Lire le texte et répondre aux questions ci dessous (niveau 2nde) Mandela: South Africa's debt to the great South African Sir Ian McGeechan, former coach of the Scottish rugby team. The Telegraph, 2013 The former South Africa president used the game to mend wounds¹ and unite a once-torn² country No elson Mandela's part in South Africa's Rugby World Cup victory in 1995 was far-ranging and will never be forgotten. s That photograph of him wearing a Springbok No 6 jersey and baseball cap while presenting South African captain Francois Pienaar with the golden trophy is an image that stretched beyond rugby. The Springbok badge was an emblem of the previous division in the country and of the white supremacy, but Mandela realized that he had to make that 10 Springbok jersey part of the new South Africa. He knew how important it was to the white South Africans. And so he united the nation in its support of the rugby team. Subsequently, it has had incredible support from all South Africans. You can talk about sport affecting politics and vice-versa, but what he did 15 on that day was stunning". I think if there was one single action that said a country was different, that this man was special, it was that. To me that was the power of sport at its best. [...] He changed South Africa, and he used rugby to help that change. a. Read and find what symbo Mandela used to reconcile white and black people in the country. b. Explain the reasons for his choice, and say what it represented in 1995. C. "He knew how important it was to the white South Africans": Does "how" introduce an indirect question or an indirect exclamation? Translate into French. d. Explain why the author says "this man was special" (1.16) ​
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