I was born in Zamora: Ángel Nieto

I was born in Zamora: Viriato

I was born in Zamora: Viriato

VIRIATO

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“Rome does not pay traitors.” This is what Servilio Cepión answered to the soldiers_____ had killed their chief, the soldiers who had killed____leader. And this is the sentence_____ is going to pave____ way to our important figure today… He___ Viriato, he was_____ most important leader of the Lusitanian people.

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This is RADIO 6, from ZAMORA in SPAIN. This is “I WAS BORN IN ZAMORA”.

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Viriato was the mo__ important lead__ of the Lusitanian people. There was no Spain n__ Portugal. The peninsula was called Hispania and Hispania was a province in the Roman Empire.

Lusitania w__ a region in the west of Hispania. And this region spread over the areas of what we know nowa_____ like North of Portugal, Zamora and Salamanca.

We are in the second centu__ Before Christ. And Lusitanian people with his leader, Viriato, are resist___ Roman Expansion.

3. WHAT IS MISSING:

Nowadays, we know about Viriato thanks ____ some Greek or Roman historians, such ___ Apiano, Diodoro de Sicilia, Tito Livio, Eutropio, Osorio, Suidas ___ Floro.

Some ____ them described him as ___ shepherd who became _____ a hunter and then a soldier. That was the way for most ____ young warriors.

According ___ the bibliography we have, we don´t know where or when ____ Viriato born, but the legend tells us that he was born in Torrefrades, a small village ___ Zamora in the second century Before Christ.

Rome's dominion of Hispania met with much opposition. And in 185 Before ______ Rome decided ___ invade Lusitania.

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After some ttasble______, in the region of 30.000 Lusitanians met Galba tihw_____ the idea of finishing the raw____ and getting the land fairly distributed. But nevertheless, the pretor Galba killed many of them, others were send to Galias as slaves and just a wef____ amount of them ran away and among those ohw____ could avoid the slaughter was our hero, was Viriato.

This massacre and the otrvpey________ of Lusitanian people got Viriato to rebel against the Rome, he became the leader of the Lusitanian tribes and he won oesm______ battles agaist Rome during some years.

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more horses to the army

But nevertheless, Viriato and his men were winning

And they called him “Roman people´s friend”

After some victories, the Rome goverment sent more soldiers to fight against Viriato,

so Roman senate declared an agreement with Viriato.

and even some elephants.

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After a while, the governor Servilio Cepión broke the treaty and planned his death. Three Viriato´s soldiers killed him while he was sleeping. And when they went to ask for their payment the Roman governor answered them “Rome does not pay traitors."

And this was the end of the leather of the Lusitania's tribes. Afterwards, Roman governors understood that it was better getting a peace treaty than opening confrontation against Lusitanian people.

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Nowadays, Viriato is a local heroe in Portugal and in Zamora. You can find some statues in Viseu, in Lisbom or in Zamora, in a square with his name. And the flag of Zamora, called Seña Bermeja, has 8 red strips honouring the eight victories of Viriato over the Romans.

Viriato. This was our figure today. The legend says he was born in Zamora. And he is an important member of our history.

Our best wishes to your best dreams from Radio 6, from Zamora.

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I was born in Zamora: Ángel Nieto

ÁNGEL NIETO

1. FILL THE GAPS:

 _____everyone! Today we are going to speak about the _____ motorcycle racer in the world during the________ and the eighties. He specialized in racing small displacement bikes and he won twelve _____ one World Championships.

Of _____! He is Ángel Nieto. A pioneer about motorcycle in Spain. An icon for ___ the motorcycle racers in the world.

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This is RADIO 6, from ZAMORA in SPAIN. This is “I WAS BORN IN ZAMORA”.

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Ángel Nieto was b____ in Zamora on January the 25^th in 1947. Time was difficult in Spain, be________ the Civil War had just finish 7 years a_____. But nevertheless, he was ha_____ when he was a child, probably because to have dreams cost no mo______.

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He loved motorcycling and he started ___ work in a garage ___ Madrid and the garage´s owner helped him competing.

But Ángel Nieto wanted to become a professional rider and ____ decided to move to Barcelona.

In 1964, when he _____ 17 years old he took part in his first world championship race, scoring a fifth place that he would repeat in ____ next two years.

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In 1967 he (acmebe)_________ a professional rider and two years later he scored his first (oivtrcy)_______ and won the first of his 13 titles.

He took part in 186 Grand Prixes and he took 90 wins. (nlOy)______ Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi have won more podiums.

Thanks to his success he popularized motorcycle racing in Spain and Spanish (leesoviitn)_________ started to  broadcast the racers which helped (toerh)_______ children to enjoy this sport. 

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Ángel Nieto's final title was in 1984,

such as Derbi or Bultaco,

when he was 39 years old.

He rode different motorbikes,

and all of them were personal projects  of  European engineers, working for small-volume enthusiast makers.

and two years later he retired

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This legendary Spanish racer won 13 titles, but due to his famous superstitious beliefs, he always preferred to refer to his Grand Prix titles as '12 plus 1'.

He was a MotoGP Legend and a key figure in establishing Spain as one of the most important countries  in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

He was a pioneer in our country. And after his titles other Spanish racers would appear. His sons Angel and Pablo were also Grand Prix motorcycle racers and his nephew Fonsi was a race winner too.

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Ángel Nieto, the legend, “12 plus 1” titles paved the way to other children who decided to work hard in order to become the best racers in the world. This was our figure today. He was born in Zamora. And he is part of our history.

Our best wishes to your best dreams from Radio 6, from Zamora.

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