Mandela

On 5th, December, 2013, the South Africa’s former President and the Nobel winner Nelson R. Mandela had passed away. Suddenly, the whole world was in deep mourning for this great man. In his extraordinary life, he had made marvelous contribution to his country, also to this world.
2013年12月5日，南非前總統和諾貝爾獎獲得者尼爾森. R.曼德拉逝世。突然之間，整個世界都在沉痛悼念這位偉大的人物。在他毫不平凡的一生中，他對他的國家，乃至整個世界都做出了巨大的貢獻。

Born in a small village in South Africa, Mandela was one of the 13 children of a tribe chief. Unlike his father, he didn’t want to use his social status to oppress his people. Deep in his heart, he wanted to start the national liberation movement, and help the black people to live freely. In 1944, Mandela was actively involved in different kinds of campaign, aimed to fight for the rights for the majority blacks without violence resistance in the country. In 1961, he became the anti-apartheid leader, and won the honor of all the black people. However, Mandela was arrested for treason but later was acquitted. In 1962, the South Africa government was arrest him for the same excuse and he started his prison life for 27 years. But the hard life in prison never changed his faith that he would build an equal, free new Africa. He is such a great fighter that he finally released from prison. He believed that the world would become peace and equal. There is no racial discrimination.
曼德拉出生在一個南非的小山村，是一個部落酋長的兒子。他有13個兄弟姐們。不像他的父親，他不想用自己的社會地位去壓迫他的人民。在他內心深處，他想要發起全國解放運動，幫助黑人自由生活。在1944年，曼德拉開始參加各種非暴力性解放運動，目的就是為了幫助黑人爭取權利。在1961年，他成為了反對宗族隔離的領袖，并獲得了全體黑人的尊敬。然而，曼德拉以叛國罪被捉捕，隨后被無罪釋放。在1962年，南非政府以同樣的罪名正式逮捕他，然后他開始了長達29年的牢獄生活。但艱辛的牢獄生活并沒有改變他的信念——建造一個平等、自由的新南非。他是個如此英勇的斗士，最終重獲自由。他相信這個世界會得更和平更平等，沒有種族歧視。

Just like he used to say, no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
就像他曾說過的那樣：“沒有人生來就會因為皮膚顏色、出身背景或宗教信仰而仇恨他人，恨都是學來的。而如果他們可以學會恨，那么他們同樣也可以學會愛，因為愛比恨會更自然地走進人類的內心。”

Rest In Peace，Mandela.
安息吧，曼德拉。