basic and honourable freedoms of… earning my keep ,… In groups, discuss the issues suggested in the box below. Then prepare a speech of about two minutes on the following topic. (First make notes for your speech in writing.) True liberty is freedom from poverty, deprivation and all forms of discrimination. • causes of poverty and means of overcoming it • discrimination based on gender, religion, class, etc.
• constitutionally guaranteed human rights I. Looking at Contrasts Nelson Mandela’s writing is marked by balance : many sentences have two parts in balance. III. Idiomatic Expressions Match the italicised phrases in Column A with the phrase nearest in meaning in Column B.
( Hint : First look for the sentence in the text in which the phrase in Column A occurs.) Use the following phrases to complete the sentences given below. (i) they can be taught to love. (ii) I was born free. (iii) but the triumph over it.
(iv) but he who conquers that fear. (v) to create such heights of character. It requires such depths of oppression Courage was not the absence of fear The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid If people can learn to hate . I was not born with a hunger to be free.
II. This text repeatedly contrasts the past with the present or the future. We can use coordinated clauses to contrast two views, for emphasis or effect. Given below are sentences carrying one part of the contrast.
Find in the text the second part of the contrast, and complete each item. Identify the words which signal the contrast. This has been done for you in the first item. For decades the Union Buildings had been the seat of white supremacy, and now ...
Only moments before, the highest generals of the South African defence force and police ... saluted me and pledged their loyalty. ... not so many years before they would not have saluted Although that day neither group knew the lyrics of the anthem ..., they would soon My country is rich in the minerals