原文來自： 7月18日 CNN Faith karimi
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Nelson Mandela: 10 surprising facts you probably didn't know
關於曼德拉的你不知道的10個令人驚訝的事實！
Nelson Mandela was loved and admired the world over -- profiled in books and movies and showered with awards and accolades. But even the most public of personalities have little-known facts buried in their biographies.
納爾遜·曼德拉（Nelson Mandela）受到全世界的喜愛和欽佩-這在關於他的書籍和電影中都有說到，而且同時他還獲得了各種獎項和榮譽。但是，即使是大多數公眾人物，在他們的傳記中也隱藏著鮮為人知的事實。
Here are 10 surprising facts you probably didn't know about Nelson Mandela:
關於納爾遜·曼德拉，你可能不知道的10個令人驚訝的事實：
1. He lived up to his name
他辜負了他的名字
Mandela's birth name was Rolihlahla. In his Xhosa tribe, the name means pulling the branch of a tree or troublemaker. The name "Nelson" was given to him by his teacher on his first day of elementary school. It's not clear why she chose that particular name. It was the 1920s, and African children were given English names so colonial masters could pronounce them easily.
曼德拉的姓氏是Rolihlahla。在他的科薩（Khosa）部落中，這個名字的意思是拉樹枝或麻煩製造者。在他上小學的第一天，他的老師就給他起了「納爾遜」的名字。還不清楚她為什麼選擇這個名字。那是在1920年代，非洲孩子被賦予了英文名字，從而方便殖民地主人可以很容易地發音。
2. He had a cameo in a Spike Lee film
他在Spike Lee的電影中有個客串
He had a part in Spike Lee's 1992 biopic "Malcolm X." At the very end of the movie, he plays a teacher reciting Malcolm X's famous speech to a room full of Soweto school kids. But the pacifist Mandela wouldn't say "by any means necessary."So Lee cut back to footage of Malcolm X to close out the film.
他曾參與Spike Lee的1992年傳記片《 Malcolm X》。在電影的最後，他扮演一位老師，在一個充滿索韋託小學生的房間裡朗誦馬爾科姆·X的著名演講。但是和平主義者曼德拉不會說「任何必要的手段」。因此，Lee以後把結尾切換成了一組連續的鏡頭。
3. There's a woodpecker named after him
有一隻以他命名的啄木鳥
From Cape Town to California, streets named after Mandela abound. But he's also been the subject of some rather unusual tributes. Scientists have named a prehistoric woodpecker after him: Australopicus nelsonmandelai. In 1973, the physics institute at Leeds University named a nuclear particle the 'Mandela particle.'
從開普敦到加利福尼亞，以曼德拉命名的街道比比皆是。但他也曾受到一些相當不尋常的敬意。科學家以他之名命名了史前啄木鳥：Australopicus nelsonmandelai。 1973年，利茲大學物理研究所將核粒子命名為「曼德拉粒子」。
4. He married a first lady
他娶了第一夫人
Before tying the knot with Mandela on his 80th birthday, Graa Machel was married to Mozambique President Samora Machel. Her marriage to Mandela after her husband's death means she has been the first lady of two nations.
Samora Machel
格拉薩·馬切爾（GraaMachel）在為曼德拉（Mandela）慶祝80歲生日之前，曾今與莫三比克總統薩莫拉·馬切爾（Samora Machel）有過一段婚姻。丈夫去世後與曼德拉的婚姻意味著她是兩國的第一夫人。
5. He was a master of disguise
他是偽裝大師
When Mandela was eluding authorities during his fight against apartheid, he disguised himself in various ways, including as a chauffeur. The press nicknamed him "the Black Pimpernel" because of his police evasion tactics. "I became a creature of the night. I would keep to my hideout during the day, and would emerge to do my work when it became dark," he says in his biography, "Long Walk to Freedom."
曼德拉在與種族隔離的鬥爭中逃避權威時，他以各種方式偽裝自己，包括作為一名司機。由於他的警察逃避戰術，新聞界稱他為「黑水兵」。他在自己的傳記《漫長的自由之旅》中說：「我成為了夜晚的生物。白天我會躲藏起來，天黑時會出來做我的工作。」
尚恩的老師們也是給很多同學都安利了這本書， 看完後，無論是是對於世界的認知還是對於人生的選擇都有很大的影響！
6. A bloody sport intrigued him
一項流血的運動吸引了他
Besides politics, Mandela's other passion was boxing. "I did not like the violence of boxing. I was more interested in the science of it - how you move your body to protect yourself, how you use a plan to attack and retreat, and how you pace yourself through a fight," he says in his biography.
除政治外，曼德拉的另一愛好是拳擊。他說：「我不喜歡拳擊的暴力。我對拳擊的科學更感興趣-你如何運動自己的身體來保護自己，如何使用計劃進攻和撤退以及如何通過搏鬥來加快自己的步伐，」在他的傳記中他這樣來描述拳擊。
7. His favorite dish is probably not yours
他最喜歡的菜可能不是你的
He's been wined and dined by world leaders. But Mandela loved the simple pleasures of a traditional meal. One of his favorite meals was tripe, which is served in many African cultures.
他已經被世界各國領導人用美酒和佳餚宴請過。但是曼德拉還是喜歡傳統的美食。他最喜歡的就是在非洲文化中很常見的牛肚。
8. He quit his day job
他辭掉了日常工作
He studied law at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and opened the nation's first Black law firm in the city in 1952.
他在約翰尼斯堡的威特沃特斯蘭德大學學習法律，並於1952年在該市開設了美國第一家黑人律師事務所。
9. He was on the US terror watch list
他在美國恐怖觀察名單上
Mandela wasn't removed from the US terror watch list until 2008 -- at age 89. He and other members of the African National Congress were placed on it because of their militant fight against apartheid.
曼德拉直到2008年才被從美國的恐怖觀察名單中移除，享年89歲。他和非洲人大常委會其他成員都榜上有名因為他們對於種族隔離的激進抵抗。
10. He drew his inspiration from a poem
他從一首詩中汲取了靈感
While he was in prison, Mandela would read William Ernest Henley's "Invictus" to fellow prisoners. The poem, about never giving up, resonated with Mandela for its lines "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul." You may know it from the movie by the same name starring Morgan Freeman as Mandela.
在監獄期間，曼德拉會向囚犯們朗讀威廉·歐內斯特·亨利的《罪犯》。這首永不放棄的詩因其臺詞「我是命運的主人。我是靈魂的隊長」而引起曼德拉的共鳴。你可能會從電影中得知它，該電影由摩根·弗裡曼（Morgan Freeman）和曼德拉（Mandela）主演。
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