QUESTION 2 LONGER WRITING
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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE QUESTION 2
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QUESTION 2 LONGER TRANSACTIONAL WRITING2.1In an outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration, scores of leaders from around the world joined tens of thousands of South Africans on Tuesday to pay common tribute to Nelson Mandela.
In an outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration, scores of leaders from around the world joined tens of thousands of South Africans in a vast, rain-swept soccer stadium here on Tuesday to pay common tribute to Nelson Mandela, whose struggle against apartheid inspired his own country and many far beyond its borders.
Swathed in their national colors, some wearing wraparounds bearing Mr. Mandela's portrait, citizens celebrated their former president as both an inspiration and an inherited memory for those raised in the post-apartheid era.
Huge cheers greeted President Obama as he rose to offer a eulogy that blended a personal message with a broader appeal for Mr. Mandela's values to survive him.
"To the people of South Africa -- people of every race and every walk of life -- the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us," Mr. Obama said. "His struggle was your struggle. His triumph was your triumph. Your dignity and hope found expression in his life, and your freedom, your democracy, is his cherished legacy."
Sheets of driving rain swept across this former segregated township -- an urban sprawl within sight of the glittery high rises of downtown Johannesburg -- keeping some mourners away from the 95,000-capacity FNB Stadium where Mr. Mandela made his last public appearance, during the soccer World Cup in 2010. The stadium was far from full as the start of the memorial approached.
"Even heaven is crying," one woman in the crowd declared as the deluge continued. "We have lost an angel."
For those tens of thousands who entered the stadium, the memorial service, part of a 10-day period of national mourning since Mr. Mandela died last Thursday, was a moment that fused revolutionary memories of the fight against apartheid with appeals for the values of forgiveness and reconciliation. Songs of the struggle, as the anti-apartheid campaign is known, blended with hymns and prayer.
Some stomped their feet as young protesters did during the years of protest that led to Mr. Mandela's release from prison in 1990, after 27 years of incarceration.
As much as visiting dignitaries sought to underscore their association with Mr. Mandela, their presence here also reinforced South Africans' pride in him. The strains of the national anthem -- "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," or "God Bless Africa" -- swelled over the stadium.
"It is hard to eulogize any man -- to capture in words not just the facts and the dates that make a life, but the essential truth of a person -- their private joys and sorrows; the quiet moments and unique qualities that illuminate someone's soul," Mr. Obama said. "How much harder to do so for a giant of history, who moved a nation toward justice, and in the process moved billions around the world."
The moment was not immune to more recent political undercurrents in advance of elections next year. South Africa's current president, Jacob Zuma, was greeted with boos and whistles from a crowd that cheered President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the former South African president Thabo Mbeki and, loudest of all, Mr. Obama.
Using Mr. Mandela's clan name, Mr. Obama declared: "It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailer as well; to show that you must trust others so that they may trust you; to teach that reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a cruel past, but a means of confronting it with inclusion, generosity and truth. He changed laws, but also hearts."
Striking a deeply personal note, he went on: "Over 30 years ago, while still a student, I learned of Mandela and the struggles in this land. It stirred something in me. It woke me up to my re
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QUESTION 2 LONGER TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
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In an outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration, scores of leaders from around the world joined tens of thousands of South Africans on Tuesday to pay common tribute to Nelson Mandela.
In an outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration, scores of leaders from around the world joined tens of thousands of South Africans in a vast, rain-swept soccer stadium here on Tuesday to pay common tribute to Nelson Mandela, whose struggle against apartheid inspired his own country and many far beyond its borders.
Swathed in their national colors, some wearing wraparounds bearing Mr. Mandela's portrait, citizens celebrated their former president as both an inspiration and an inherited memory for those raised in the post-apartheid era.
Huge cheers greeted President Obama as he rose to offer a eulogy that blended a personal message with a broader appeal for Mr. Mandela's values to survive him.
"To the people of South Africa -- people of every race and every walk of life -- the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us," Mr. Obama said. "His struggle was your struggle. His triumph was your triumph. Your dignity and hope found expression in his life, and your freedom, your democracy, is his cherished legacy."
Sheets of driving rain swept across this former segregated township -- an urban sprawl within sight of the glittery high rises of downtown Johannesburg -- keeping some mourners away from the 95,000-capacity FNB Stadium where Mr. Mandela made his last public appearance, during the soccer World Cup in 2010. The stadium was far from full as the start of the memorial approached.
"Even heaven is crying," one woman in the crowd declared as the deluge continued. "We have lost an angel."
For those tens of thousands who entered the stadium, the memorial service, part of a 10-day period of national mourning since Mr. Mandela died last Thursday, was a moment that fused revolutionary memories of the fight against apartheid with appeals for the values of forgiveness and reconciliation. Songs of the struggle, as the anti-apartheid campaign is known, blended with hymns and prayer.
Some stomped their feet as young protesters did during the years of protest that led to Mr. Mandela's release from prison in 1990, after 27 years of incarceration.
As much as visiting dignitaries sought to underscore their association with Mr. Mandela, their presence here also reinforced South Africans' pride in him. The strains of the national anthem -- "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," or "God Bless Africa" -- swelled over the stadium.
"It is hard to eulogize any man -- to capture in words not just the facts and the dates that make a life, but the essential truth of a person -- their private joys and sorrows; the quiet moments and unique qualities that illuminate someone's soul," Mr. Obama said. "How much harder to do so for a giant of history, who moved a nation toward justice, and in the process moved billions around the world."
The moment was not immune to more recent political undercurrents in advance of elections next year. South Africa's current president, Jacob Zuma, was greeted with boos and whistles from a crowd that cheered President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the former South African president Thabo Mbeki and, loudest of all, Mr. Obama.
Using Mr. Mandela's clan name, Mr. Obama declared: "It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailer as well; to show that you must trust others so that they may trust you; to teach that reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a cruel past, but a means of confronting it with inclusion, generosity and truth. He changed laws, but also hearts."
Striking a deeply personal note, he went on: "Over 30 years ago, while still a student, I learned of Mandela and the struggles in this land. It stirred something in me. It woke me up to my re
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2.2 In your opinion, write a text of one page stating what message the picture BELOW is potraying, and state as to whether you agree or disagree. furthermore provide your point of view of as to whether how the pandemic and online learning affected your academic year. (15 marks)
2.2 In your opinion, write a text of one page stating what message the picture BELOW is potraying, and state as to whether you agree or disagree. furthermore provide your point of view of as to whether how the pandemic and online learning affected your academic year. (15 marks)
