英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 110
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻与报道—News and Reports
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Wk 06 (11 February 1990)
Nelson Mandela Is Freed From JailThis Week in HistorySouth African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela is freed after nearly 30 years' imprisonment 1.
In 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after spending almost 30 years in jail for opposing South Africa's apartheid regime. He then became the first democratically-elected State President of South Africa, leading the country from 1994 to 1999. His leadership helped to unite the country after many years of conflict between the black and white communities.
1 imprisonment
n.关押，监禁，坐牢
- His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
- He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。