9 State of Emergency

Chapter 9 State of Emergency South Africa was going bankrupt, because so many foreign businesses would have nothing to do with the country. Riots broke out regularly. So the government made some changes. They desegregated public buses and theaters and gave some townships electricity. They let Indian and "colored" citizens elect people to represent them in the government—but not in the chamber of parliament that represented the white citizens. Many Afrikaner voters were angry at the changes, while many nonwhites didn't see much of a difference.

南非濒临破产，因为许多外国企业将与这个国家毫无关系。 骚乱时有发生。 所以政府做了一些改变。 他们取消了公共汽车和剧院的种族隔离，并为一些乡镇提供了电力。 他们让印第安人和“有色人种”公民在政府中选举代表他们的人——但不是在代表白人公民的议会中。 许多阿非利卡选民对这些变化感到愤怒，而许多非白人选民却看不出有什么不同。

Nelson Mandela did see a difference in his own life. In April 1982, Mandela was moved to Pollsmoor prison near Cape Town. For the first time in decades, he had a bed. Many believed Mandela had been moved in order to separate him from most of his Robben Island friends. This way Mandela couldn't have as much influence, couldn't cause as much trouble. The president of South Africa said he was willing to free Nelson if he came out against violence as a way of ending apartheid. When Mandela heard the offer he wrote out his answer and gave it to his daughter Zindzi. She read it in a crowded stadium in Soweto. It

纳尔逊·曼德拉确实在自己的生活中看到了不同。 1982年4月，曼德拉被转移到开普敦附近的波尔斯穆尔监狱。 几十年来，他第一次有了一张床。 许多人认为，曼德拉被转移是为了与他在罗本岛的大多数朋友分开。 这样曼德拉就不会有那么大的影响力，不会制造那么多麻烦。 南非总统表示，如果纳尔逊站出来反对暴力，作为结束种族隔离的一种方式，他愿意释放纳尔逊。 当曼德拉听到这个提议时，他写下了他的答案，并把它交给了他的女儿辛齐。 她在索韦托一个拥挤的体育场里读了这篇文章。 它

was the first time that Mandela's words had been heard legally in public since he'd been sent to prison. Mandela wrote: "Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated." Nelson would not accept freedom if it required him to support apartheid in any way. In September 1989, fifty-three-year-old F. W. de Klerk was elected

这是曼德拉入狱后第一次在公开场合合法地发表讲话。 曼德拉写道：“只有自由的人才能谈判；囚犯不能签订合同。 你的自由和我的自由是不可分割的。” 如果自由要求他以任何方式支持种族隔离，纳尔逊是不会接受自由的。 1989年9月，53岁的F。 W. de Klerk当选

president of South Africa. Although he was a Nat Party leader, de Klerk had promised to negotiate with the ANC to solve South Africa's problems. De Klerk had Sisulu and others released from Robben Island. He had Mandela brought to meet with him in December. Two months later de Klerk announced the ANC was no longer an illegal group. Then he made an even bigger announcement: Nelson Mandela was going to be released from prison!

南非总统。 虽然他是纳粹党领袖，但德克勒克曾承诺与非国大谈判解决南非的问题。 德克勒克将西苏鲁和其他人从罗本岛释放。 去年12月，他带曼德拉去见了他。 两个月后，德克勒克宣布非国大不再是非法组织。 然后他宣布了一个更大的消息：纳尔逊·曼德拉将从监狱释放！