新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT1 South Africa

[00:00.00]Module 11 NELSON MANDELA
[00:06.24]UNIT 1 I'm about to go to South Africa.
[00:11.77]1 Listen and read. Then say.
[00:16.29]Are you going somewhere, Dad?
[00:18.53]Yes. I'm about to go to South Africa.
[00:22.50]I have to do some work there.
[00:25.05]South Africa! That sounds exciting.
[00:28.61]Yes, it is.I'm looking forward to it.
[00:32.43]Are you going to read that book on the plane?
[00:35.46]Yes. It's about Nelson Mandela.
[00:39.06]Tell me something about him.
[00:41.56]Sorry, son, I don't have time now.
[00:45.32]My taxi is about to arrive.
[00:47.88]Find out about him on the Internet. Bye bye.
[00:51.98]Bye, Dad.
[00:54.17]There it is... Nelson Mandela.
[00:56.91]Nelson Mandela is a famous South African.
[01:00.02]He used to be a lawyer.
[01:01.77]He and his friends believed
[01:03.42]that white and black South Africans
[01:05.48]were the same.
[01:07.11]The government of South Africa disagreed,
[01:09.83]so it sent Mr Mandela to prison in 1962.
[01:14.77]He stayed there for 27 years,
[01:17.74]and he had to work hard
[01:19.09]while he was in prison.
[01:21.03]In 1994, he became president of South Africa.
[01:25.99]He was president until 1999.
[01:29.53]People all over the world like Mr Mandela.
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