人教版高中英语电子课本（必修1）（2020年,Word版）

人教版高中英语电子课本（必修1）（2020年,Word版）

必修1 第一单元Reading 阅读ANNE’S BEST FRIEND

Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like

your deepest feel ings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your

friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are

going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made

her diary her best friend.

安妮最好的朋友

你想不想有一位无话不谈能推心置腹的朋友？或者你会不会担心

你的朋友会嘲笑你，会不理解你目前的困境呢？安妮?弗兰克想要的是

第一种类型的朋友，所以她把的日记视为自己最好的朋友。

Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World

War II. Her family w as Jewish so the had to hide or they would

be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hide away for

two years before they were discovered. During that t ime the only

true friend was her diary. She said, “I don’t want to t down a

rie s of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary

itlf to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read

how she felt after being in the hiding p lace since July 1942.

在第二次世界大战期间，安妮住在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹。她一家人

都是犹太人，所以他们不得不躲藏起来，否则就会被德国的纳粹分子

抓去。她和她的家人躲藏了25个月之后才被发现。在那段时期，她的

日记成了她唯一忠实的朋友。她说：“我不愿像大多数人那样在日记

中记流水账。我要把我的日记当作自己的朋友，我把我的这个朋友叫

做基蒂。”现在，来看看安妮自1942年7月起躲进藏身处后的那种心

情吧。

Thursday 15, June, 1944

Dear kitty,

I wonder if it’s becau I haven’t been able to be outdoors

for so long that I’v e grown so crazy about everything to do

with nature. I can well remember that the re was a time when a

deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could

never have kept me spellbound. That’s changed since I was here.

…For example, when it was so warm, I stayed awake on

purpo until half pa st eleven one evening in order to have a

good look at the moon for once by mys elf. But as the moon gave

far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Anothe r time

some months ago, I happened to be upstairs one evening when

the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window

had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering

clouds held me entirely in their power; it was th e first time in a

year and a half that I’d en the night face to face…

…Sadly…I am only able to look at nature through dirty

curtains hanging before very dusty windows. It’s no pleasure

looking through the any longer becau na ture is one thing

that really must be experienced.

Yours,

Anne

1944年6月15日，星期四

亲爱的基蒂：

我不知道这是不是因为我太久无法出门的缘故，我变得对一切与

大自然有关的事物都无比狂热。我记得非常清楚，以前，湛蓝的天空、

鸟儿的歌唱、月光和鲜花，从未令我心迷神往过。自从我来到这里之

后，这一切都变了。

……比如说，有一天晚上天气很暖和，我故意熬到晚上11点半都

不睡觉，为的就是能独自好好地看看月亮。但是因为月光太亮了，我

都不敢打开窗户。还有一次，就在五个月以前的一个晚上，我碰巧在

楼上，窗户是开着的，我一直呆到非关窗不可的时候才下楼去。漆黑

的雨夜，刮着大风，电闪雷鸣，乌云滚滚，我完全被这种景象镇住了。

这是我一年半以来第一次亲眼目睹的夜晚……

……不幸的是……我只能透过那满是灰尘的窗帘下那脏兮兮的窗户

看看大自然。只能隔着窗户看那大自然实在没意思，因为大自然是需

要真正体验的东西。

你的安妮

Using Language 语言运用

Reading and listening 读与听

1 Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of Radio for

Teenagers and p redict what Miss Wang will say. After listening,

check and discuss her advice.

Dear Miss Wang,

I am having some trouble with my classmates at the moment.

I’m getting alon g well with a boy in my class. We often do

homework together and we enjoy helpi ng each other. We have

become really good friends. But other students have start ed

gossiping. They say that this boy and I have fallen in love. This

has made me angry. I don’t want to end the friendship, but I

hate others gossiping. What should I do?

Yours,

Lisa

1 读读琳达为青少年写给电台王小组的这封信，然后王小姐可能

会怎么说。听完录音之后，核对并讨论她的建议。

亲爱的王小姐：

现在我同班上的同学有些麻烦事。我跟我们班里的一位男同学一

直相处的很好。我们常常一起做家庭作业，而且很乐意互相帮助。我

们成了真正好朋友。可是，其他同学却在背后议论起来，他们说我和

这位男同学在谈恋爱，这使我很生气。我不想中断这段友谊，但是，

我又讨厌人家背后说闲话。我该怎么办呢？

你的莉萨

Reading and writing 读与写

Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiaodong. He is also

asking for some a dvice. Read the letter on the right carefully and

help Miss Wang answer it.

