Lesson 14
A noble gangster
貴族歹徒
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
How did Haywood make in times of peace?
There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a pictured with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.'
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
gangster
n. 歹徒,強盜
Chicago
n. 芝加哥(美國城市)
protection
n. 保護
promptly
adv. 準時地
destroy
v. 毀掉;消滅
remarkable
adj. 不尋常的
hand
n. 幫,團伙
Florence
n. 佛羅倫薩(意大利城市)
city-state
n. (古代)城邦
hire
v. 租出,雇給
prince
n. 君主,諸候
Florentine
n. 佛羅倫薩人
funeral
n. 葬禮
dedicate
v. 奉獻,題獻給
memory
n. 紀念
valiant
adj. 英勇的
曾經(jīng)有一個時期,芝加哥的店主和商行的老板們不得不拿出大筆的錢給歹徒以換取"保護"。如果交款不及時,歹徒們就會很快搗毀他的商店,讓他破產(chǎn).榨取"保 護金"并不是一種現(xiàn)代的罪惡行徑.早在14世紀,英國人約翰.霍克伍德就有過非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn):"人們情愿拿出大筆的錢,也不愿畢生的心血毀于歹徒之手. 600年前,約翰.霍克伍德爵士帶著一隊士兵來到意大利,在佛羅倫薩附近駐扎下來,很快就出了名.意大利人叫他喬凡尼.阿庫托.每次意大利各城邦之間打 伏,霍克伍德把他的士兵雇傭給愿給他出高價的君主。和平時期,當生意蕭條時,霍克伍德便帶領(lǐng)士兵進入某個城邦,縱火燒毀一兩個農(nóng)場,然后提出,如向他們繳 納保護金,他們便主動撤離?;艨宋榈掠眠@種方法掙了大筆錢.盡管如此,意大利人還是把他視作某種英雄。他80歲那年死去時,佛羅倫薩人為他舉行了國葬,并 為他畫像以紀念這位"驍勇無比的戰(zhàn)士、杰出的領(lǐng)袖喬凡尼.阿庫托先生."
★gangster
n. 歹徒,強盜
a band of gangsters 一伙強盜
robber 搶劫犯,搶劫者;bandit強盜,土匪
brigand 強盜,土匪,盜賊,草寇;書面用語
hooligan 流氓,不良分子
hoodlum 罪犯,惡漢;口語
rascal 淘氣,搗蛋鬼;口語
★Chicago
n. 芝加哥(美國城市)
★protection
n. 保護
protection money 保護費
protect v.: protect from
We must protect our eyes from the sunshine.
protective adj. 保護的
protector n. 保護者
protege n. 被保護者
★promptly
adv. 準時地
I give him a ring and he call me back promptly
He was so sleepy that he went to sleep promptly.
on time 準時/in time 及時
punctually adv. 守時地
★destroy
v. 毀掉;消滅
destroy n. 強盜毀滅,消滅,完全的摧毀
The earthquake destroyed the city./You destroyed his dream.
damage n. v.強調(diào)受損程度不很嚴重,可以被修復(fù)
The big clock was damaged.
break v.n. 強調(diào)弄壞,弄斷
Two of the strings were broken.
spoil v. 強調(diào)把事情攪和了
spoil the party; spoil the holiday
★remarkable
adj. 不尋常的
remarkable adj.: unusual; uncommon; extraordinary
a remarkable event 不同尋常的事件;an extraordinary event
outstanding adj.突出的,杰出的,卓越的
Our headmaster is an outstanding youth.
distinguished adj. 杰出的,卓越的,不同非凡的
eminent adj. 顯赫的,杰出的,有名的,優(yōu)良的
a distinguished physicist; an eminent surgeon; an eminent judge
a distinguished layer
well-known adj. 強調(diào)眾所周知的
famous adj. 因卓越的貢獻和成績而流芳百世的
She is well-known in the musical world/This is well-known fact.
He is a famous moviestar./ Luxun is famous for his articles.
notorious adj. 臭明昭著的,臭名遠揚的;be famous for bad things
Hitler is notorious.
infamous adj. 身名狼藉的
renowned adj. 某人或某事以其獨特的品質(zhì)、個性而聞名
Hangzhou is renowned for...
