Unit 5 Nelson Mandel -- a modern heroSection Ⅳ Using LanguageTHE REST OF ELIAS' STORYYou cannot imagine how the name of Robben Island made us afraid
It was a prison from which no one escaped( 逃脱).There I spent the hardest time of my life
But when I got there Nelson Mandela was also there and he helped me
Mr Mandela began a school for those of us who had little learning
He taught us during the lunch breaks① and the evenings when we should have been asleep②
We read books under our blankets( 毛 毯 ) and used anything we could find to make candles to see the words
I became a good student
I wanted to study for my degree but I was not allowed to do that
Later, Mr Mandela allowed the prison guards to join us
He said they should not be stopped from studying for their degrees
They were not clev