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1、南非总统祖马就曼德拉去世英语演讲稿 myfellowsouthafricans, ourbelovednelsonrolihlahlamandela,thefoundingpresidentofourdemocraticnationhasdeparted. hepassedonpeacefullyinthecompanyofhisfamilyaround20h50onthe5thofdecemberXX. heisnowresting.heisnowatpeace. ournationhaslost
2、itsgreatestson.ourpeoplehavelostafather. althoughweknewthatthisdaywouldcome,nothingcandiminish(减少)oursenseofaprofoundandenduringloss. histirelessstruggleforfreedomearnedhimtherespectoftheworld. hishumility,hiscompassion,andhishumanityearnedhimtheirlove.o
3、urthoughtsandprayersarewiththemandelafamily.tothemweoweadebtofgratitude. theyhavesacrificedmuchandenduredmuchsothatourpeoplecouldbefree. ourthoughtsarewithhiswifemrsgracamachel,hisformerwifemswinniemadikizela-mandela,withhischildren,hisgrand-children,hisg
4、reatgrand-childrenandtheentirefamily. ourthoughtsarewithhisfriends,comradesandcolleagueswhofoughtalongsidemadibaoverthecourseofalifetimeofstruggle. ourthoughtsarewiththesouthafricanpeoplewhotodaymournthelossoftheonepersonwho,morethananyother,cametoembodyt
5、heirsenseofacommonnationhood. ourthoughtsarewiththemillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldwhoembracedmadibaastheirown,andwhosawhiscauseastheircause. thisisthemomentofourdeepestsorrow. ournationhaslostitsgreatestson. yet,whatmadenelsonmandelagreatwaspreciselywhat
6、madehimhuman.wesawinhimwhatweseekinourselves. andinhimwesawsomuchofourselves. fellowsouthafricans, nelsonmandelabroughtustogether,anditistogetherthatwewillbidhimfarewell. ourbelovedmadibawillbeaccordedastatefuneral. ihaveorderedthatallflagsoftherepubli
7、cofsouthafricabeloweredtohalf-mastfromtomorrow,6december,andtoremainathalf-mastuntilafterthefuneral. aswegathertopayourlastrespects,letusconductourselveswiththedignityandrespectthatmadibapersonified. letusbemindfulofhiswishesandthewishesofhisfamily. aswe
8、gather,whereverweareinthecountryandwhereverweareintheworld,letusrecallthevaluesforwhichmadibafought. letusreaffirmhisvisionofasocietyinwhichnoneisexploited,oppressedordispossessedbyanother. letuscomm
