Lesson 4 The World's Poorest President
Section 2
Mujica was born / in a poor area of Montevideo / in 1935.
When he was
in his early 20s, / the economy in Uruguay / went bad. He started to worry
20代はじめ
about the gap / between the rich and the poor.
悪化する
the gap between A and B
Mujica thought / that political change was necessary.
He fought against
the military government / and got arrested four times. He saw many people
知覚+目+過去分詞
arrested / for the same reason. Mujica spent 13 years in jail, / but he did not
give up his hope / of changing Uruguay / into a better country.
同格
In 1985, / he was finally released.
He never lost his strong will / to
change society / and became a politician / 10 years later.
Then in 2010, / he
was elected / as the 40th president of Uruguay.
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Q&A
1 What did Mujica start to worry about in his early 20s?
2 Why did he get arrested four times?
3 What did he never lose?