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 Now to the Pope's historic visit to Cuba and the US. Pope Fransis was arriving in eastern Cuba this morning for the next leg of this trip. He has been greeted by huge crowds as you know, excitement boiling for his arrival here, T files this before leaving Havana. Here is where the Pope. This is the Pope's last day in Cuba, before he headed to US. He is leaving Havana for a couple of cities Santiago, and Holguin. This was a trip that was supposed to be purely¹ inspiritional for Cuba, but it has been tucked by protest and controversy².  And unforgetable moment, the Pope met with Phidel Catoral. The 89 year old revolutionary and a Pope who shaking up the world too. A jubilant welcome for the Pope from hundreds of young Cubans here in Havana last night. And Francis spoke³ to them off the cuff⁴, sharing his very untraditional vision of a church that must never become too insolent⁵. When a religion becomes a convent, it loses the best thing it has. He said. It becomes about I am good, You are bad, moral prediction. Earlier Sunday, Revolution square, thousands greeted Francis in the swelting heat, waving flags, reaching out to him. But as Francis arrived at the square, a dramatic scene of protestor tries to reach the Pope up * counter, and he gets dragged away. He celebrated⁶ mass with a huge image of Che Guevara, the famed 8 years' communist rival moving on above it all. An profoundly moving experience for so many, and the kids love thattoo. I was not, I want to see the Pope. I am excited, she says, I was like Hoorays the Pope, we have a lot of fun.

It was a lot of fun, for them, and for so many Cuban Catholics. The Pope will travel just ninty miles from here in Cuba, across the Florida Straits, to the US, but really it should be a world away from here.   

1 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

2 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

3 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。

4 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？

5 insolent   

adj.傲慢的，无理的

参考例句：

• His insolent manner really got my blood up.他那傲慢的态度把我的肺都气炸了。
• It was insolent of them to demand special treatment.他们要求给予特殊待遇，脸皮真厚。

6 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。