英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 15

 The Cubans also have their eyes on Africa, particularly on what had been the former Belgian Congo. The Congo lay at the heart of Africa. It could be a kind of motor or heart for socialist¹ revolution which could radiate outward and liberate² the hemisphere. President Kasavubu's government backed by the CIA fights a rebel group called The Congolese National Liberation Movement.

 

The CIA creates an army of about, on average, one thousand mercenaries, half from South Africa or Asia, the other half from Europe.

 

And the Cubans felt that they should go and support the forces who were fighting the United States-backed groups. 

 

The impression Che Guevara got was a very thought that he was still very strong and with very committed leaders.

 

With the Congo in mind as a place ripe for revolution, Che heads to New York and the country he has for so long despised.

 

He came to the United States in December of 1964 and addressed the United Nations.

 

We are in the green fatigues³ of the revolution. He criticizes the US involvement in Vietnam and the conflict in the Congo.

 

Next in appearance on Face the Nation, Che continues to the North African city of Algiers where he makes a speech openly criticizing the Soviet⁴ Union.

 

Che in essence broke his word with the Soviets⁵. When he returns to Havana, Che and Fidel Castro have a close-door meeting. Having blasted the Soviets who were after all, the hand that fed Cuba having bitten them in the hand, Fidel had to say, Che, I think it's time you go.  And I think Che said, I think it's time too. Che hopes he can win back favor by leading a successful campaign in the Congo. The mission is to help support and train rebels in guerrilla warfare⁶. Che had Fidel's blessing⁷ and he essentially⁸ disappeared from the domestic political map of Cuba.

 

Che and his men arrived on the Congolese shore of Lake Tongnika on April 24th 1965.  First of all in the Congo, nothing was prepared. There was no chief. There were no men ready to fight.  In the case of the Congolese rebel leader, Larron Kabila he actually visited the front himself only once. Kabila arrived in a speedboat with a couple of prostitutes and several bottles of whisky. Che's and Cubans almost mutinied on him. Once they saw the kind of man they were fighting alongside.

 

The few men that were there, when we gave them the weapons they didn't know what they were receiving. They had no knowledge of weapons or ideology⁹. They didn't know anything.

 

Che hopes he can get the rebels into shape and stages a few successful raids, but loses 6 of his own men in the process. Che had not been seen in almost a year. CIA believed that he had died or might have even been killed when he left Cuba. October 3rd 1965, responding to speculation¹⁰ that he had ordered Che's death, Fidel Castro reads a letter Che has written to him.

 

I feel that I had fulfilled the part of my duty that tied me to the Cuban revolution and its territory. And I say goodbye to you, to the comrades, to your people who are not mine. I formally resign my positions in the leadership of the party, my post as minister, my rank of commander and my Cuban citizenship¹¹. Nothing legal binds¹² me to Cuba.

 

Che had not expected the letter to be read publicly. The day that Fidel read that letter is when we found out about it.  It was a very difficult moment. He was neither the Cuban nor African leader.

 

Che himself was going through a very dark period while there he received the news that his mother had died. He was very close to his mother and that was really hard on him.  He had turned into a withdrawn¹³ man. He didn't talk. He was always alone, sitting on a tree trunk. He was in a bad mood and he spoke¹⁴ very little with us.

 

By mid-October government forces and mercenaries advanced. His camp was nearly overrun. Rebel resistance collapsed¹⁵. And at the same time what you had is the decision of the government of Tanzania that they are no longer going to support his war.

1 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

2 liberate   

v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由

参考例句：

• They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。

3 fatigues   

n.疲劳( fatigue的名词复数 )；杂役；厌倦；（士兵穿的）工作服

参考例句：

• The patient fatigues easily. 病人容易疲劳。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Instead of training the men were put on fatigues/fatigue duty. 那些士兵没有接受训练，而是派去做杂务。 来自辞典例句

4 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

5 soviets   

苏维埃（Soviet的复数形式）

参考例句：

• A public challenge could provoke the Soviets to dig in. 公开挑战会促使苏联人一意孤行。
• The Soviets proposed the withdrawal of American ballistic-missile submarines from forward bases. 苏联人建议把美国的弹道导弹潜艇从前沿基地撤走。

6 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

7 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

10 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

11 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

12 binds   

v.约束( bind的第三人称单数 )；装订；捆绑；（用长布条）缠绕

参考例句：

• Frost binds the soil. 霜使土壤凝结。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Stones and cement binds strongly. 石头和水泥凝固得很牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

14 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

15 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。