★hand
n. 幫,團伙
a band of robbers 一伙強盜
mob n. 表示貶義色彩的團伙、幫派;a mob of hooligans 一伙流氓
gang n. 一伙;a gang of thieves
nest n. 窩;a nest of bandits
pack n. 團伙、幫派;a pack of hoodlums
★Florence
n. 佛羅倫薩(意大利城市)
★city-state
n. (古代)城邦
★hire
v. 租出,雇給
hire;rent;let;employ
hire out; rent out 租給
Does this firm hire out cars?
rent out 租給,雇給;主要強調(diào)出租房屋
He rent out his house to a tourist.
let 出租房屋;let his house/Please let your house to me.
hire from; rent hrom 租進來
He hired a car from us/ I rent a room from Mrs.Johnson.
hire 指短期雇傭體力勞動者
employ 指長期雇傭或聘用腦力勞動者
We employed her as our advisor.
The factory employed 500 workers.
He hired two helpers
★prince
n. 君主,諸候
★Florentine
n. 佛羅倫薩人
★funeral
n. 葬禮
★dedicate
v. 奉獻,題獻給
dedicate to
He dedicated his first book to his mother
dedicate 獻身,奉獻;比devote更為正式而莊重
I devote my time to helping my students.
He dedicates his life to his motherland.
He dedicated his life to science.
★memory
n. 紀念
You have agood memory
in memory of/to the memory of
If my memory serves me well,you're Tom.
★valiant
adj. 英勇的
brave adj. 勇敢的
The boy is brave.
During war,soldiers are valiant.
fearless adj. 大無畏的,無所畏懼的
We are fearless in time of danger.
courageous adj. 有膽量的,有勇氣的
pay large sums of money to sb. 向某人付大筆大筆的費用
in return for 目的是為了換取----作為對……的回報
Eg.: He gave me some books in return for my help.
when 引導(dǎo)狀語從句修飾time
There was a time when mini skirt was in fashion.
promptly: immediately
put a man out of business: 使某人失業(yè)
put sb./sth.out of...使某人失去……
Eg.: You are putting me out of patience.
Eg.: You have already put everything out of order.
put it out of your mind 忘記這件事情吧
by destroying his shop 通過……手段
Eg.: You are putting me out of patience by disturbing me.
obtaining...
obtaining: getting
as long ago as 追溯回到; dating back to
Eg.: I knew Jane as long ago as the year 1980.
John Hawkwood's discovery was quite remarkable
make the remarkable discovery 做出不同尋常的發(fā)現(xiàn)
would rather ...than...寧愿而不
Eg.: He would rather die than surrender.
Eg.: I would rather play tennis than swim.
would prefer to do ... than do...
would prefer doing ... to doing...
Eg.: He would prefer to die than surrender.
Eg.: He would prefer dying to surrendering.
would rather: sooner+ that 賓語從句(過去式)
Eg.: I would rather that you were not here.
Eg.: I would rather that I didn't see you.
Eg.: He would rather that he didn't hear the news.
life work 畢生的事業(yè)
Eg.: I want to have the tree cut down.
Six hundred years ago...
settled near Florence 定居在 Florence 附近
made a name for himself: become famous
Eg.: They soon made quite a name for themselves as pop singers.
come to/get to 漸漸的
come to be known 漸漸被人所熟知
Eg.: I come to be known to my students.
Eg.: I got to know him
whenever 無論什么時候
at war 交戰(zhàn); at war with 于……交戰(zhàn)
hire 表示出租
who 指代prince
he demanded: Hawkwood demanded
in time of peace 在和平期間
march into 大踏步行軍
burn down 燒毀/burn up 燒光/burn out 燒空
would offer to go away: would promise to go away
The house was burned out only...
in spite of this 盡管如此
People in different countries have different opinions.
Eg.: the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.
give sb.a state funeral 給某人舉行國葬
have sth.done
Signor 意大利語,先生
which 指代picture
be dedicated to the memory of sb.
the most valiant 比較級的最高級形式
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(1)...b...
premises: 房產(chǎn)
unharmed替代原文的destroy
(2)...b...
他獲取自己的名字是依據(jù)自己的所作所為
(3)...a...
in that=because "因為",表示一種原因
(4)...a...
段時間——for a long time(現(xiàn)在完成式)
(5)...c...
prefer doing + to + 動名詞
(6)...b...
hire: 從某人租得某物
(7)...a...
if not: 如果不=unless
provided---條件是...
(8)...c...
介詞on和名詞death相搭配,表示去世的狀態(tài)
介詞on和動名詞搭配,表示一個動作。"一...就..."
on seeing him,I ran away.
(9)...b...
動詞的過去分詞
(10)..d...
prepared: 心甘情愿的(=willing)
be willing to do,be prepared to do
agreeable: 宜人的,愜意的
desirable: 吸引人的(=attractive)