納爾遜·曼德拉是首位黑人總統，被尊稱為南非國父。下面是語文迷網整理的寫作素材，供大家閱讀。

　　素材段落

　　While working as a lawyer in his early forties, Nelson Mandela was repeatedly arrested for attempting to overthrow the radically divisive apartheid government that existed in South Africa. Instead of giving up his idea of establishing a nation without institutionalized racism, he secretly joined the South African Communist Party. Mandela successfully mobilized a sabotage campaign which advocated the betterment of the country as well as its people. Due to his tireless efforts, he was arrested again several years later and sentenced to life imprisonment. For the next 27 years, Mandela never stopped campaigning for racial equality, despite the fact that he was incarcerated. Accordingly, people all over the world started to respect him as the most influential anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary of the 20th century.

　　單詞和詞組

　　overthrow ****、顛覆=abolish

　　advocate 呼吁、主張=aim at

　　✎ advocate life quality improvement

　　✎ advocate a well-developed educational system

　　✎ advocate the government support for environmental protection

　　tireless efforts 不懈的努力

　　✎ continuous/unceasing/unwavering efforts 不斷的努力

　　✎ combined/joint efforts 共同的努力

　　話題詞匯

　　美德 virtue

　　忠實的 loyal

　　堅持不懈的 persistent/perseverant

　　有決心的 determined

　　熱情的 enthusiastic/passionate

　　有天賦的 talented