英语口语畅谈世界文化之南非73:Mandela曼德拉mp3

英语口语畅谈世界文化

之南非

73 Mandela 曼德拉

D: Director      S: Scripwriter
D:导演             S：编剧

D: I've had a great idea for a movie, Nelson Mandela.
D:我有个好主意，拍一部有关纳尔逊•曼德托的电影。

S: Well. that would certainly be an intcrcsting topic.
S：这个话题肯定有意思。

D: I thought that we could start in his childhood, his life in prison and then his achievements later in life
D:我想我们可以从他的童年开始讲起，接着是狱中生活，再下来是他晚年所取得的成就。

S: Sounds good. Mandela was educated at a local mission school.  He entered the University College of Fort Hare and quickly became active in student politics.
S：听起来不错。曼德拉是在当地一所教会学校上的学，后来卜了海尔堡大学，很快就成了学生政治运动的积极分子。

D: Is that why hc was kicked out of university?
D:他是不是因为这个放大学开除了？

S: That's right. I think he was a little too outspoken for his time.
S：是这样。我认为在当时那个时代，他讲话太大胆r。

D: So then he moved to Johannesburg and finished his university education. He then entcred into the study and subsequendy the practice of law.
D：所以后来他搬到了约翰内斯堡，在那里上完了大学。接着义开始钴研法律，随后就开业当律师。

S: I think law was a good choice of major for him.
S：我想，对他而言法律专业是最佳选择。

D: After that, he formed the ANC ( African NationaJ Congrress) Youth League, to transform the ANC from an elitist political union into a more broadly-based politicaJ movement.
D:此后，他组建了非洲人国民大会（非国大）青年联盟，把非国大从一个由少数精英参与的政治联盟变成了广大群众参与的政治运动。

S: As the apartheid policy began to reach deeper into South Afiican life, Mandela found himself constandy in opposition to the official political line of the Afrikaner-dominated govemment. He was banned, then arrested during the late 1950s.
S：由于种族隔离政策开始越来越深地影响了南非人民的生活，曼德拉经常发现自己与南非白人领导的政府立场相反。2tJ世纪50年代末他被禁止参加公众集会，随后遭到逮捕。

D: I guess that was che beginning of why he was sent to prison in 1962 for 27 years. Can you imagine, 27 years in solitary confinement !?
D:我想这就是为什么他在1962年入狱后被关了27年的原因。你能想象吗．27年单独监禁！？

S: And most of that Cime was spent doing hard labour. That just shows his strength of character. Many men would have gone insane, I'm sure.
S：27年间，他大部分时间都是在做苦役。这正好突显了他坚强的性格。我肯定，在同样情况下．很多人都会发疯的。

D: During his imprisonment, Mandela became a symbol of the anti-apanheid movement among South Africa's black population and among the intemational community that opposed apartheid.
D:监禁期间，曼德拉成了南非黑人以及国际社会反对种族隔离运动的象征。

S: Yes, and he also rejected govemment offers for him to leave prison, as long as he renounced violence.
S：是的，他还拒绝了政府提出的要他正式宣布放弃暴力的释放他的条件。

D: Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with F.  W. deKlerk. South Africa's last white president. Their combined efforts ended apartheid in South Africa.
D: 1993年曼德拉和南非最后一任白人总统弗雷•威廉姆•德克勒克一起获得了诺贝尔和平奖。他们共同努力结束了南非的种族隔离制度。

S: What an amazing man! Three years afier his release. South Africans of all races were allowcd to vote for the first time in a national election. They selected Mandela as their president, giving him 62%  of the vote.
S：多么了不起的人！他获释之后3年，南非人民首次不分种族全部获准参加全国的大选投票。他们推选曼德拉做他们的总统，62%的选票都投向了他。

D: I think that this bio-pic could be our best project ever.
D:我想这个传记片可能会成为我们有史以来最好的一个计划。

【单词词组】
mission school 教会学校
broadly-based广大群众为基础的
hard labour苦役
bio-pic传记片
be kicked out of开除出
solitary confinement单独监禁
strength of character坚强的性格

【背景介绍】
纳尔逊·罗利赫拉赫拉·曼德拉（Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela）1918年7月18日出生于南非特兰斯凯，先后获南非大学文学士和威特沃特斯兰德大学律师资格。曾任非国大青年联盟全国书记、主席。于1994年至1999年间任南非总统，是首位黑人总统，被尊称为南非国父。

在任职总统前，曼德拉是积极的反种族隔离人士，同时也是非洲国民大会的武装组织民族之矛的领袖。当他领导反种族隔离运动时，南非法院以密谋推翻政府等罪名将他定罪。依据判决，曼德拉在牢中服刑了27年。1990年出狱后，转而支持调解与协商，并在推动多元族群民主的过渡期挺身领导南非。自种族隔离制度终结以来，曼德拉受到了来自各界的赞许，包括从前的反对者。

曼德拉在40年来获得了超过一百项奖项，其中最显著的便是1993年的诺贝尔和平奖。2004年，其被选为最伟大的南非人。