高中英语Unit5NelsonMandelaamodernhero单元话题阅读课件新人教必修

The authorities supplied me with seeds.At first I planted tomatoes and onions—plants that did not require rich earth or constant care.The early harvests were poor ， but they soon improved.The authorities did not regret giving permission，for I often provided the guards with some of my best tomatoes and onions.
【短文注释】 1．sentence n．判决 2．authority n．当局 3．permission n．允许 4．dump n．垃圾场 5．constant adj.不断的，重复的 6．The authorities did not regret giving permission，for I often provided the guards with some of my best tomatoes and onions. 句意：当局并不后悔允许我种菜，因为我经常把一些最好的番茄与洋葱送给 看守们。 句中的 for 是并列连词，for 后面的分句解释前面的分句的原因。
Unit 5
Nelson Mandela-a modern hero
想要在监狱里活下去，就必须找到在日常生活中感到满足和自豪 的办法，曼德拉是怎样做的呢？让我们一起来看一下。 Just as one takes pride in important tasks outside prison， one can find the same pride in doing small things inside prison.
Almost from the beginning of
my sentence on
Байду номын сангаас
Robben
Island， I asked
the authorities for permission to start a garden in
the courtyard.For years，they
refused without offering a reason.But eventually they gave in，and we were able to cut out a small garden on a narrow patch of earth against the far wall. The soil in the courtyard was dry and rocky.The courtyard had been built over a garbage dump，and in order to start my garden，I had to remove a great many rocks to allow the plants’ room to grow.At that time，some of my comrades joked that I was a miner at heart，for I spent my days in a wasteland and my free time digging in the courtyard.