Mandela’s Garden

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Mandela’s Garden
Mandela’s Garden
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Background Information
Warming-up questions
Text appreciation
Structure analysis
In-class discussion
Language understanding
Topics for discussion
Supplementary Reading
Warming-up questions
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How much do you know about Nelson Mandela?
What do you think is his greatest contribution to
his country and whole human being?
What personality do you find about Mandela
from the text?
Do you find any charisma of him as a leader and
husband?
Structure
Part 1: Description of his gardening experience
(para. 1- 8 )
The gardening gives him
satisfaction, offers a taste of
freedom, and makes him strong
physically and mentally.
Part 2: Significance of his gardening experience
(para. - the end) It has become a metaphor and
gives him inspiration on how
to be a good revolutionary
leader and how to nourish
important human relationship..
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In-class discussion
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“one can feel fulfilled by washing one’s
clothes ….” what is meant by “feel fulfilled…” in
this sentence, and why does he say so? (para. 2)
What does the important tasks outside of prison
refer to? How can he feel the sane pride in doing
small things inside prison? (para.2)
Why do people say that Mandela “was a miner at
heart”? (para.4)
In-class discussion
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“in some way, I saw the garden as a
metaphor for certain aspects of my life.”
what is being compared? (para.9)
Why does he have a mixture of feelings
when he writes to Winnie?
Language understanding
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The end of manual work is liberating.
I felt liberated from the manual work.
I found Dickens’s novel very interesting. I was ____.
The news was very disappointing. I felt terribly ______.
The result is a bit surprising. Everybody was ______.
The whole experience was exciting. We all got extremely
______.
survive 比……活得长, 幸存
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vi. to remain alive or in existence:
----Few survived after the flood.
----Books have survived from the time of the
Egyptians.
vt. to live longer than; outlive:
----He survived his wife for many years.
to live or persist through
----The house survived the storm.
----He did not long survive his humiliation.
the survival of the fittest,
hopes of survival
the only survivor of the shipwreck
send help to the survivors of the earthquake
Language understanding
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One must develop ways to take satisfaction in
one’s daily life.
take satisfaction in (doing) sth.
to learn to enjoy sth.
more phrases:
find satisfaction in
feel satisfaction at
to sb.'s satisfaction (to the satisfaction of sb.)
Language understanding
satisfy, satisfied, satisfying, satisfactory
satisfaction
I had a feeling of _____ when the work was finished.
Mr. Knight give a _____ smile.
All the information was not enough to ___ me.
I am not ____ with the present situation.
After a ____ meal, you no longer feel hungry.
That certainly seems a ____ explanation.
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at heart.
He is an enthusiastic reformer __
by heart.
I must get this poem __
The words were spoken from
__ the depths of her
heart.
to a very pretty young
He has lost his heart __
girl.
heart and soul
heart attack
break one’s heart
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Contact
n.
Finally he managed to get into contact with him.
The journalist has a contact in Paris.
v.
I shall contact you by telephone on Friday.
be in [out of] contact with
lose contact with
contact lenses
Contact person
Decline v.
 to slope or move downwards
About 2 miles east, the land begins to decline
towards the river.
to move from a better to a worse position, or from higher
to lower
His power/health/influence has begun to decline
now that he is old.
to refuse, usu. politely; be unwilling
•We asked them to come to our party, but they
declined (the invitation).
•The minister declined to make a statement to
the newspapers.
Decline n.
There is a sharp decline in interest in sports in
our town.
She went into a decline and soon died.
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decline, to refuse politely, formal word
refuse, to say or show one is unwilling to give
or accept sth. general word.
reject, to refuse to accept, submit to, believe,
or make use of, strong word
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refuse/decline an invitation;
refuse permissions;
decline, reject, or turn down a suggestion;
refuse, decline, reject, or turn down an offer;
reject or turn down a plan or proposal.
must decline in words:
The horse rejected/refused the apple.
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He had set his heart on pursuing his studies
abroad.
We have always pursued a friendly policy
towards the Japanese people.
He has been pursued by misfortune.
