曼德拉遗体被葬入家族墓地

时间：2013-12-18 06:24:03

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Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, was laid to rest Sunday after a state funeral filled with tearful eulogies1 and strident vows2 to pursue his ideals of equality and justice.

当地时间12月15日，南非前总统曼德拉的“世纪葬礼”在其故乡东开普省乌姆塔塔库努村举行。国葬仪式过后，按照科萨族传统，曼德拉的遗体被葬入家族墓地。
 
Mandela's casket（棺材） was buried at his family plot in his rural boyhood home of Qunu, watched by his widow Graca Machel, ex-wife Winnie Madikizela–Mandela, other family members and around 450 selected guests.
 
The interment followed a ceremonial state funeral that ran well over its allotted3 two hours, as speaker after speaker paid emotional tribute to the man who led South Africa out of the apartheid era.
 
"The person who lies here is South Africa's greatest son," said ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa in an opening address.
 
A 21-gun salute4 and full military honour guard had escorted Mandela's coffin5 to the marquee where 4,500 mourners said their final goodbyes.
 
His flag-draped casket was placed on cow skins, surrounded by 95 candles -- each signifying a year of his extraordinary life.
 
The frail6 and ageing leaders of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle also attended: George Bizos, Desmond Tutu and Ahmed Kathrada, whose voice broke with as he delivered a eulogy7 for his old friend.
 
"I first met him 67 years ago," said Kathrada, who along with Mandela was sentenced to life in prison in 1963.
 
He recalled his fellow inmate8 as a powerful amateur boxer9 who could cope far better than others with the physical challenge of hard labour.
 
"What I saw in hospital was a man helpless and reduced to a shadow of himself," he said struggling not to break down.
 
"We can salute you as a fighter for freedom. Farewell my dear brother, my mentor10, my leader.
 
'South Africa will continue to rise'
 
During the funeral, South African President Jacob Zuma told the country to carry on his legacy11.
 
"One thing we can assure you of today Tata (father), as you take your final steps, is that South Africa will continue to rise.
 
"South Africa will continue to rise because we dare not fail you," Zuma said.
 
After the ceremony, Mandela's coffin was transported to a graveyard12 sitting on the sprawling13 family estate Mandela built in Qunu after his release from prison in 1990.
 
"It was in that village that I spent some of the happiest years of my boyhood and whence I trace my earliest memories," he wrote in his autobiography14.
 
Overseen15 by male members of his clan16 in line with traditional Xhosa rites17, the burial included the slaughter18 of an ox -- a ritual marking of a life's milestones19.
 
Mandela was referred to throughout as Dalibhunga, the name given to him at the age of 16 after undergoing the initiation20 to adulthood21.

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1 eulogies 7ba3958e5e74512a6b4d38a226071b8b     
n.颂词，颂文( eulogy的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Her latest film has brought eulogies from the critics. 她最近的这部电影获得影评界的好评。 来自互联网
2 vows c151b5e18ba22514580d36a5dcb013e5     
誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿
参考例句：
  • Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
  • The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
3 allotted 5653ecda52c7b978bd6890054bd1f75f     
分配，拨给，摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
  • Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。
4 salute rYzx4     
vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮
参考例句：
  • Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
  • The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。
5 coffin XWRy7     
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。
6 frail yz3yD     
adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的
参考例句：
  • Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
  • She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
7 eulogy 0nuxj     
n.颂词；颂扬
参考例句：
  • He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. 他不需要我或者任何一个人来称颂。
  • Mr.Garth gave a long eulogy about their achievements in the research.加思先生对他们的研究成果大大地颂扬了一番。
8 inmate l4cyN     
n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人
参考例句：
  • I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
  • The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。
9 boxer sxKzdR     
n.制箱者，拳击手
参考例句：
  • The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
  • He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。
10 mentor s78z0     
n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导
参考例句：
  • He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
  • He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。
11 legacy 59YzD     
n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西
参考例句：
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
  • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
12 graveyard 9rFztV     
n.坟场
参考例句：
  • All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
  • Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。
13 sprawling 3ff3e560ffc2f12f222ef624d5807902     
adj.蔓生的，不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）
参考例句：
  • He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
  • a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
14 autobiography ZOOyX     
n.自传
参考例句：
  • He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
  • His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。
15 overseen f7b3beb421f0dbe6f0a7d84036f4aa00     
v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
  • It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网
16 clan Dq5zi     
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。
17 rites 5026f3cfef698ee535d713fec44bcf27     
仪式，典礼( rite的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • to administer the last rites to sb 给某人举行临终圣事
  • He is interested in mystic rites and ceremonies. 他对神秘的仪式感兴趣。
18 slaughter 8Tpz1     
n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀
参考例句：
  • I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
  • Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
19 milestones 9b680059d7f7ea92ea578a9ceeb0f0db     
n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 )；重要阶段；转折点；里程碑
参考例句：
  • Several important milestones in foreign policy have been passed by this Congress and they can be chalked up as major accomplishments. 这次代表大会通过了对外政策中几起划时代的事件，并且它们可作为主要成就记录下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Dale: I really envy your milestones over the last few years, Don. 我真的很羡慕你在过去几年中所建立的丰功伟绩。 来自互联网
20 initiation oqSzAI     
n.开始
参考例句：
  • her initiation into the world of marketing 她的初次涉足营销界
  • It was my initiation into the world of high fashion. 这是我初次涉足高级时装界。
21 adulthood vKsyr     
n.成年，成人期
参考例句：
  • Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
  • Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

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