新概念英语-第三册-第14课

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1、Lesson14AnoblegangsterTherewasatimewhentheownersofshopandbusinessesinChicagohadtopaylargesumsofmoneytogangstersinreturnfor'protection'Ifthemoneywasnotpaidpromptly,thegangsterswouldquicklyputamanoutofbusinessbydestroyinghisshop.Obtaining'protechonmoney'isnotamoderncrime.Aslongagoasthefourteen

2、thcentury,anEnglishman,SirJohnHawkwood,madetheremarkablediscoverythatpeoplewouldratherpaylargesumsofmoneythanhavetheirlifeworkdestroyedbygangsters.Sixhundredyearsago,SirJohnHawkwoodarrivedinItalywithabandofsoldiersandsettlednearFlorence.HesoonmadeanameforhimselfandcametobeknowntotheItaliansa

3、sGiovanniAcuto.WhenevertheItaliancity-stateswereatwarwitheachother,Hawkwoodusedtohirehissoldierstoprinceswhowerewillingtopaythehighpricehedemanded.Intimesofpeace,whenbusinesswasbad,Hawkwoodandhismenwouldmarchintoacity-stateand,afterburningdownafewfarms,wouldoffertogoawayifprotectionmoneywasp

4、aidtothem.Hawkwoodmadelargesumsofmoneyinthisway.Inspiteofthis,theItaliansregardedhimasasortofhero.Whenhediedattheageofeighty,theFlorentinesgavehimastatefuneralandhadapicturepaintedwhichwasdedicatedtothememoryof'themostvaliantsoldierandmostnotableleader,SignorGiovanniHaukodue'.1.HowdidHawkwoo

5、dmakemoneyintimesofpeaceØIntimesofpeace在和平时期2.Ifthemoneynotpaidpromptly,thegangsterswouldquicklyputamanoutofbusinessbydestroyinghisshop.如果交款不及时，歹徒们就会很快捣毁他的商店，让他破产Øpromptly立即的，及时的（正式）speedily迅速的swiftly迅速的directly立刻的simultaneous[ˌsaɪmlˈteɪniəs]同时的simultaneousinterpretation同声传译Øpickpocket扒手burg

6、lar入室盗窃犯highwayman车匪路霸smugglesth走私piratesth盗版trafficdrugs贩毒Øputsboutofbusiness使某人破产sbgobankruptcy[ˈbæŋkrʌptsi]破产one’sbusinesscollapse/landonrocks/goestothedogs/fails破产3.Aslongagoasthefourteenthcentury,anEnglishmanmadetheremarkablediscoverythatpeoplewouldratherpaylargesumsofmoneythanhavetheir

7、lifeworkdestroyedbygangsters.早在十四世纪，英国人就有过非凡的发现：人们情愿拿出大笔的钱也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。Øaslongagoas表示强调，可译为“早在，追溯到”aslongas译为“只要，长达…之久”英语中同级比较短语as..as均有此意Heearns4000amonth→Heearnsasmuchas4000amonth.他每月的工资多达4000元。Øremarkableadj.异常的;卓越的;显著的;非凡的Ølifework毕生的事业larges