He pursued the river to its source.
closely pursue the enemy
resolutely pursue knowledge
pursue a 4-year course of study at a college
pursue the study of English for five years
prudently pursue the plan
After a pursuit lasting all day we finally
caught up with them.
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The new cleanser completely fulfilled its purpose.
The doctor’s instructions must be fulfilled exactly.
She succeeded in fulfilling herself both as an actress
and a mother.
fulfil a task ahead of schedule
fulfil a promise to the letter
After many years, his plans came to fulfillment.
The fulfillment of my dream is apparently as far off
as ever.
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He drove at a constant speed.
A thermostat keeps the temperature constant.
The machinery requires constant maintenance.
constant arguments
under constant attack in the newspapers
a constant friend
constancy of temperature
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Crops flourish in rich soil.
He is flourishing in his new job.
The British Empire flourished in the 19th
century.
The magazine was in full flourish then.
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They vowed their love would endure for ever.
They had spent three days in the desert without
water, and could not endure much longer.
Few of the runners endured to the finish.
She endures many discomforts without complaint.
Cheap cloth has little endurance.
His cruelty is beyond endurance.
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She went through the typescript carefully
to eliminate all errors from it.
We eliminate most of the runners in the
heats; only the best run in the final.
The platform bridge over the railroad
tracks eliminated danger in crossing.
He was distressed at the elimination from
the contest.
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nourish hope in one’s heart
nourish the baby on healthy mother’s milk
nourish an infant with milk
The flowers have withered away/up.
Older people are complaining that the old
ethical values are withering away.
The wound is still tender.
tender meat
a tender heart
a child of tender years
She has a tenderness for cats.
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Anyway he was dead. I couldn’t bring him
back to life.
His painting is a strange mixture of styles.
In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for
love.
You can learn technical skills through/by
trial and error.
manual
manual skill (adj.)
a manual worker (adj.)
a manual for students (n.)
 Of or relating to the hands
 A small reference book, especially one giving
instructions.
 Employing human rather than mechanical energy:
 a pocket reference manual
 the service manual
 manual industry
 manual labor
 manual training
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Bar
The bar of soap slipped from his grasp.
Poor health may be a bar to success in life.
After finishing here legal studies she was called to
the bar.
He opened a snack bar.
He barred all the doors and windows of his house.
My father barred smoking at the dinner-table.
Language understanding
At length
* After some time; eventually:
At length we arrived at our destination.
* For a considerable time; fully:
spoke at length about the court ruling.
 More phrases about length
*cannot see beyond the length of one's nose
find [have, get, know, take] the length of sb.'s foot
keep sb. at arm's length
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D a
There’s little chance that mankind would __
nuclear war.
A. retain
B. endure
C. maintain
D. survive
In the past, most foresters have been men, but
D this field is
today, the number of women __
climbing.
A. engaging
B. devoting
C. registering
D. pursuing
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In previous times, when fresh meat was in
D pigeons were kept by many
short __,
households as a source of food.
A. store
B. provision
C. reserve
D. supply
C
__ she wondered if she had made a mistake.
A. Not until long afterwards that
B. Not long until afterwards
C. It was not until long afterwards that
D. It was long afterwards until
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Humidity is so intense in some parts of the
tropics that Europeans find they are unable to
C
__ it.
A. maintain
B. persist
C. endure
D. sustain
She once again went through her composition
D all spelling mistakes from it.
carefully to __
A. withdraw
B. diminish
C. abandon
D. eliminate
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C
Those people __ a general understanding of
the present situation.
A. lack of
B. are lacking of
C. lack
D. are in lack
last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply
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A. declined
B. lessened
C. descended
D. slipped
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Crisis would be the right term to describe the
D in many animal species.
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A. minimization
B. restriction
C. descent
D. decline
Topics for discussion
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What do you think made Mandela such a
remarkable person? There are quite a few people
who think that he should be considered the man
of the 20th century. Do you agree? Why or why
not?
In the last paragraph, Mandela wrote,
“Sometimes there is nothing one can do to save
something that must die.” Do you agree? Why or
why not?