王小姐收到小冬的一封来信。小冬是要征求一些意见。仔细阅读

右边的信，然后帮王小姐回复。

Dear Miss Wang,

I’m a student from Huzhou Senior High School. I have a

problem. I’m not very good at communicating with people.

Although I try to talk to my classmates, I still find it hard to make

good friends with them. So I feel quite lonely sometimes. I d o

want to change this situation, but I don’t know how. I would be

grateful if you c ould give me some advice.

Yours,

Xiaodong

亲爱的王小姐：

我是湖州高中的一名学生，我有一个难题，我不大善于与人们交

际。虽然我试着和班上的同学交谈，但是，我还是很难跟他们成为好

朋友。因此，有时候我感到十分的孤独。我确实想改变这种现状，但

是我却不知道怎么办。如果您能给我提些建议，我会非常感谢的。

你的小东

2 Decide which are the best ideas and put them into an order.

Then write do wn your advice and explain how it will help. Each

idea can make one paragraph. The following sample and the

expressions may help you

Dear Xiaodong,

I’m sorry you are having trouble in making friends. However,

the situation is e asy to change if you follow my advice. Here are

some tips to help you.

First, why not…?

If you do this,…

Secondly, you could / can …

Then / That way, …

Thirdly, it would be a good idea if …

By doing this, …

I hope you will find the ideas uful.

Yours

Miss Wang

2 决定哪些是最好并把它们按顺序组织起来。然后把你的建议写

出来，并解释它为什么会有所帮助。每个想法可以自成一个段落。下

面的例子和表达可能对你有所帮助。

亲爱的小冬：

很遗憾听说你在交朋友的过程中遇到了困难。但是，如果你听听

我的建议，这种情况是很容易改变的。这些建议会对你有所帮助。

第一，为什么不……呢？

如果你这样做……

第二，你可以……

这样的话……

第三，如果……那将是个不错的主意。

通过做……

我希望你会发现这些想法对你有所帮助。

你的王小姐

LEARNING TIP 学习建议

It’s a good habit for you to keep a diary. It can help you

remember past even ts. You can express your feelings and

thoughts in it. It will help you improve your English if you write

your diary in English. Why not have a try?

写日记对你来说是一个好习惯。它可以帮你记住一些过去发生的

事件。你还可以在日记中表达你的情感和思想。如果你用英语写日记

的话，还可以帮助你提高英语水平。为什么不试一试呢？

第二单元Reading 阅读THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH At

the end of the 16th century, about five to ven million people

spoke Englis h. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the

next century, people from Engla nd made voyages to conquer

other parts of the world and becau of that, English began to be

spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak

English as their first, cond or foreign language than ever before.

通向现代英语之路

在16世纪末，大约有五至七百万人讲英语。几乎所有这些讲英语

的人都住在英格兰。在其后的一个世纪中，英格兰人为征服世界航海

到了世界其他一些地方，结果世界的其他地方的人们也开始说英语了。

今天，把英语作为自己的第一语言、第二语言或外语来使用的人比以

往任何时候都多。

Native English speakers can understand each other even if

they don’t speak th e same kind of English. Look at this example:

British Betty: Would you like to e my flat?

American Amy: Yes, I’d like to come up to your apartment.

以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲不是同一种英语，他们也能

彼此听懂。请看看这个例子：

英国人贝蒂：来看看我的公寓吗？

美国人艾米：好的，我来看看你的公寓吧。

So why has English changed over time? Actually all

languages change and de velop when cultures meet and

communicate with each other. At first the English sp oken in

England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from

the Engl ish spoken today. It was bad more on German than

the English we speak at pr ent. Then gradually between about

AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German becau tho

who ruled England spoken first Danish and later French. T he

new ttlers enriched the English language and especially its

vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make u

of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British

ttlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British

people were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken

in b oth countries.

那么，随着时间的推移英语为什么发生了变化呢？实际上，当不

同文化相互交流渗透时，所有的语言都会有所发展和变化。开始，英

格兰人在大约公元450年到1150年之间所说的英语与我们今天所说

的英语很不一样。当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础的，不像我们现

在说的英语。后来，大约在公元800年至1150年之间，英语慢慢变

得不那么像德语，因为统治英格兰的那些人开始是说丹麦语，后来说

法语。这些新来的定居者丰富了英语语言，尤其是丰富了英语词汇。

所以到17世纪初的时候，莎士比亚能够得以使用比以往任何时候都丰

富的词汇。1620年一些英国定居者来到了美洲，后来到了18世纪的

时候，一些英国人还被带到了澳大利亚。英语也就开始在这两个国家

使用。

Finally by the 19th century the language was ttled. At that

time two big cha nges in English spelling happened: first Samuel

Johnson wrote his dictionary and l ater Noah Webster wrote The

American Dictionary of the English Language. The la tter gave a

parate identity to American English spelling.

