时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语名人堂


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纳尔逊·罗利赫拉赫拉·曼德拉(Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela,1918.7.18~2013.12.5)出生于南非特兰斯凯,先后获南非大学文学士和威特沃特斯兰德大学律师资格。曾任非国大青年联盟全国书记、主席。于1994年至1999年间任南非总统,是首位黑人总统,被尊称为南非国父。
在任职总统前,曼德拉是积极的反种族隔离人士,同时也是非洲国民大会的武装组织民族之矛的领袖。当他领导反种族隔离运动时,南非法院以密谋推翻政府等罪名将他定罪。依据判决,曼德拉在牢中服刑了27年。1990年出狱后,转而支持调解与协商,并在推动多元族群民主的过渡期挺身领导南非。自种族隔离制度终结以来,曼德拉受到了来自各界的赞许,包括从前的反对者。
曼德拉在40年来获得了超过一百项奖项,其中最显著的便是1993年的诺贝尔和平奖。2004年,其被选为最伟大的南非人。[1-2] 
 

Nelson Mandela was one of the most loved and respected people in the world. For countless 1 reasons he was and remains 2 a huge hero. He was a person from whom we can all learn many lessons. He experienced many things 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 people and raising awareness 4 of global issues.
 
Nelson was born in 1918 into a South Africa that was divided along black and white racial lines. He said he had a wonderful childhood and was a keen runner and boxer 5. He learnt more of the terrible apartheid system when he studied to become a lawyer. This led to his campaigning for equal rights and his involvement in the African National Congress (ANC), which he later became the leader of.
 
The South African government did its best to keep Mandela from spreading his message of equality for blacks and racial unity 6. It put him in prison for 27 years. He became famous around the world as an icon 7 of the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Rock stars, actors, politicians and ordinary people campaigned to free him and end apartheid. He was released from prison in 1990 and the world rejoiced.
 
Nelson Mandela's call for racial reconciliation 8 won him the hearts of millions. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993, and over 250 more awards. A year later, he became his country's first ever black president and served in office until 1999. In his retirement 9, he continued to tirelessly campaign for many global causes until old age slowed him down. He died on the 5th of December, 2013, aged 10 95.


1 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
2 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
3 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
4 awareness
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
5 boxer
n.制箱者,拳击手
  • The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
  • He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。
6 unity
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
7 icon
n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
8 reconciliation
n.和解,和谐,一致
  • He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
  • Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
9 retirement
n.退休,退职
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
10 aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
学英语单词
a lump of selfishness
acid precipitations
Actitis
algebra oriented language
anisomorpha
as green as a gooseberry
Aurensan
axial optic neuritis
Beatlehead
blanching water
book of life
boric oxide or boric anhydride
box splint
broghammer
central anlrle bone
centroposterior
combined tedder-and-side rake
copromoter
core brx
curled oat
cytochimera
daidos planetary mill
desulfurization by slag
don't-care bit
douces
ecological range
economic exposure
eurostep
exilic, exliian
Flash Lite
fleabanes
Foralamine
Freres
full pressure circulating lubrication system
glucovanillyl alcohol
Gormenghast
graphics adapters
groenlandica
hang on!
heavy liquids
holoventral plate
hyperplasia of sebacous glands
hypo-IgM immunodeficiency
idle run
image-storage array
imparling
Impressio ligamenti costoclavicularis
infraspinatus lymph gland
integrators
iodocresol
ivanovoes
Kabongola
Khābūr, Nahr, al(Habur)
lactamase
liver governing ascending and dredging
lung-distension
lunulets
mean place
mercury arrester
metal dish
military men
mode dependent
muchkins
nedd
odoffs
open-loop gain characteristic
overthrust plane
oxide glass semiconductor
panthan
pay office
payroll register
peg-leg
predecessor
presenc
pulidonis
pushaw
Richard Kuhn
road wheel
rone pipes
rope spear
routine remedy
run-time address
self-reparative
sequence set operation
service console
smalls
spec cint92
squelch circuit
station keeping
suda
sylepta derogata (fabricius)
syndrome of upper hyperactivity of liver yang
syntactic tree
technology innovation
top-to-top
Trema virgata
trust me
turboexpander
twist
vasseur
vocalisms
weaver ant