SectionⅣLearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguage[原文呈现][读文清障]THERESTOFELIAS'STORYYoucannotimagine①howthenameofRobbenIslandmadeusafraid.Itwasaprisonfromwhichnooneescaped②.ThereIspentthehardesttimeofmylife.ButwhenIgotthereNelsonMandelawasalsothereandhehelpedme.MrMandelabeganaschoolforthoseofuswhohadlittlelearning③.Hetaughtusduringthelunchbreaks④andtheeveningswhenweshouldhavebeen⑤asleep⑥.Wereadbooksunderourblankets⑦andusedanythingwecouldfind⑧tomakecandlestoseethewords.Ibecameagoodstudent.Iwantedtostudyformydegree⑨butIwasnotallowedtodothat.Later,MrMandelaallowedtheprisonguardstojoinus.Hesaidtheyshouldnotbestoppedfromstudying⑩fortheirdegrees.Theywerenotclevererthanme,buttheydid⑪passtheirexams.SoIknewIcouldgetadegreetoo.Thatmademefeelgoodaboutmyself⑫.①imaginevt.想象；认为imagine后可跟名词、代词、动名词或从句作宾语。②escape[I'skeIp]vi.&vt.逃脱；逃走；避开fromwhichnooneescaped是fromwhich引导的定语从句，修饰aprison。from与从句谓语动词escape搭配(escapefrom从……逃走)。③whohadlittlelearning是who引导的定语从句，修饰thoseofus。④breakn．间歇；休息⑤shouldhavedone本应该做(实际上没做)⑥whenweshouldhavebeenasleep是when引导的定语从句，修饰evenings。⑦blanket['blækIt]ŋn．毛毯；毯子⑧wecouldfind是定语从句，修饰先行词anything,从句省略了作find宾语的关系代词that。⑨degreen．学位；程度；度数⑩stopsb.fromdoingsth.阻止某人做某事，此处用了被动语态。⑪did为助动词，表示强调，意为“确实；的确”。⑫feelgoodaboutoneself自我感觉不错伊莱亚斯的故事续篇[第1段译文]你无法想象罗本岛这个名字听起来多么令我们恐惧。那是一座任何人都逃不出去的监狱。在那里我度过了我一生中最艰难的岁月。但是我到那里时，纳尔逊·曼德拉也在那儿他帮助了我。曼德拉先生为我们这些几乎没有上过学的人开办学校。他在午餐后的休息时间以及晚上我们本来该睡觉的时间教我们学习。我们躲在毯子下面读书，用可以找到的任何东西做成蜡烛来看书。我成了一名好学生，想要为我的学位而学习，但是别人不允许我这样做。后来，曼德拉先生让狱卒加入我们一起学习。他说他们不应该被剥夺通过学习获得学位的权利。他们并不比我更聪明，但是确实通过了考试，因此我就知道我也能够拿到学位。这让我觉得自己还不错。WhenIfinishedthefouryearsinprison⑬，Iwenttofindajob.SinceIwasbettereducated⑭，Igotajobworkinginanoffice⑮.However,thepolicefoundout⑯andtoldmybossthatIhadbeeninprisonforblowingupgovernmentbuildings.SoIlostmyjob.IdidnotworkagainfortwentyyearsuntilMrMandelaandtheANCcametopower⑰in1994⑱.Allthattimemywifeandchildrenhadtobeg⑲forfoodandhelpfromrelatives⑳orfriends.LuckilyMrMandelarememberedmeandgavemeajobtakingtouristsaroundmyoldprisononRobbenIsland.IfeltbadthefirsttimeItalkedtoagroup○.Alltheterror○andfear○ofthattimecamebacktome.Irememberedthebeatings○andthecruelty○oftheguardsandmyfriendswhohaddied.IfeltIwouldnotbeabletodoit,butmyfamilyencouragedme.TheysaidthatthejobandthepayfromthenewSouthAfricangovernmentweremyreward○afterworkingallmylifeforequalrightsfortheBlacks.SonowIamproudtoshow○visitorsovertheprison,forIhelpedtomakeourpeoplefreeintheirownland.⑬inprison表示“坐牢”，prison前不加冠词。⑭educated['edkeItId]ʒʊadj.受过教育的；有教养的educate['edkeIt]ʒʊvt.教育；训练since意为“既然；由于”，引导原因状语从句。⑮现在分词短语workinginanoffice作ajob的定语，说明其具体内容。⑯findout查明白；弄清楚⑰cometopower当权；上台⑱until引导时间状语从句，意为“直到”，not...until...意为“直到……才……”。⑲beg[beɡ]vi.请求；乞求(begged,begged,begging)⑳relative['reltIv]ə...
