Unit 5 | Nelson Mandela—a modern hero

★He forgot his glasses when he was released from prison. Mr Mandela's release on 11 February 1990 followed years of political pressure against apartheid(种族隔离政策). Mr Mandela's reading glasses stayed behind in prison when Mr Mandela and his then­wife Winnie were taken to the centre of Cape Town to address a huge and excited crowd. But when he pulled out the text of his speech, he realised he had forgotten his glasses and had to borrow his wife's.