【正文】 ty 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 alm ost no rights at al .” It was the truth. Bl ack peopl e coul d not vote or choose thei r l eaders. They coul d not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to li ve were deci ded by whi te peopl e. The pl aces outsi de the towns where they were sent to l i 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 i nto 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 law i n a way whi ch was peaceful。 even their horses were qui t. There were no shouts or peopl e doi ng crazy thi ngs. In al l those terri bl e hours I saw not one wom an who cri ed, not one man who was exci ted. Before the fi res, through the ni ght, thousands and thousands of peopl e who had lost their hom es l eft for safety. Som e were covered i n blankets. Som etim es whol e famil i es put everything they owned and coul d save i nto wagons. They hel ped one another clim b the high hil s around the city. Never in al SanFrsncio’s histroy were her peopl e so kind as on that terribl e ni ght. Uni t 5 Eli as’ story My nam e i s Eli as. I am a poor worker i n SouthAfri ca. The tim e when I first m et N elson Mandel a was a very di fficul 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 bl ack peopl e on thei r l egal probl em s. H e was generous wi th hi s ti me, for whi ch I was grateful . I needed hi s hel p because I had very li ttl e educati on. I began school at si x. The school where I studi ed for onl y two years was three kil om eters away. I had to l eave because m y fam il 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 tryi ng hard, I got a job in a gold m i ne. H owever, 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 bee out of work. The day when N elson 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 becam e m ore hopeful about my future. I never fot how kind Mandel a was. When he anized the AN C Youth League, I joi ned it as soon as I coul d. H e 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 alm ost no rights at al .” It was the truth. Bl ack peopl e coul d not vote or choose thei r l eaders. They coul d not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to li ve were deci ded by whi te peopl e. The pl aces outsi de the towns where they were sent to l i 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 i nto 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 law i n a way whi ch was peaceful。 even their horses were qui t. There were no shouts or peopl e doi ng crazy thi ngs. In al l those terri bl e hours I saw not one wom an who cri ed, not one man who was exci ted. Before the fi res, through the ni ght, thousands and thousands of peopl e who had lost their hom es l eft for safety. Som e were covered i n blankets. Som etim es whol e famil i es put everything they owned and coul d save i nto wagons. They hel ped one another clim b the high hil s around the city. Never in al SanFrsncio’s histroy were her peopl e so ki nd as on that terri bl e ni ght. Uni t 5 Eli as’ story My nam e i s Eli as. I am a poor worker i n SouthAfri ca. The tim e when I first m et N elson Mandel a was a very di fficul 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 bl ack peopl e on thei r l egal probl em s. H e was generous wi th hi s ti me, for whi ch I was grateful . I needed hi s hel p because I had very li ttl e educati on. I began school at si x. The school where I studi ed for onl y two years was three kil om eters away. I had to l eave because m y fam il 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 tryi ng hard, I got a job in a gold m i ne. H owever, 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 bee out of work. The day when N elson 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 becam e m ore hopeful about my future. I never fot how kind Mandel a was. When he anized the AN C Youth League, I joi ned it as soon as I coul d. H e 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 alm ost no rights at al .” It was the truth. Bl ack peopl e coul d not vote or choose thei r l eaders. They coul d not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to li ve were deci ded by whi te peopl e. The pl aces outsi de the towns where they were sent to l i 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 i nto 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 law i n a way whi ch was peaceful