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UNIT5 Nelson Mandela—a modern hero

必修一unit5单词

Nelson Mandela[ nelsn m n del ] 纳尔逊·曼德拉(前南非共和国总统)

quality[ kw l ti] n.质量;品质;性质

warm-hearted[w m-hɑ t] adj.热心肠的

mean[mi n] adj.吝啬的;自私的;卑鄙的

active[' kt v] adj.积极的;活跃的

generous[ d en r s] adj.慷慨的;大方的

easy-going adj.随和的;温和宽容的

self[self] n.自我;自身

selfish[ self ] adj.自私的

selfless['selfl s] adj.无私的;忘我的

selflessly['s lfl sli] adv.无私地;忘我地

devote[d v t] vt.(与to连用)献身;专心于

devoted[d 'vot d] adj.忠实的;深爱的

William Tyndale 威廉·廷代尔(英国早期新教改革者)

Bible[ ba bl/ ] n.《圣经》

Norman Bethune 诺曼·白求恩(加拿大胸外科医师)

invader[ n've d (r)] n.侵略者

found[fa nd] vt.建立;建设

republic[r p bl k] n.共和国;共和政体

principle[ pr ns p( )l] n.法则;原则;原理

nationalism['n ( )n( )l z( )m] n.民族主义;国家主义

livelihood['la vl h d] n.生计;谋生

Mohandas Gandhi 莫罕达斯·甘地(印度国民大会党领袖)

peaceful[ pi sf l] adj.和平的;平静的;安宁的

giant['d a nt] adj.巨大的;庞大的

leap[li p] n.飞跃;跳跃

mankind[m n ka nd] n.人类

Elias n.伊莱亚斯(男名)

lawyer[ l j ] n.律师

guidance[ ɡa d ns] n.指导;领导

legal[ li ɡ( )l] adj.法律的;依照法律的

fee[fi ] n.费(会费、学费等);酬金

passbook n.南非共和国有色人种的身份证

Johannesburg n.约翰内斯堡(南非城市)

out of work 失业

hopeful[ h pf l] adj.怀有希望的;有希望的

ANC 非国大;非洲人国民大会;非洲民族会议(African National Congress)

youth[ju θ] n.青年;青年时期

league[li ɡ] 同盟;联盟;联合会

Youth League 青年团

stage[ste d ] n.舞台;阶段;时期

vote[v t] n.投票;选票;表决　vt.&vi.投票;选举

attack[ 't k] vt.进攻;攻击;抨击

violence[ va l ns] n.暴力;暴行

as a matter of fact 事实上

blow up 使充气;爆炸

equal[ i kw( )l] adj.相等的;平等的

in trouble 在危险、受罚、痛苦、忧虑等的处境中

willing[ w l ] adj.乐意的;自愿的

unfair[ n fe ] adj.不公正的;不公平的

turn to 求助于;致力于

quote[kw t] n.引用语;语录

release[r 'li s] vt.释放;发行

lose heart 丧失勇气或信心

Robben Island 罗本岛

escape[ 'ske p] vi.逃脱;逃走;泄露

blanket[ bl k t] n.毛毯;毯子

educate[ edj ke t] vt.教育;训练

educated['edj ke t d] adj.受过教育的;有教养的

come to power 当权;上台

beg[beg] vi.请求;乞求

relative['rel t v] n.亲戚;亲属

terror[ ter ] n.恐怖;可怕的人;恐怖时期;恐怖活动

cruelty['kr lt ] n.残忍;残酷

reward[r w d] n.报酬;奖金　vt.酬劳;奖赏

Transkei[tr s ke ] n.特兰斯凯(南非东南部一地区)

set up 建立;设立

sentence[ sent( )ns] vt.判决;宣判

be sentenced to 被判处……(徒刑)

anti - [前缀] 反;抗;阻

anti - black adj.反黑人的

Cape Town 开普敦(南非立法首都)

president[ prez d nt] n.总统;会长;校长;行长

Nobel Peace Prize 诺贝尔和平奖

opinion[ p nj n] n.意见;看法;主张

必修一unit5课文

ELIAS'STORY

My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice. He offered guidance to poor black people on their legalproblems. He was generous with his time, for which I was grateful.

我的名字叫伊莱亚斯。我是南非的一个穷苦的黑人工人。第一次见到纳尔逊曼德拉的时候，是我一生中非常艰难的时期。(当时)我才12岁，那是在1952年，曼德拉是我寻求帮助的一位黑人律师。他为那些穷苦黑人提供法律指导。他十分慷慨地给予我时间，我为此非常感激。

I needed his help because I had very little education. I began school at six. The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school feesand the bus fare. I could not read or write well. After trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine. However, this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would become out of work.

由于我所受的教育很少，所以我需要他的帮助。我六岁开始上学，我仅仅在那里读了两年的学校有三公里远。我不得不辍学，因为我的家庭无法继续支付学费和交通费。我既不太会读，也不怎么会写。几经周折，我才在一家金矿找到一份工作。然而在那个时候，你要想住在约翰内斯堡就非得要有身份证不可。糟糕的是我没有这个证件，因为我不是在那里出生的，我很担心我是不是会失业。

The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest. He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I became more hopeful about my future. I never forgot how kind Mandela was. When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I could. He said:“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping out rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”

纳尔逊曼德拉给予我帮助的那一天是我一生中最高兴的日子。他告诉我要想在约翰内斯堡立住脚，应当如何获取所需证件。我对自己的未来又充满了希望。我永远也忘记不了他对我的恩情，当他组织了非国大青年联盟时，我马上就参加了这个组织。他说：“过去30年来所出现的大量法律剥夺我们的权利，阻挡我们的进步，一直到今天，我们还处在几乎什么权利都没有的阶段。”

It was the truth. Black people could not vote or choose their leaders. They could not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people. The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa. No one could grow food there. In fact as Nelson Mandela said:

他说的是真话。当时黑人没有选举权，他们无权选择他们的领导人。他们不能做自己想要做的工作。他们所能住的城区都是由白人决定的。他们被打发去住的城外地区是南非最贫穷的地区。在那儿，没有人能够种庄稼。事实上，就像拉尔逊曼德拉所说的：

“…we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important or fight the government. We chose to attack the laws. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed…only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.”

“……我们被置于这样一个境地：要么我们被迫接受低人一等的现实，要么跟政府作斗争。我们选择向法律进攻。首先我们用和平的方式来破坏法律，而当这种方式也得不到允许时，……只有到这个时候，我们才决定用暴力反抗暴力。”

As a matter of fact, I do not like violence… but in 1963 I helped himblow up some government buildings. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison. But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.

事实上，我并不喜欢暴力，……但是在1963年的时候，我帮助他炸毁了一些政府大楼。那是很危险的事情，因为如果我被抓住了，可能就会被关进监狱。但是，我乐于帮忙，因为我知道，这是为了实现我们的黑人和白人平等的梦想。

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