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“CHE” GUEVARA: A SHORT BIOGRAPHY. Ernesto Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. His mother was Celia de la Serna and his father was Ernesto Guevara Lynch. He had two brothers (Juan Martín and Roberto) and two sisters (Ana and Celia). He was a Marxist revolutionary, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. He was one of the most important figures of the Cuban Revolution together with Fidel Castro. He also organized revolutionary campaigns in Congo and Bolivia. He married twice and he had five children. He died in October 9, 1967 in Bolivia, where he was executed by the Bolivian government while he was leading a revolutionary guerrilla in that country. The motorcycle diaries. 1. Before he became a famous revolutionary, Che Guevara was simply Ernesto Guevara de la Serna from Argentina, a student looking for fun. He was studying medicine when he decided to travel across Latin America by motorbike with his friend Alberto. 2. They slept on floors, met girls and drank beer. They walked through deserts and up mountains and spent some time working in a leper colony in Peru. Their only problem was with transport: they once crashed a motorbike into a cow! But it was an amazing journey. They travelled 5000 miles in four months. 3. While he was travelling, Ernesto met many poor people from Chile, Peru and Bolivia, and this opened his eyes to the lives of poor people. At the end of the journey, he stopped studying to be a doctor, and began his life´s work: fighting for the poor. Later, Guevara and his friend Alberto wrote books about this journey, and in 2004 the story was made into a film, The Motorcycle Diaries. CHOOSE AN APPROPRIATE TITLE FOR EACH PARAGRAPH. AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE. -- A LOT OF PROBLEMS ON THE WAY. AN EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE. -- A YOUNG STUDENT WITH AN ORDINARY LIFE. NOW MATCH THE WORDS IN BOLD IN THE TEXT WITH THEIR MEANING. Pobre: Colonia de leprosos: Vaca: Viajar: Luchar: Chocaron: Viaje/travesía:

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Page 1: “CHE” GUEVARA: A SHORT BIOGRAPHY. - … · “CHE” GUEVARA: A SHORT BIOGRAPHY. Ernesto Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. His mother was Celia de la

“CHE” GUEVARA: A SHORT BIOGRAPHY. Ernesto Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. His mother was Celia de la Serna and his

father was Ernesto Guevara Lynch. He had two brothers (Juan Martín and Roberto) and two sisters (Ana and Celia).

He was a Marxist revolutionary, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist.

He was one of the most important figures of the Cuban Revolution together with Fidel Castro. He also organized

revolutionary campaigns in Congo and Bolivia. He married twice and he had five children.

He died in October 9, 1967 in Bolivia, where he was executed by the Bolivian government while he was leading a

revolutionary guerrilla in that country.

Themotorcyclediaries.

1.Beforehebecameafamousrevolutionary,CheGuevarawassimplyErnestoGuevaradelaSernafromArgentina,astudentlookingforfun.HewasstudyingmedicinewhenhedecidedtotravelacrossLatinAmericabymotorbikewithhisfriendAlberto.2.They slept on floors, met girls and drank beer. They walkedthrough deserts and up mountains and spent some timeworkingina lepercolony inPeru.Theironlyproblemwaswithtransport:theyoncecrashedamotorbikeintoacow!Butitwasanamazingjourney.Theytravelled5000milesinfourmonths.

3.Whilehewastravelling,ErnestometmanypoorpeoplefromChile,PeruandBolivia,andthisopenedhiseyestothelives of poor people. At the end of the journey, he stopped studying to be a doctor, and began his life´s work:fightingforthepoor.Later,GuevaraandhisfriendAlbertowrotebooksaboutthis journey,and in2004thestorywasmadeintoafilm,TheMotorcycleDiaries.

CHOOSEANAPPROPRIATETITLEFOREACHPARAGRAPH.

ANEXTRAORDINARYADVENTURE.--ALOTOFPROBLEMSONTHEWAY.

ANEXPERIENCETHATCHANGEDHISLIFE.--AYOUNGSTUDENTWITHANORDINARYLIFE.

NOWMATCHTHEWORDSINBOLDINTHETEXTWITHTHEIRMEANING.

Pobre:Coloniadeleprosos:Vaca:Viajar:Luchar:Chocaron:Viaje/travesía:

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