非洲国民大会举行曼德拉遗体告别仪式_时事要闻

非洲国民大会举行曼德拉遗体告别仪式

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Members of the African National Congress have been paying final tributes to Nelson Mandela at a ceremony ahead of Sunday's funeral.

非洲国民大会的成员先于周日葬礼前向纳尔逊·曼德拉的遗体做最终告别。

President Jacob Zuma and other ANC leaders attended the ceremony at a Pretoria airbase.

Mr Mandela's coffin¹, draped with the ANC flag, was taken there from a mortuary（太平间） in the city.

After the farewell ceremony, the coffin will be taken to Mr Mandela's ancestral home in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape²

At least 100,000 people saw the former South African president's body lying in state in Pretoria over the last three days, but some had to be turned away.

The 95-year-old former leader died on 5 December.

'Human chain'

More than 1,000 members of the ANC, which Mr Mandela once led, attended the ceremony at the Waterkloof air base.

US civil rights activist³ Jesse Jackson and Ireland's Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams were among the foreign guests invited.

Mourners heard President Zuma pay his own tribute to Nelson Mandela, calling him a "towering figure", "a man of action" and a "democrat⁴ who understood the world."

"Yes, we will miss him... He was our father, he was our guardian⁵. He was something special."

"We'll always keep you in our hearts," Mr Zuma said.

After the ceremony the coffin will be flown to Mthatha airport in the Eastern Cape ahead of the burial in Qunu.

Chief mourners from Mandela's clan⁶ and family, as well as senior government officials, would accompany the coffin, army officials said.

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1 coffin
n.棺材，灵柩
参考例句：
When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。 The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

2 cape
n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风
参考例句：
I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。 She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

3 activist
n.活动分子，积极分子
参考例句：
He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。 He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

5 guardian
n.监护人；守卫者，保护者
参考例句：
The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。 The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

6 clan
n.氏族，部落，宗族，家族，宗派
参考例句：
She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。 The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。

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