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　　Nelson Mandela is one of the great political leaders of our time．His lifelong efforts to the fight against racial(种族)oppression(压迫)in his country won him the admiration(钦慕)of millions worldwide, as well as the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize．As the leader of South Africa’s anti-partheid(反种族隔离)movement, Mandela was a key player in helping to move his country toward multiracial government(多民族政府)and majority rule．

　　Mandela’s long, hard struggle is a victory of dignity(尊严)and hope．He’s a man of true courage．If determination and patience were considered talents, Mandela would win hands down in any sort of competition．

　　accomplishments(成就)& fame(名誉)

　　Nelson Mandela’s greatest accomplishments were his role in ending apartheid, and becoming South Africa’s first elected black president．He has been the recipient(收件人)of dozens upon dozens of awards, prizes and honors from countless associations and organizations, but perhaps none more prestigious(声望很高)than the Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with former South African President Frederik W．de Klerk, in 1993．

　　He has been awarded several other major peace prizes, such as the UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)Peace Prize in 1991(also shared with F．W．de Klerk); the Africa Peace Award in 1995 and the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 2002．

　　Mr．Mandela also received dozens of honorary degrees(名誉学位)from universities the world over, including the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Glasgow, London, Nottingham, and Oxford, as well as an Honorary Doctorate from the Sorbonne University in Paris(all in July 1996), and Harvard Business School’s Statesman of the Year Award in 1995－to name but a few．He has also been presented(赠送)with the key to cities such as Rome, Rio de Janeiro, London, Dublin, and Sydney, Australia(where he became the first person ever to receive the Freedom of that city)．In July of 2002, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States highest civilian(公民)award．

　　Model

　　There’s something admirable about having been a leader fighting for a people’s freedom and equality in an unjust society．Mandela has become a worldwide symbol(楷模)of the struggle of the oppressed(被压迫者)over the oppressor．He has been celebrated in song by artists the world over, in many different languages．One entitled “Nelson Mandela”was recorded by British 2-Tone group The Special A．K．A(formerly The Specials); making the top 10 in the UK and a few other European nations in 1984．

　　Personal style

　　As a president, Mandela sported the typical garb(服饰)of high-ranking government officials： expensive, well-tailored(缝制精致的)suits．Now retired(退役)from public life, Mandela the elder statesman dresses in an ordinary way．

　　He attends many activities, often where he is the guest of honor, in bright, colorfully patterned(典型的)traditional African robes(长袍)or shirts all the better for getting down when the music begins．

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　　His first successful fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa．Then, as the first black president, he fought to unite the country and organize the government．Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS．

　　On March 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hosted his second AIDS-awareness concert．He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease．

　　Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918．He was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life．

　　But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination(歧视)．He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa．Before 1990, under the country's Racial Segregation Law, colored and white people lived separately．Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus．Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board．

　　For his opposition to the system, Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison．He was freed in 1990 and became the president of the country after the first election were held in which everyone could vote．

　　Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches．He was also a trained boxer and fought in the ring when he was young．

　　“Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved one's body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat”, he wrote in his autobiography．

　　As a skillful fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS．He hopes to win another victory against AIDS．

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　　Nelson Mandela's greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky playing．

And his fellow prisoners, concerts were organized

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when possible, especially at Christmas time．Now they

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would sing．Nelson Mandela finds music very uplifting (情绪高涨的)，

and took an interest not only in European

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classical music but also about African choral music and

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many talents in South African music．But one voice stands

out after all that is of Paul Robeson, whom he describes

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for our hero．

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He has formed some health habits in the years in

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prison：the eating habit of an athlete began in 1940 s,

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as did the early morning exercise．Still today Nelson

Mandela is up by 4∶30 am, irrespective(不考虑)of

what late he has worked the previous evening．By 5 am

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he has begun his exercise that lasts at least an hour．

Breakfast is by 6∶30, when the day's newspapers are

reading．The day's work has begun．

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