英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 7

 February 17th, 1957, hiding out in the Cuban jungle, a small band of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro contends with the constant threat of army ambushes¹ and traitors² in their mist. But thanks in part to Che Guevara's ruthlessness, the group is slowly gaining in strength and fierce reputation. Fidel Castro's troop’s indirect ploys³ soon catch the attention of the world press.

A newspaper editor name Herb.Mathews from the New York Times who had got smuggled⁴ up to meet him. Castro gave the impression to Herb.Mathews that he had like a hundred to a hundred fifty men.

 

In fact, the mighty⁵ rebel army has made up of only 20 men. When the article's published a month its later, it confirms that Fidel and Che have survived the initial attack by Batista's forces and that their movement has thriving in the Sierra Maestra. In response, Batista deploys⁶ 1500 more soldiers to hunt down the rebels.

 

On March 25th, Batista's army arrived at my house. They surrounded my home and opened fire because I had been reported as a collaborator⁷ with the rebel army. They killed my wife. That's why I joined the rebel army.

 

Meanwhile, July 26th, urban members signed up reinforcements. One of the new city recruits is Chunk⁸ Ryan, a 19-year-old American attending high school at Guantanamo Bay where his father works as a US Marine⁹ Corps¹⁰ medic.

We had a large society with the Cubans. We were all friends. We went to their weddings and their baptisms, things like that. I offered to help them to get gun supplies, to fight against the dictatorship.

 

Soon Chunk and 2 other teenagers from Guantanamo Bay are invited to join the rebels.

So we talked about it and settled a few things and left letters for our parents.

The American teams along with 50 other new recruits are taken into the Sierra Maestra. One of the first people they meet is Che.

 

I think that, that the real reason they said Che was those men that we came with, many of them were...were very ill. Because it took us 30 hours of walking to get up those hills with those pack.

 

There are other American volunteers. One of them is 18-year-old Don S.

Whole rebel army including Fidel, Che, Raul, and my group was estimated to consist of 300 men.

 

Life within the rebel camp is not easy.

 

There had no soles on my boots. We ate when we could, sometimes we didn't have water.  We marched through a couple of hundred miles over the mountains. I was praying this is our territory whatever happened

 

In the jungles of Cuba, the rebels are vulnerable to all types of health problems which Che treats.

 

We would get large infective mosquito bites at our legs. And he would come over and take the scabs off it and put sulfur¹¹ powder on there.

Men were scared of being treated by him. They called him a tooth-puller. 

1 ambushes   

n.埋伏( ambush的名词复数 )；伏击；埋伏着的人；设埋伏点v.埋伏( ambush的第三人称单数 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• He was a specialist in ambushes, he said, and explained his tactics. 他说自己是埋伏战斗方面的专家，并讲述了他的战术。 来自互联网
• It makes ambushes rather fun. 它使得埋伏战术非常有趣。 来自互联网

2 traitors   

卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 )； 叛徒； 背叛者； 背信弃义的人

参考例句：

• Traitors are held in infamy. 叛徒为人所不齿。
• Traitors have always been treated with contempt. 叛徒永被人们唾弃。

3 ploys   

n.策略，手法( ploy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The boss tried many ploys to get customers into the store. 老板用尽各种伎俩引顾客上门。 来自辞典例句
• She tried many ploys to get the boy interested in her. 她试过很多伎俩去赢取男孩的青睐。 来自辞典例句

4 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

5 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

6 deploys   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的第三人称单数 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• It then deploys "decoy" programs designed to attract the virus. 然后，它释放“诱饵”去吸引病毒。
• But when that doesn't work, he deploys his secret defense mechanism. 但没有效果，它要施展绝密自卫武器了。

7 collaborator   

n.合作者，协作者

参考例句：

• I need a collaborator to help me. 我需要个人跟我合作，帮我的忙。
• His collaborator, Hooke, was of a different opinion. 他的合作者霍克持有不同的看法。

8 chunk   

n.厚片，大块，相当大的部分（数量）

参考例句：

• They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
• The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。

9 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

10 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

11 sulfur   

n.硫，硫磺（=sulphur）

参考例句：

• Sulfur emissions from steel mills become acid rain.炼钢厂排放出的硫形成了酸雨。
• Burning may produce sulfur oxides.燃烧可能会产生硫氧化物。