新概念英语第三册听力音频MP3在线练习lesson14

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  Lesson 14

  A noble gangster

  贵族歹徒

  Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

  听录音,然后回答以下问题。

  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 生词和短语

  gangster

  n. 歹徒,强盗

  Chicago

  n. 芝加哥(美国城市)

  protection

  n. 保护

  promptly

  adv. 准时地

  destroy

  v. 毁掉;消灭

  remarkable

  adj. 不寻常的

  hand

  n. 帮,团伙

  Florence

  n. 佛罗伦萨(意大利城市)

  city-state

  n. (古代)城邦

  hire

  v. 租出,雇给

  prince

  n. 君主,诸候

  Florentine

  n. 佛罗伦萨人

  funeral

  n. 葬礼

  dedicate

  v. 奉献,题献给

  memory

  n. 纪念

  valiant

  adj. 英勇的


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