英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 16

 Fidel urges Che to abandon the mission and bring his fighters home.

"Their retreat from the Congo was ignominious¹, that’s how hideous² himself described it. They just barely escaped with their lives."

 

Admitting defeat, Che holds up at the embassy in Tanzania, and then moves to a safe house in Prague.

 

"Fidel sent carriers to him, urging him to reconsider and return, Che refused, he refused to go back to Cuba after having given his word that he would go off and if necessary die to lead other revolutions elsewhere. After sometime, Fidel told Che that he had brokered³ a deal with the head of the Bolivian communist party for him to go to Bolivia."

 

He jumps at the chance. In Bolivia, Che's plan is to train a guerilla force to start a liberation war that would spread all across the hemisphere.

 

"What he hoped to do was to spark off enough guerilla insurgencies around world that would attract American fire power, distract it from Vietnam and ultimately sap it of its strength and to overturn the world order once and for all. He was trying to start a World War III."

 

A war that will wipe off capitalism⁴ and install communism in its place.

 

"If he was successful, he'd be able to change the world. I don't think Che ever really contemplated⁵ failure."

 

 

After the failed mission in the Congo at his farewell letter to Fidel read publicly, Che Guevara refuses to return to Cuba without a success. His plans to expand the revolution bring him to Bolivia. November,1966, Che arrives in Nepal in a convincing disguise.

 

"Che had all of his hair plucked out one by one and an identity was created for him as a traveling salesman, a man in his mid⁶ fifties."

 

 

He makes his way to a base in Nancuwazu where he meets Loyala Guzma and other members of the Bolivian communist party.

 

"Being encountered with him was a surprise because of  rumors that he was held prisoner in Cuba, that Fidel was going to kill him, that he was leading guerillas in other countries."

 

Che explains the mission to the group.

 

"He explained the objective which was an arm struggle in many Latin American countries to make one, two, many Vietnams"

 

But soon Che changes the plans. Instead of using Bolivia as a base to start revolutions in other countries, Bolivia will be used as the starting point for the revolution which he himself will lead.

 

"The party secretary general at that time Mr Monky went into the camp and spoke⁷ with Che Guevara, and he told him that the only chance he could have was if the Bolivian communist party, Moscow Line, would take the lead of the movement.

 

Che refuses to give up his position of leadership. "

 

The party has taken a bam against us and I do not know where this will lead, but it will not stop us. But the loss of support from Monhey's group leaves Che with only 24 soldiers. They include some of his old Cuban comrades. By the time they arrived in Bolivia, Che’s disguise has well grown out.

 

"When we arrived, there was none of what Fidel had promised was there. There was no food, ammo, medicine or anything."

 

To make matters even worse, the peasants' support the movement had so relied on in Cuba is nowhere to be found in Bolivia.

 

"We had a land reform in 1952, so every peasant was the owner of his own piece of land. We had a democratic government and we had free press."

 

The chuckhole region of Bolivia where Che has chosen to begin his campaign is also unwelcoming .

 

"There's no vegetation, no animals, there were no farmers."

 

Yet Che continues with his plans. If he could succeed in Cuba, he could do the same in Bolivia

1 ignominious   

adj.可鄙的，不光彩的，耻辱的

参考例句：

• The marriage was considered especially ignominious since she was of royal descent.由于她出身王族，这门婚事被认为是奇耻大辱。
• Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.许多人认为他注定会极不光彩地失败。

2 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。

3 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

4 capitalism   

n.资本主义

参考例句：

• The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
• Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。

5 contemplated   

adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
• The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。

6 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

7 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。