感顿市安乐阳光实验学校Unit5 Neslson Mandela a modern hero-reading
Elias’ Story
My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. ________________________ was _______________________of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and he had __________ a black law firm _______________________________.
I began school at six. The school _________________________ was three kilometers away. I had to leave, because my
family__________________________________. I could not read or write. ________________________, I got a job in a gold mine. This was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and ______________________________________.
The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was ________________ _________________. He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I never forgot how kind he was and 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 manlier of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all\"
____________________. Black people had no ___________ and could not choose who ruled them. The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people. They could not get jobs they wanted. The places where they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa. No one could grow food there. In fact as Nelson Mandela said:
\"... we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the government We chose to attack the law: We fast broke a way which was peaceful; when
this was not allowed.., only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.\"
_____________________, I do not like ______________, but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings. It was very dangerous because _______________________ ______. But I was happy to help ________________________________________________. KEYS:
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 he had opened a black law firm to advise poor black people on their problems. I began school at six. The school where I studied only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave, because my family could
not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare. I could not read or write. After trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine. This was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried about whether I would be out of work. The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest days of my life. He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I never forgot how kind he was and 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 manlier of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all\"
It was the truth. Black people had no vote and could not choose who ruled them. The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people. They could not get jobs they wanted. The places where they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa. No one could grow food there. In fact as Nelson Mandela said:
\"... we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the government We chose to attack the law: We fast broke a way which was peaceful; when
this was not allowed.., only then did we decide to answer violence with 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 1 was caught I could be put in prison for years. But I was happy to help because I knew it was to realize our dream of making black and white people equal.
