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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,2017-09-08,#,My,name is Elias.I am a poor black worker in South Africa.,The,time,1,_ 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,2,_,I went for advice,.,He offered 3 _,(,guide,),to poor black people on their legal problems.He was generous with his time,for,4_I was grateful.I,needed his help because I had very little education.I began school at six.,The,school,5,_,I studied,for only two years was three kilometers away.I had to leave because my family could not,continue,6 _(pay)the school fees and 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,7_,one had got to have a passbook,8 _(live)in Johannesburg.Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there,and,I worried about,9 _,I would become out of work,.,The day,10 _ Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest.He told me11 _,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 12,_(organize)the ANC Youth League,I,joined,it as soon as I could.He said:“,The last thirty,years,13,_(see)the greatest number of laws stopping out rights and progress,until today we have reached,a,stage,14,_,we have almost no rights at all.”,It was the truth.Black people could not,vote,15_,choose,their leaders.They could not get the jobs they wanted.,The parts,of town,16_ they had to,live,were decided by white people.,The places,outside the towns 17,_ they were sent to live,were the poorest parts of South Africa.No one could grow food there.In fact18_,Nelson Mandela said,:,“we were put into,a position,19 _ 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,20,_ was peaceful,;when this was not allowed,only,then,21_,we decide,to answer violence 22,_ violence.”,As a matter of fact,I do not like violence but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings.It was very dangerous because,if I,23_(catch)I could be put 24_ prison.But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.,
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