Nelson Mandela 纳尔逊·曼德拉 篇章中英文学习2

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。

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As a politician, and as a man, Mr. Mandela had his contradictions. He was neither a genius nor, as he often said himself, a saint. Some of his early writings were banal Marxist ramblings, even if the sense of anger with which they were infused was justifiable.

曼德拉是位政治家，同时也是一位普通人，有自己的矛盾之处。他既不是一位天才，如他自己所说，不是一位圣人。他早年的一些文字虽充满正当合理的愤慨之情，却仍是乏善可陈的马克思主义长篇大论。

But his charisma was evident from his youth. He was a born leader who feared nobody, debased himself before no one and never lost his sense of humor. He was handsome and comfortable in his own skin.

然而自青年时代起，曼德拉就展现出自己的独特魅力。他是天生的领导者，不惧众人，不妄自菲薄，也从不失风趣幽默。他生得相貌堂堂，总是自信又大方。

In a country in which the myth of racial superiority was enshrined in law, he never for a moment doubted his right, and that of all his compatriots, to equal treatment. Perhaps no less remarkably, once the majority of citizens were able to have their say he never for a moment denied the right of his white compatriots to equality.

身处一个将种族优势的错误观点写入法律的国家，曼德拉没有哪怕一刻怀疑过他和他所有黑人同胞们拥有受到公平对待的权利。可能同样了不起的是，在南非大多数公民有发言权的时候，曼德拉也未曾忘记他的白人同胞也有权受到平等相待。

For all the humiliation he suffered at the hands of white racists before he was released in 1990, he was never animated by feelings of revenge. He was himself utterly without prejudice, which is why he became a symbol of tolerance and justice across the globe.

尽管在1990年获释前，他曾在白人种族主义者手中受尽屈辱，复仇之火却从未将他左右。曼德拉做人毫无偏见，因此他已经成为了全世界宽容与正义的象征。

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