APLE HOMEWORK. Second term 1/10. Deadline Saturday December 14th.

NELSON MANDELA

As all of you must know by now, Nelson Mandela died yesterday December 5th. I felt very disappointed when during  your presentations you chose celebrities like models, actors, singers and didn't choose people who really made a difference, people I do admire like Ghandi, John Lennon, Theresa of Calcuta, Martin Luther King or, of course, Nelson Mandela.

Here are some activities about him. They are your homework for this week, now that all your exams are over, sort of.

The first activity is a listening comprehension. You must listen to the audio, fill in the gaps and then send me the answers on a Word document.


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Nelson Mandela was one of the (1) ________________________ people in the world. For countless reasons he was and (2) _____________________. He was a person from whom we can all learn many lessons. He experienced almost everything in his nine decades, from being tortured to becoming president of the country he loved. After retiring, he continued to travel the world, helping (3) ________________________ of global issues.

Nelson was born in 1918 into a South Africa (4) ______________________ black and white racial lines. He said he had a wonderful childhood and was a keen runner and boxer. He learnt more (5) ________________________ when he studied to become a lawyer. This led to his campaigning for equal rights (6) ________________________ African National Congress (ANC), which he later became the leader of.

The South African government (7) ________________________ Mandela from spreading his message of equality for blacks and racial unity. It put him in prison for 27 years. He became famous around the world as an icon of the (8) ________________________ South Africa. Rock stars, actors, politicians and ordinary people campaigned to free him and end apartheid. He (9) ________________________ 1990 and the world rejoiced.

Nelson Mandela's call (10) ________________________ him the hearts of millions. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993, and over 250 more awards. A year later, he became (11) ________________________ black president and served in office until 1999. In his retirement, he continued to tirelessly campaign for many global (12) ________________________ him down. He died on the 5th of December, 2013, aged 95.

Next, here you have another video about Nelson Mandela, with 12 online questions. Watch the video as many times as you want, do the 12 questions and then send me a screenshot of your results (you will get after the 12th question).

Finally, you have a listening (WITH FOUR PARTS) about Nelson Mandela. Listen to each part and fill in the blanks. Once you have finished the blanks for each part, send me a screenshot of that part with your answers.

So, as a summary you must send me a Word document with the 12 blanks for the first activity, one screenshot with the results of the video test and then 4 screenshots with the answers for the listenings. You can send me everything in just one file.

Enjoy your wild weekend after all your exams.

Javier