【正文】 The day when N el son Mandel a hel ped m e was one of m y happi est. H e tol d m e how to get the correct papers so I coul d stay i n Johannesburg. I became m ore hopeful about m y future. I never fot how kind Mandel a was. When he anized the AN C Youth League, I joi ned i t as son as I coul d. He sai d: “ The l ast thi rty years have seen the greatest num ber of l aws stoppi ng our ri ghts and progress, unti l today we have reached a stage where we have al m ost no ri ghts at al. ” It was the truth. Bl ack peopl e coul d not vote or chose thei r leaders. They coul d not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town i n whi ch they had to l ive were deci ded by white peopl e. The pl aces outsi de the towns where they were sent to li ve were the poorest parts of South Afri ca. N o one coul d grow food there, . In fact as N el son Mandel a sai d: “… We were put into a posi ti on i n whi ch we had ei ther to accept we were l ess im portant, or fi ght the governm ent. We chose to attack the l aws. We fi rst broke the l aw i n a way whi ch was peaceful 。但是從最開始半天擠不出來一句話到后來確實有話可說了，寫作速度也上去了。 even thei r horses were qui t. There were no shouts or peopl e doi ng crazy thi ngs. In al those terri bl e hours I saw not one wom an who cri ed, not one m an who was exci ted. Before the fi res, through the ni ght, thousands and thousands of peopl e who had l ost thei r homes l eft for safety. Some were covered i n bl ankets. Som etim es whole fami li es put everythi ng they owned and coul d save into wagons. They helped one another cli m b the hi gh hi l s around the ci ty. N ever i n al SanFrsncio’s histroy were her peopl e so kind as on that terribl e night. Uni t 5 Elias’ story My nam e i s Eli as. I am a poor worker i n SouthAfrica. The tim e when I first m et N el son Mandel a was a very diffi cul t peri od of m y li fe. I was twel ve years ol d. It was i n 1952 and Mandel a was the bl ack l awyer to whom I went for advi ce. H e offered gui dance to poor black peopl e on thei r l egal probl em s. H e was generous with hi s tim e, for which I was grateful. I needed his hel p because I had very l i tl e educati on. I began school at si x. The schol where I studi ed for onl y two years was thre ki l om eters away. I had to leave because m y fami l y coul d not conti nue to pay the school fees and the bus fare. I coul d not read or write wel l. After trying hard, I got a job in a gol d m i ne. However, thi s was a ti m e when one had to got to have a passbook to li ve i n Johannesburg. Sadl y I di d not have i t because I was not born there, and I wori ed about whether I woul d be e out of work. The day when N el son Mandel a hel ped m e was one of m y happi est. H e tol d m e how to get the correct papers so I coul d stay i n Johannesburg. I became m ore hopeful about m y future. I never fot how kind Mandel a was. When he anized the AN C Youth League, I joi ned i t as son as I coul d. He sai d: “ The l ast thi rty years have seen the greatest num ber of l aws stoppi ng our ri ghts and progress, unti l today we have reached a stage where we have al m ost no ri ghts at al. ” It was the truth. Bl ack peopl e coul d not vote or chose thei r leaders. They coul d not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town i n whi ch they had to l ive were deci ded by white peopl e. The pl aces outsi de the towns where they were sent to li ve were the poorest parts of South Afri ca. N o one coul d grow food there, . In fact as N el son Mandel a sai d: “… We were put into a posi ti on i n whi ch we had ei ther to accept we were l ess im portant, or fi ght the governm ent. We chose to attack the l aws. We fi rst broke the l aw i n a way whi ch was peaceful 。 一些牛人可能要笑我了，申論 85 分以上吹什么。 when thi s was not al owed… onl y then di d we deci de to answer viol ence with vi ol ence. ” As a matter of fact, I do not li ke vi ol ence… but i n 1963 I hel ped him bl ow up som e governm ent bui l di ngs. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I coul d be put i n prison. But I was very hapy to hel p because I knew i t woul d hel p us achieve our dream of maki ng bl ack and whi te people equal. The rest of Eli as’ story You cannot im agi ne how the nam e of Robben Isl and m ade us afrai d. It was a pri son from whi ch no one escaped. There I spent the hardest ti m e of m y l i fe. But when I got there Nel son Mandel a was al so there and he hel ped m e. Mr Mandel a began a school for those of us who had l ittl e l earni ng. We read books under our bl ankets and used anythi ng we coul d fi nd to m ake candles to see the words. I becam e a good student. I wanted to study for degree but I was not al owed to do that. Later, Mr Mandel a al owed the pri son guards to join us. H e sai d they shoul d not be stopped from studyi ng for their degrees. They were not cl everer than m e, but they di d pass thei r exam s. So I knew I coul d get a degree too. That m ade m e feel good about m yself. When I fi ni shed the four years in pri son, I went to find a job. Si nce I was better educated, I got a job worki ng i n an offi ce. H owever, the poli ce found out and tol d m y boss that I had been i n pri son for bl owi ng up governm ent bui l di ngs. So I l ost m y job. I di d not work agai n for twenty years until Mr Mandel a and the AN C cam e to power i n 1994. Al that tim e m y wife and chi l dren had to beg for food and hel p from rel ati ves or fri ends. Luckil y Mr Mandel a rem em bered m e and gave m e a job taking tourists around my ol d pri son on Robben Island. I fel t bad the fi rst tim e I tal ked to a group. Al the terror and fear of that tim e came back to m e. I rem em bered the beati ngs and the cruel ty of the guards and m y fri ends who had di ed. I fel t I woul d not be abl e to do i t, but m y fam il y encouraged m e. They sai d that the job and the pay from the new South Afri ca government were m y reward after worki ng al m y li fe for equal ri ghts for the