最后到19世纪的时候，英语这种语言就变得稳定了。当时，英语

的拼写发生了两个很大的变化：先是塞缪尔?约翰逊编写了他的英语词

典，后是诺亚?韦伯斯特出版了《美国英语词典》。后者使得美式英语

的拼写有了其独特的个性。

English now is also spoken as a foreign or cond language

in South Asia. F or example, India has a very large number of

fluent English speakers becau Brit ain ruled India from 1765 to

1947. During that time English became the language f or

government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore

and Malaysia a nd countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today

the number of people learning English in China is increasing

rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English

learners. Will Chine English develop its own identity? Only time

will tel l.

现在英语在南亚地区也被作为外语或第二语言使用。比如，印度

就有很多人说英语说得很流利，因为在1765年到1947年之间英国统

治着印度。在此期间，英语成了印度政府和教育所用的语言。在新加

坡和马来西亚以及像非洲的南非，人们现在也说英语。当今，在中国

学英语的人数正在快速增加，事实上，中国可能是学英语人数最多的

国家。中国式英语是否也能发展成一种具有自己独特个性的语言？这

还有待时间去证明。

Using Language 语言运用

STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS

What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US,

Canada, Australia, In dia and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there

is no such thing as standard Englis h. Many people believe the

English spoken on TV and the radio is standard Englis h. This is

becau in the early days of radio, tho who reported the news

were e

xpected to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the

radio you will hear dif ferences in the way people speak.

When people u words and expressions different form

“standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has

many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African

American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, t

wo people from neighbouring towns speak a little differently.

American English has so many dialects becau people have

come from all over the world.

Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some people

who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an older

kind of English dialect. When A mericans moved form one place

to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the

mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the same

di alect as people in the northwestern USA. The USA is a large

country in which ma ny different dialects are spoken. Although

many Americans move a lot, they still re cognize and understand

each other’s dialects.

什么是标准英语？是在英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、印度、

新西兰所说的英语吗？信不信由你，（世界上）没有什么标准英语。

许多人认为，电视和收音机里所说的英语就是标准英语，这是因为在

早期的电台节目里，人们期望新闻播音员所说的英语是最好的英语。

然而，在电视和收音机里，你也会听出人们在说话时的差异。

当人们使用不同于“标准语言”的词语和表达时，那就叫做方言。

美国英语有许多方言，特别是中西部地区和南部地区的方言，以及美

国黑人和西班牙人的方言。即使在美国有些地区，两个相邻城镇的人

所说的方言也可能稍有不同。美国英语之所以有这么多的方言是因为

美国人是来自世界各地的缘故。

地理位置对方言的形成也有所影响。住在美国东部山区的一些人

说着比较古老的英语方言。当美国人从一个地方搬到另一个地方时，

他们也就把他们的方言随着带去了。因此，美国东南部山区的人同美

国西北部的人所说的方言就几乎相同。美国是一个大国，有着许许多

多彼此不同的方言。虽然许多美国人经常搬家，但是他们仍然能够辨

别和理解彼此的方言。

Reading and speaking 读与说

1 Amy and her American friends are v isiting London. They

plan to visit Amy’s aunt and decide to go there by underground,

but cannot find the nearest undergro und station. So she asks

directions and then tells her friends. Read the dialogue a nd circle

the words that mean the same.

1 艾米和她的美国朋友正在参观伦敦。她们计划去拜访艾米的姑

妈，并决定乘地铁去，但是她们找不到最近的地铁站。所以她问问了

路，然后告诉她的朋友。读对话，然后圈出意思相同的词。

AMY: Excu me, Ma’ma. Could you tell me where the

nearest subways is?

LADY: Er...the underground? Well, go round the corner on

your left-hand side, straight on and cross two streets. It’ll be on

your right-hand side.

AMY: Thanks so much.

FRIENDS: What did she say, Amy?

AMY: She told us to go around the corner on the left and

keep going straight for two blocks. The subway will be on our

right.

艾米：对不起，夫人，你能告诉我去最近的地铁站怎么走吗？

夫人：呃……地铁？哦，往左边拐过去，一直往前走，走过两条街，

地铁就是右边。

艾米：多谢了。

朋友：艾米，她说什么？

艾米：她叫我们往左边拐过去，一直往前走，走过两条街，地铁

就是右边。

【意思相同的词】

subway←→underground （地铁）

right-hand side←→right （右边）

street←→block 街道，街区

第三单元Travel journal JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG

PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN

My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister

Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two

years ago she bought an expen sive mountain bike and then she

persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao

Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and

grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the

Chine part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other

countries. Wang Wei soon got t hem interested in cycling too.

