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英语写作西方名人例子5篇

第一篇：英语写作西方名人例子GreatSoulsØNelsonMandelaMandela,theSouthAfricanblackpoliticalleaderandformerpresident,wasawarded1993NobelPeacePrizeforhiseffortstoantiracismandantiapartheid.NelsonMandelaisoneofthegreatmoralandpoliticalleadersofourtime:aninternationalherowhoselifelongdedicationtothefightagainstracialoppressioninSouthAfricawonhimtheNobelPeacePrizeandthepresidencyofhiscountry.Sincehistriumphantreleasein1990frommorethanaquarter-centuryofimprisonment,Mandelahasbeenatthecentreofthemostcompellingandinspiringpoliticaldramaintheworld.AspresidentoftheAfricanNationalCongressandheadofSouthAfrica'santiapartheidmovement,hewasinstrumentalinmovingthenationtowardmultiracialgovernmentandmajorityrule.Heisreveredeverywhereasavitalforceinthefightforhumanrightsandracialequality.(138)ØGandhiMahatmaGandhiwasthepre-eminentpoliticalandspiritualleaderofIndiaduringtheIndianindependencemovement.Hewasthepioneeroftheresistancetotyrannythroughmasscivildisobedience,firmlyfoundedupontotalnon-violence—whichledIndiatoindependenceandhasinspiredmovementsforcivilrightsandfreedomacrosstheworld.HeisofficiallyhonoredinIndiaastheFatheroftheNation.AfterassumingleadershipoftheIndianNationalCongressin1921,Gandhilednationwidecampaignstoeasepoverty,expandwomen'srights,buildreligiousandethnicamity,andincreaseeconomicself-reliance.Aboveall,heaimedtoachievetheindependenceofIndiafromforeigndomination.LaterhecampaignedagainsttheBritishtoQuitIndia.GandhispentanumberofyearsinjailinbothSouthAfricaandIndia.(128)Additionally,Gandhiinfluencedimportantleadersandpoliticalmovements.LeadersofthecivilrightsmovementintheUnitedStates,includingMartinLutherKingandJamesLawson,drewfromthewritingsofGandhiinthedevelopmentoftheirowntheoriesaboutnon-violence.Anti-apartheidactivistandformerPresidentofSouthAfrica,NelsonMandela,wasinspiredbyGandhi.PriortobecomingPresidentoftheUnitedStates,then-SenatorBarackObamanotedthat:Throughoutmylife,IhavealwayslookedtoMahatmaGandhiasaninspiration,becauseheembodiesthekindoftransformationalcha