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学 海 无 涯 Unit 6 Video script Narrator: In the country of Argentina, cowboy life has scarcely changed over the past three centuries. The gaucho is a hero here; for most people, he is a legendary figure that is larger than life. But in the far reaches of the country, there are still men for whom the gaucho is more than a legend. For them, it is their life; they are the gauchos of Argentina. The cowboy life of the gaucho came to Argentina from Spanish culture. It created a unique type of men who were as hardy and self-reliant as the animals for which they cared. The word “gaucho” means “outcast”, or one who doesn’t belong to a specific society or group. There are as many kinds of gauchos as there are varied terrains in Argentina. There are gauchos on the soft flat pam pas of Corrientes, on the windswept plains of Patagonia, and in the wooded hills of Salta. Don José Ansola, a 76-year-old horseman, seems to be the “classic gaucho”, and one who treasures his residence in a remote region of Corrientes. He believes solitude helps to keep gaucho life in its purest form. Don José Ansola, Corrientes Gaucho: “If I couldn’t live in the campo, the countryside—an unthinkable thought—I don’t know what I’d do.” Narrator: According to Don José, he would rather live in a poor little house in the country than in a palace in the city. Don José’s 400-square-kilometer ranch in Corrientes is far from everything, so Don José depends entirely on his horses to travel. As a result, he and his three sons spend much of their time finding and catching the wild horses that run free in the countryside. The horses must then be “broken” so that they’ll allow people to ride them. Ansola: “Breaking a horse is a slow process, taking more than a year. This is something the hors