(1) What happened after Anglo-Boer war?
(2) On what basis the structure of Mandela’s new government created?
(3) What is the meaning of the phrase ‘to patch up the differences’?
(4) What did the policy of apartheid create?
(5) According to Mandela, what is the greatest wealth?
(6) How does Mandela define the brave?
(7) Find the word from the passage which means- (options given in the brackets)
(a) Submerged ___________ (overwhelmed/overturned) (b) victory __________ (triumph/extinguish)
(c) Deep and strong ____________ (Profound/ purest) (d) large-heartedness ___________ (brutality/ generosity)
(e) The ability to deal with any kind of hardship and recover from its effects ___________ (resilience/ imagination)
II. Student’s Collaboration Activity:
Discuss with your friends on phone what differences do you see between Reel Life Heroes and Real Life Heroes.
Can we call Nelson Mandela a REAL LIFE HERO? HOW?
Answers
Answer:
1. By 1902, the British had crushed the Boer resistance, and on May 31 of that year, the Peace of Vereeniging was signed, ending hostilities. The treaty recognized the British military administration over Transvaal and the Orange Free State, and authorized a general amnesty for Boer forces.
2. (a) After Anglo-Boer war, the white people of South Africa erected a system of racial discrimination against the black people of their own land. (b) New government was created as the recognition of the rights and freedoms of all peoples regardless of the colour of their skin.
3. To deal with (a problem, disagreement, etc.) in order to improve or repair a relationship They finally patched up their differences.
4. Apartheid (Afrikaans: “apartness”) was the name that the party gave to its racial segregation policies, which built upon the country's history of racial segregation between the ruling white minority and the nonwhite majority.
5. Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom. According to Mandela, what is the greatest wealth of a country? The greatest wealth of his country is its people, who are finer and truer than the purest diamonds.
6. According to Mandela, courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.