英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 10

 After a two-year-hit-and-run war against the forces of the Cuban president Fulgencio Batista, a guerrilla force led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara has now gained control over Cuba. In Havana, it will be Che's job to keep the new revolutionary government in power by targeting and purging¹ any opposition². As Cuban president Fulgencio Batista flees in defeat. Fidel Castro and his rebel army make a triumphant³ entry into Havana.

 

We were received as liberators, celebrated⁴ , I mean, people ran out with bowls of rum. people went wild.

 

It was a marvellous experience, i think. for the first time, in my life, we were able to see the people of Cuba united ,with one vision, one love. and that was the most beautiful thing you can see in Cuban history.

 

After 2 years of living in the mountains, the rebels find the temptations of Havana hard to resist.

 

Che had to issue stricter orders on the behavior of his young men, who arriving in Havana for the first time, finding all of these beautiful young women, in essence, throwing themselves at them, it says ,a lady

 

described to me, something even orgiac taking place, particularly in the bushes below the great statue of Christ.

 

Che's wife Hilda, has not seen him since the guerrilla campaign began 2 years earlier, she flies to Havana with her daughter ,and aware that there is another woman in his life

 

And immediately he told her, that he was no longer in love with her and he wanted to divorce.

Che was married to Aleida, just a couple of months later,in a small ceremony,with Raul Castro acting⁵ as one of his witnesses.

 

As Che puts his personal life in order,Fidel Castro begins to implement⁶ the first major changes in Cuba.

 

Well, in the beginning, most of the population expect, was expecting a change. Castro, always, he was in the mountains, he promised, ah, election,free election in 18 months.

 

There is not Communism or Maxism in our idea,we will not seize any land from anybody.

 

Yet on Febuary 16th, just 2 months after the rebel's victory Fidel Castro was sworn in as prime minister, and the elections never take place

 

Then certain segments of the professional class on the elite⁷ began to view Fidel Castro and his regime with suspicion.

 

There was a debate ,that started almost from the day Castro took power about whether he was a communist or not, and part of this debate focused on Che Guevara, who obvious did get on the radar⁸ screen pretty quickly of the CIA

 

Fearing that, an alliance with the known communist would jeopardize⁹ his position, Fidel Castro keeps Che at a distance

 

He'd ordered Che to take over the Lacabania Fortress¹⁰, which is an old colonial garrison¹¹, overlooking Havana Harbor and the city

 

That was where the war criminals would try.

 

Che orders executions of those found guilty

 

In essence, carrying on with what he had been doing in the war, somewhere trials for tortures, for men accused of war crimes, and carrying out the execution, firing squad¹² executions in Lacabania

 

The American guerrilla Neil Macaulay, has been several months with the rebels, and helped train the soldiers. He is approached by the commander of the firing squad, on his first round of executions

 

I say, Look this is madding for Cubans, you guys do it. I say. Nobody look, they make a mass of it, we need somebody, who is at least going to hit the mark. I was prevailed upon, I did , I did mind, let me shoot these guys. so i walked out there, I took command of the firing squad, I directed them against him,i mean ,this, this time, guilty, and then the next guy who came up,i took that one too

1 purging   

清洗； 清除； 净化； 洗炉

参考例句：

• You learned the dry-mouthed, fear-purged, purging ecstasy of battle. 你体会到战斗中那种使人嘴巴发干的，战胜了恐惧并排除其他杂念的狂喜。
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2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 triumphant   

adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的

参考例句：

• The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
• There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。

4 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

7 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

8 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

9 jeopardize   

vt.危及，损害

参考例句：

• Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
• If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。

10 fortress   

n.堡垒，防御工事

参考例句：

• They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
• The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。

11 garrison   

n.卫戍部队；驻地，卫戍区；vt.派(兵)驻防

参考例句：

• The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.军队来援救被围的守备军。
• The German was moving to stiffen up the garrison in Sicily.德军正在加强西西里守军之力量。

12 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。