美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-12

 Political activist¹, political prisoner, political leader, Nelson Mandela,  towering figure in South Africa and in global politics, has died. He spent a good part of his life seeking for equality. For decades, Mandela's home nation of South Africa practiced a apartheid. It's a social system where black South Africans were forced to live separately and did not have the same rights as white South Africans. Mandela's efforts lead to the end of apartheid and earned him the  Nobel Prize. Mandela battled health issues in the recent months, and he was 95 years old. When South Africa president Jacob Zuma announced  Mandela's death yesterday, he said, (quote) He is now resting. He is now in peace. Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a farther.

 

Nelson Mandela's struggle for freedom defined his life. He was born in the most remote hills of South African's east cave. He was given the name H, which means trouble maker². He was only given the name Nelson by school teacher LR. After moving to Johannesburg and studying law, Mandela's trouble making politics began. And as a boxer³, he became addict⁴ picking ficks and sparing with the partial authorities which had increased its pressure against the black population. It was then that  Mandela made the crucial decision to take up armed struggle, launching African national congressional armed wing. He was militant⁵ and fire brand to fiercely burning his pass book and tread on the document that partisan⁶ authorities use to control the movement of South Africa's black population. 

 

The Africans require one franchise⁷ on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. 

 

That simple demand Nelson Mandela took to fight for democracy eventually saw him and others trialed for treason and sabotage⁸ by the apartheid government at punishable five day . Mandela got into prison instead, banished⁹ in an island, one of the country's most brutal¹⁰ and isolated¹¹ prisons. Another political prisoner Mike Maharaj remembered the first time he saw Mandela in the prison yard. 

 

I could see form the way he walked, from his conduct, that he was a man already stamping his quality in prison /. 

 

Mandela was released 27 years later. 

 

I have fought about freedom in my lifetime. Your struggle, your commitment, and your discipline, has released me to stand before you today. 

 

And his lack of / towards the apartheid authority helped him to leave one of the remarkable¹² political transitions of the 20th century. Mandela betrayed lawyer and life long rebel out of renewable party leaders. And he steers¹³ South Africa's peaceful transition to democracy. He won an Nobel Peace Prize to get with his former enemy the party leader, W D Clerk, and then he became South Africa's first black president in 1994. 

 

Among Mandela's career as president , almost more than  anything else, is after five years he stepped down. We have seen very few of presidents of South Africa whoever give up willingly. 

 

In  his retirement¹⁴ he was busy with fund raising for charities close to his heart. He celebrated¹⁵ his 90th birthday with much fan and told CNN in an interview, if there were a look back  he would not do anything differently. 

 

because of things that enchanted¹⁶ me, with things that is believed by myself.

 

Now those loves and respects him look to his legacy¹⁷. 

 

And if we want to learn form him, learn back form histories, it is made up of mistakes. 

 

stumbling, picking yourself up, and dashing off the dark, treading the bush, walking forward. and that is what Mandela is . 

 

B. CNN. Johannesburg, South Africa.

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• 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。

4 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

5 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

6 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

7 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

8 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

9 banished   

v.放逐，驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

11 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

12 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

13 steers   

n.阉公牛，肉用公牛( steer的名词复数 )v.驾驶( steer的第三人称单数 )；操纵；控制；引导

参考例句：

• This car steers easily. 这部车子易于驾驶。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Good fodder fleshed the steers up. 优质饲料使菜牛长肉。 来自辞典例句

14 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• 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。

15 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

16 enchanted   

adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
• He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。

17 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。