After graduating from finally got the chanc e to take

a bike trip. I asked my sister, "Where are we going?" It was my

sister w ho first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong

River from where it begins t o where it ends. Now she is planning

our schedule for the trip.

I am fond of my sister but she has one rious shortcoming.

She can be reall y stubborn. Although she didn't know the best

way of getting to places, she insiste

d that sh

e organize the trip properly. Now, I know that the proper way

is always h er way. I kept asking her, "When are we leaving and

when are we coming back?"

I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of cour,

she hadn't; my sist er doesn't care about details. So I told her that

the source of the Mekong is in Qi nghai Province. She gave me a

determined look—the kind that said she would not change her

mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude

of more than 5,000 metres, she emed to be excited about it.

When I told her the a ir would be hard to breathe and it would

be very cold, she said it would be an int eresting experience. I

know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothi ng

can change it. Finally, I had to give in.

Several months before our trip,Wang Wei and I went to the

library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed

details of world geography. From the atl as we could e that the

Mekong River begins in a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first

the river is small and the water is clear and cold. Then it begins

to move quickly. It becomes rapids as it pass through deep

valleys, travelling across we stern Yunnan Province. Sometimes

the river becomes a waterfall and enters wide v alleys. We were

both surprid to learn that half of the river is in China. After it le

aves China and the high altitude,the Mekong becomes wide，

brown and warm. As i t enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It

makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains

where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the Sout h China

Sea.

沿湄公河而下的旅行

第一部分梦想与计划

我的名字叫王坤。从高中起，我姐姐和我就一直梦想作一次伟大

的自行车旅行。两年前，她买了一辆价钱昂贵的山地自行车，然后她

还说服我也买了一辆。去年她去看望了我们的表兄弟—在昆明读大学

的刀伟和宇航。他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，

湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，流经其他国家后就叫湄公河。

很快，王薇使表兄弟也对骑车旅行产生了兴趣。到大学毕业后，我们

终于有了作一次骑车旅行的机会。我问姐姐：“我们要去哪里？”首

先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅行的是我的姐姐。现在，她正

为这次旅行制订计划。

我很喜欢我姐姐，但是她有一个严重的缺点，她有时确实很固执。

尽管她对到某些地方的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持要把这次旅行安

排的尽善尽美。现在我知道了这个尽善尽美的方式总是她的方式。我

老是问她：“我们什么时候动身？什么时候回来？”我问她是否已经

看过地图。当然她并没有看过，我的姐姐是不会考虑细节的。于是我

告诉她湄公河的源头在青海省。她给了我一个坚定的眼神—这种眼神

表明她是不会改变主意的。当我告诉她我们的旅行将从5000多米的的

高地出发时，她似乎显得很兴奋。当我告诉她那里空气稀薄，呼吸会

很困难，而且天气会很冷时，她却说这将是一次很有趣的经历。我非

常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了决心，就什么也不能使她改变。最后，

我只好让步了。

在我们旅行前的几个月，王薇和我去了图书馆。我们找到了一本

大型的地图册，里面有一些世界地理的明细图。我们从图上可以看到，

湄公河源于西藏一座山上的冰川。起初，河很小，河水清澈而冷冽，

然后它开始快速流动。它穿过深谷时就变成了急流。流经云南西部。

有时，这条河形成瀑布进入宽阔的峡谷。我们惊奇的发现这条河有一

半是在中国境内。当流出中国，流出高地后，湄公河就变宽，变暖了。

河水也变成了黄褐色。而当它进入东南亚以后，流速减慢，河水变宽

慢慢地穿过低谷，到了长着稻谷的平原。最后，湄公河三角洲的各支

流流入中国南海。

Reading and discussing

JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG

PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS

Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to

fall in le gs were so heavy and cold that they felt like

blocks of ice. Have you ever en s nowmen ride bicycles? That's

what we looked like! Along the way children dresd in long wool

coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was

s o cold that our water bottles r,the lakes shone like

glass in the tting sun and looked Wei rode in

front of me as is very reli able and I knew I did't need

to encourage her.To climb the mountains was hard w ork but as

we looked around us,we were surprid by the emed

to be able to e for one point we were so high that we

found ourlves cyclin g through we began going

down the was great fun especially a s it gradually became

much the valleys colourful butterflies flew around u s

and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green this point

we had to c hange our caps,coats,gloves and trours for T-shirts

and shorts.

