Answer the questions:
1. WHERE DOES THE ACTION TAKE PLACE?
The story takes place i south-Africa 2. WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY?
The president is Nelson Mandela 3. WHAT'S HE FIGHTING FOR? He's fighting for equality between black and white people. He wants to overcome the Apartheid and unify Africa too. 4. WHAT DOES WOUND AND HEAL MEAN?
Wound: is a type of injure
Heal: is the act or process of curing or of restoring to health.
5. CAN YOU FIND SENTENCES IN THE TEXT USING THESE WORDS?
The wounds of so many years of apartheid are far from healed.
6. WHAT'S APARTHEID? Apartheid was a system of legal racial separation which dominated the Republic of South Africa from 1948 until 1993, However, the mechanisms of apartheid were set in place long before 1948, and South Africa continues to deal with the repercussions.
7. WHAT DOES THE COLOUR GREEN IN THE T-SHIRTS MEAN? It was a symbol of apartheid
8. WHAT WAS MANDELA'S INTENTION WITH THE RUGBY MATCH?
Mandela is trying to use a sporting even to unite the country.