Nelson Mandela is a great man. He was born on (七月) the eighteenth, 1918. His parents couldn't read or write, but they (相信) it was important to study and sent Mandela to school, He was (成功的) at school and finished his three-year lessons in just two years, During that time in South Africa, the black and white people couldn't live with (各个) other and had very different lives. Many black people didn't have jobs and were (贫穷的). Mandela noticed it and (带来) hope to them. In 1944, Mandela started to work (一起) with his friends to help the black. The police tried to stop them. They caught Mandela and put him into prison. But the (危险的) life never changed his dream. He became the first black (总统) in South Africa after 27 years in prison. He died in 2013, but his life story always (教) people to try their best to make dreams come true.