Phần 2
His willingness of a very small country take on the United States, err, was pretty dramatic, and it led argue to the most dangerous …(8)…in the world history that we almost went to war over Cuba.
Kenedy: (We) regard any nuclear missle, launched from Cuba against any …(9)…in the Western hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response for the Soviet Union.
…(10)…between the US and Cuba deteriorated resulting in an embargo and an end of diplomatic relation by 1963. By this time, Fidel has declared Cuba an official Socialist state, seizing foreign assets and redistributing farmland. He took great pride in establishing a reputation for the small …(11)…, changing the world’s view that is was merely an American colony. At the same time, he was careful to not …(12)…as a republic of the Soviet Union. Over time, Fidel successfully deployed thousands of troops to support leftist revolution in Africa.
“He exported the revolution also to Latin America, rescuing army was sent to Angola, to Mozambige, to Ethiopia, to …(13)… I mean Cuba, a tiny island which is smaller than Pennsylvania and only had 10 million inhabitants actually expanded into a global superpower.
At home, he started a movement to wipe out illitercy and nationalized their …(14)…system to provide free medical care to all Cubans.
Từ mới:
willingness: ý chí
take on: đối đầu
dramatic: kịch tính
led argue to: dẫn tới cuộc tranh luận về
hemisphere: bán cầu
retaliatory response: đòn trả đũa
embargo: cấm vận
diplomatic relation: mối quan hệ ngoại giao
seizing foreign assets: tước đoạt tài sản của người nước ngoài
redistributing farmland: chia ruộng đất
merely an American colony: chỉ là thuộc địa của Mỹ
a republic of the Soviet Union: một bang của Liên bang Xô Viết
deployed thousands of troops: triển khai hàng ngàn lính
leftist revolution: cách mạng cánh tả
rescuing army: quân đội giải phóng
Quang Nguyen