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1、Unit6VideoscriptNarrator:InthecountryofArgentina,cowboylifehasscarcelychangedoverthepastthreecenturies.Thegauchoisaherohere;formostpeople,heisalegendaryfigurethatislargerthanlife.Butinthefarreachesofthecountry,therearestillmenforwhomthegauchoismorethanalegend.Forthem,itis
2、theirlife;theyarethegauchosofArgentina.ThecowboylifeofthegauchocametoArgentinafromSpanishculture.Itcreatedauniquetypeofmenwhowereashardyandself-reliantastheanimalsforwhichtheycared.Theword“gaucho”means“outcast”,oronewhodoesn’tbelongtoaspecificsocietyorgroup.Thereareasmany
3、kindsofgauchosastherearevariedterrainsinArgentina.TherearegauchosonthesoftflatpampasofCorrientes,onthewindsweptplainsofPatagonia,andinthewoodedhillsofSalta.DonJoséAnsola,a76-year-oldhorseman,seemstobethe“classicgaucho”,andonewhotreasureshisresidenceinaremoteregionofCorrie
4、ntes.Hebelievessolitudehelpstokeepgaucholifeinitspurestform.DonJoséAnsola,CorrientesGaucho:“IfIcouldn’tliveinthecampo,thecountryside—anunthinkablethought—Idon’tknowwhatI’ddo.”Narrator:AccordingtoDonJosé,hewouldratherliveinapoorlittlehouseinthecountrythaninapalaceinthecity
5、.DonJosé’s400-square-kilometerranchinCorrientesisfarfromeverything,soDonJosédependsentirelyonhishorsestotravel.Asaresult,heandhisthreesonsspendmuchoftheirtimefindingandcatchingthewildhorsesthatrunfreeinthecountryside.Thehorsesmustthenbe“broken”sothatthey’llallowpeopletori
6、dethem.Ansola:“Breakingahorseisaslowprocess,takingmorethanayear.Thisissomethingthehorselearnstoputupwith.”Narrator:Thegauchoexplainsthatthehorsemustadjusttousingasaddleandreinssotheridersaren’tthrownofflater.Thetreatmentseemscruel,butaccordingtoDonJoséit’sactuallynot.Thet
7、raining,hesays,oftenseemsharsherthanitis.Ansola:“Weloveourhorses,andintheend,theyloveusinreturn.ThisisthetraditionalwayoftrainingahorseinArgentina—thegauchoway.”Narrator:Beingagaucho,though,ismorethanalifeofsolitudeandcaringforhorsesandcattle.Thegauchowayoflifehasitsownst
8、rictcodeofethics.Hospitalityandrespectforothersareasmuchapartofthislifestyleastheartofbreakingho
