept, continue, active, lose heart, in trouble, in prison, as a matter of fact, etc.

2. Get the students to master the patterns:". . . only then did we decide to answer violence with violence. " and ". . . we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government. "

Difficult teaching points

1. Let the students learn the usage of the word "advise".

2. Enable the students to master the usage of the pattern ". . . only then did we decide to answer violence with violence. " and understand some difficult and long sentences.

Step 8 Grammar

【语境领悟】

1. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.

2. The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away.

3. ..., until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.

4. The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa.

More sentences with attributive clauses

1. The mines where I worked were 9 km from my home.

2. The reason why I got a job was because of my hard work.

3. The time when I arrived was late at night.

4. The government building where we voted was very tall

5. The date when I joined the ANC Youth League was the 5th of August.

【要点精析】

1）关系副词when, where, why可代替的先行词是时间、地点或理由的名词，在从句中作状语。

2）关系副词when, where, why的含义相当于"介词+ which"结构，因此常常和"介词+ which"结构交替使用。

原句重现：介词+关系代词