英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 1

 A hero to some, a monster to others. He hoped to start a Third World War. The CIA and the American Special Forces conspired¹ to bring him down. His death enshrouded in mystery, his body secretly buried in an unmarked grave, but the man may have hoped the world would forget him, is the man who will become a legend. 

 

He’s a man lionized by youth and revolutionaries around the world, the face on millions of T-shirts, but the real Che Guevara was not a two-dimensional image, but a complex man with an unwavering goal. 

 

Che described to being a guerilla as the highest form of humankind, someone who was prepared to sacrifice himself for an ideal, in his case, it was for the cause of Marxism and Leninism, the solution to mankind’s ills, and the only way to turn around the world order from one dominated by Yankee capitalism². 

 

In author John Lee Anderson’s best-selling biography 'Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life', he explores the man behind the myth. 

 

First and foremost I wanted to know what had led this well-born son of an affluent³, old Argentine family, a son of the middle class, with everything going for him to leave that comfortable existence and become the most implacable, well-known revolutionary of his day. 

 

May 14th, 1928, Che Guevara is born Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, in the city of Rosario, Argentina. 

 

Ernesto Guevara Lynch was Che’s father. Celiac was from an illustrious Spanish family.

 

They were considered to be of the upper-class. 

 

Carlos Figueroa is a childhood friend of Ernesto’s. 

 

Ernesto didn’t discriminate⁴. He would hang out with all the kids, whether they were children of privilege, or the children of servants. 

 

The oldest of four children, Ernesto was afflicted⁵ with chronic⁶ asthma⁷, a condition that haunts him throughout his life. The family moves to the hill town of Alta Gracia, hoping the drier climate will help their sick son. In Alta Gracia, Ernesto meets Calica Ferrer.

1 conspired   

密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They conspired to bring about the meeting of the two people. 他们共同促成了两人的会面。
• Bad weather and car trouble conspired to ruin our vacation. 恶劣的气候连同汽车故障断送了我们的假日。

2 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。

3 affluent   

adj.富裕的，富有的，丰富的，富饶的

参考例句：

• He hails from an affluent background.他出身于一个富有的家庭。
• His parents were very affluent.他的父母很富裕。

4 discriminate   

v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待

参考例句：

• You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
• They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。

5 afflicted   

使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
• A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。

6 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

7 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。