曼德拉昔日看守忆两人忘年之交_BEC初级作文

曼德拉昔日看守忆两人忘年之交

曼德拉昔日在罗本岛的看守、陪他熬过漫漫铁窗生涯的克里斯托·布兰德近日动情回忆了两人之间的交情。看似水火不相容的黑人政治犯和白人狱警缔结了一段感人的忘年交。

在曼德拉27年的铁窗生涯中，有18年是在罗本岛上度过的。布兰德1978年开始在罗本岛工作，那时他18岁，曼德拉60岁。曼德拉的人格魅力感化了这位狱警，布兰德越来越喜欢曼德拉，并偷偷给他“特殊待遇”，比如给他带来面包和他最喜欢的润发油。布兰德甚至将曼德拉尚是婴儿的小孙女悄悄带进监狱，让他得以享受天伦之乐。

布兰德回忆说，他曾经和曼德拉开了个玩笑。“我对曼德拉说，你死后我们必须把你安葬在罗本岛。他只是笑了笑说：‘为什么？吸引游客？’他说：‘那样你应该可以赚很多钱，但我想我必须得回古努（曼德拉故乡）。’他就是这样和我开玩笑的。”

曼德拉昔日看守忆两人忘年之交1

He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island. And, like millions around the world, he has been hit hard by Mandela's death. Yet this South African was not one of Mandela's fellow prisoners. Christo Brand was his jailer.

The two men — the black political prisoner and the white Afrikaans warden — forged an unlikely but enduring friendship.

They last met about two years ago when Brand, now in his 50s, brought his wife, son and grandson to see Mandela in Cape Town in a Sunday afternoon visit that lasted nearly three hours.