外研社版先打大学英语精读课件第一册lesson7.ppt

Lesson 7 Mandela’s Garden Nelson Mandela (1918-) Nelson Mandela was born in a village near Umtata on the 18 July 1918. Mandela: The struggle is my life Nelson Mandela He is still leading the fight against apartheid with extraordinary vigor and resilience after spending nearly three decades of his life behind bars. He has sacrificed his private life and his youth for his people, and remains South Africas best known and loved hero. Nelson Mandela Mandela has held numerous positions in the African National Congress Youth League. ANCYL secretary (1948); ANCYL president (1950); ANC Transvaal president (1952); deputy national president (1952) ANC president (1991). Nelson Mandela He was convicted and jailed for five years in November 1962. While serving his sentence, he was charged with sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment. Robben Island Robben Island, where he was imprisoned, became a center for learning, and Mandela was a central figure in the organized political education classes Nelson Mandela behind bars In prison Mandela never compromised his political principles and was always a source of strength for the other prisoners Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was released on February 18, 1990. After his release, he plunged himself wholeheartedly into his lifes work, striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four decades earlier. Nelson Mandela He was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on 10 May 1994 - June 1999 Apartheid: n. (in South Africa) official government policy of racial segregation, separating Europeans and non-Europeans种族隔离 Ethnocentrism: n. 1)Belief in the superiority of ones own ethnic group. 2) Overriding concern with race. Genocide: n. The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. Theme of the text For Mandela, gardening is the source of spiritual fulfillment. Gardening gives Mandela inspiration for his rev