曼德拉“世纪葬礼”在即南非当局压力大_BEC初级作文

曼德拉“世纪葬礼”在即南非当局压力大

10日的曼德拉纪念仪式在9.5万个席位的约翰内斯堡大型露天足球场举行，南非当局已警告，前来参加该仪式的观众可能被拒之门外。同时，南非政府承诺将在指定悼念地点设立至少90个巨型电视屏，遍布南非各省。

南非主要城市和古努周围的道路已经封锁，古努是曼德拉的家乡，也是此次葬礼的举办地。曼德拉粉红色住宅方圆几英里外的道路也已封锁。

在国葬仪式结束后，曼德拉遗体将在军队护送下运往古努下葬。据称，比起葬礼来曼德拉的墓碑将十分简朴，曼德拉要求在碑上只刻上“曼德拉”。

曼德拉“世纪葬礼”在即南非当局压力大1

The South African government has urged people to attend local rather than national services of commemoration for Nelson Mandela as the sheer scale of the logistics involved in planning the extraordinary week ahead began to bring signs of stress.

An unprecedented number of foreign journalists and foreign dignitaries have arrived in the country along with tourists to witness what will be a historic event.

There were disgruntled scenes on Sunday at Johannesburg's Nasrec Expo centre, where several hundred of the estimated 2,500 to 3,000 national and international journalists covering the death of the former president arrived to collect passes that would grant them access to key events of the week.

A broken printer meant waiting for two to four hours for the all-important yellow photographic credentials. The vast car park was a bedlam of swearing in many languages, with one or two journalists from local media skipping the queue by appealing to officials in Xhosa and Afrikaans.