<span>the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.</span>
Answer:
We can learn that he never excused himself from keeping himself fit even in confined places.
Explanation:
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of his nation and is remembered for his fight against apartheid in his nation.
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in 1962 for 27 years. Though his sentence was for a lifetime, with the growing tension of racial civil war, he was released in 1990.
In his autobiography, Mandela writes about his work-out routine in the cells. The cells in which Mandela was kept, were very small. But Mandela being an athlete as well, never left his work-out routine even in small spaces. He said that these work-outs would give him the physical and mental strength to fight the long fight of apartheid.
From the working routine of Mandela, we can learn that he never excused himself from doing what is right regardless of the situation and the setting. We, also, should not make excuses in our lives of the situations or settings.
The correct answer to which best explains Nye's choice words to establish her voice in the mentioned excerpt is the second one: "Nye uses figurative language to support her opinion that staying connected to one's heritage makes life richer."
She uses her mother tongue saluting her neighbours and this shows them Nye's complex cultural background and that her identity is not confined to one simple category. She is close to her cultural heritage and it is present in her everyday life. Not being limited to a simplistic identity makes her life richer and open to multiple identifications and cultural references.