Unit 5 Nelson Mandela – a modern heroUsing languageListeningWhat things do you think were unfair in South Africa? Jobs Working placesLand ownership Hospital and schools they went2. Listen to the tape and write down the main idea.The text is mainly a talk aboutthe three reasons why Elias joined the ANC Youth League.3 Listen again and fill in the chart below. Differences White peopleBlack peopleThe jobs they didno need for a passbook to workneeded a passbook to workDifferencesWhite peopleBlack peopleWhere the workers livedHow much land they ownedTheir hospitals and schoolswith their familieswith their workmatesmost of South Africapoorest parts of South Africathe bestthe worst3. Discuss the question in pairs.1.Do you think Elias was right to join the ANC Youth League?2.Imagine you are Elias. What would you do? Why?WHY ELIAS JOINED THE ANC YOUTH LEAGUEI joined the ANC Youth League because it fought for equal rights for black and white people in South Africa. There are three reasons: First, white people did not have to carry passbooks and could work anywhere. As a black person I could not work without a passbook. Listening textThis passbook had your name, address and birthplace in it. If the police found me without it or if I was living in the wrong town, I could be put in prison. So I went to the ANC Youth League for help. Secondly, in the gold mines where I worked, the white workers sat in theiroffices while the black South Africans worked underground. When we worked at the mines we could not live with ourfamilies like the white people did. We had to live in large rooms with beds placed like desks in a classroom. I wanted to live in a home of my own just as white workers did. I b...
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