In the early evening we always stop to make put up

our tent and th en we supper Wang Wei put her head

down on her pillow and went to sl eep but I stayed

midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew bri ghter. It

was so was almost no wind-only the flames of our

fire for co I lay beneath the stars I thought about how

far we had already travelle d.

We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon,where our

cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will join can hardly wait to

e them!

Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T

SLEEP

Strange things were happening in the countryside of

northeast three days the water in the village wells ro

and fell,ro and s noticed that t he well walls had deep

cracks in them.A smelly gas came out of the the

farmyards,the chickens and even the pigs were too nervois to

ran out of the fields looking for places to

jumped out of their bowls and a bout 3:00 am on july

28,1976,some people saw bright lights in the sound of

planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when

no planes were in the the city,the water pipes in some

buildings cracked and the o ne million people of the

city,who thiught little of the events,were asleep as usual that

night.

At 3:42 am everything began to emed as if the

world was at an en d!Eleven kilometres directly below the city the

greatest earthquake of the 20th cent ury had was felt in

Beijing,which is more than two hundred kilometres awa -

third of the nation felt it.A huge crack that was eight kilometres

long and thir ty metres wide cut across hous,roads and

burst from holes in the hills of rock

became rivers of fifteen terrible conds a large city lay in

suffering of the people was -thirds of them

died or w ere left without number of people who

were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.

But how could the survivors believe it was

natural?Everywhere they looked nea rly everything was

of the city's hospitals,75%of its factories and buildin

gs and 90% of its homes were covered the ground

like red autumn le wind,however,could blow them

dams fell and most of the bridge s also fell or were not

safe for railway tracks were now uless piec es of

of thousands of cows would never give milk

a million oi

gs and millions of chickens were now filled the

wells instead of water.P eople were ,later that

afternoon,another big quake which was almost as strong as the

first one shook of the rescue workers and doctor

s were trapped under the buildings fell

,food,and electricity w ere hard to begab

to wonder how long the disaster would last.

All hope was not after the quakes,the army nt

150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue

ds of thousands of people were helpe army

organized teams to dig out tho who were trapped and to bury

the d the north of the city,most of the 10,000 miners were

rescued from the coal mines s built shelters for

survivors who homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was

taken to the city bu train,truck and ,the city began to

breathe again.

Office of the City Government

Tangshan,Hebei

China

July5,2007

Dear____,

Congratulations!We are plead to tell you that you have

won the high school speaking competition about new Tangshan.

Your speech was heard by a group of five judges, all of whom

agreed that it was the best one this year. Your parents a nd your

school should be very proud of you!

Next month the city will open a new park to honour tho

who died in the terr ible disaster. The park will also honour tho

who helped the survivors. Our office would like to have you speak

to the park vistors on July 28 at 11:00 am. As you know,this is the

day the quake happened thirty-____years ago.

We invite you to bring your family and friends on that special

day.

Sincerely,

Zhang Sha

Unit 5ELIAS’ STORY

My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa.

The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult

period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and

Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice. He

offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems.

He was genero us with his time, for which I was grateful.

I needed his help becau I had very little education. I began

school at six. T he school where I studied for only two years was

three kilometers away. I had to l eave becau my family could

not continue to pay the school fees and the bus far e. I could not

read or write well. After trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine.

How ever, this was a time when one had got to have a passbook

to live in Johannesbu rg. Sadly I did not have it becau I was not

born there, and I worried about whet her I would become out of

work.

The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my

happiest. He told m y how to get the correct papers so I could

stay in Johannesburg. I became more

hopeful about my future. I never forgot how kind Mandela

was. When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as

soon as I could. He said:

“The last thirty years have en the greatest number of laws

stopping our right s and progress, until today we have reached a

stage where we have almost no rig hts at all.”

It was the truth. Black people could not vote or choo their

leaders. They co uld not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of

town in which they had to live were decided by white people. The

places outside the towns where they were nt to li ve were the

poorest parts of South Africa. No one could grow food there. In

fact a s Nelson Mandela said:

“…we were put into a position in which we had either to

accept we were less important or fight the government. We

cho to attack the laws. We first broke th e law in a way which

was peaceful; when this was not allowed…only then did we

decide to answer violence with violence.

As a matter of fact, I do not like violence…but in 1963 I

helped h im blow up some government buildings. It was very

dangerous becau if I was caught I could be put in prison. But I

was happy to help becau I knew it would help us achie ve our

dream of making black and white people equal.

THE REST OF ELIAS' STORY

You cannot imagine how the name of Robben Island made

us afraid. It was a prison from which no one escaped. There I

spent the hardest time of my life. But when I got there Nelsom

Mandela was also there and he helped me. Mr Mandela began a

school for tho of us who had little learning. He taught us during

the lu