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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课14

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课文14  贵族歹徒
1 v% [5 q( Y  f4 ^226. There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.'9 g1 ~% i7 ]  r3 F- u3 \
        曾经有一个时期,芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取'保护'。' k1 x3 j. |" ~' _4 S) v1 `7 C
227. If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.% Y1 A; q* o6 E" Z
        如果交款不及时,歹徒们就会很快捣毁他的商店,让他破产.
& C$ u% ]3 U/ n& z6 {3 {! m* ?* l228. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime.
6 I$ h; V* K+ s4 \5 ^        榨取'保护金'并不是一种现代的罪恶行径.0 w2 a6 O& ]$ J4 G. l% N3 [1 H
229. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery$ t- R" j4 P+ B5 ^0 r8 w' n
        早在14世纪,英国人约翰.霍克伍德就有过非凡的发现:
8 h7 _' H6 h) D  q% ]230. that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
1 p- H! p' b! w  t        '人们情愿拿出大笔的钱,也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手.: A. _0 [- z+ @# n: j" @
231. Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.5 V+ i3 d& \. S$ U. p
        600年前,约翰.霍克伍德爵士带着一队士兵来到意大利,在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来,) n9 j; K$ L+ G* V0 A
232. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.# t. {9 _* v& x9 y( \
        很快就出了名.意大利人叫他乔凡尼.阿库托.
" R+ z* h+ x& W' [$ T2 B233. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,9 S; S( S; K+ V2 A$ I4 v7 E( o/ o
        每次意大利各城邦之间打伏,
( E( r8 _# v8 U0 r234. Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
! t' r8 o' G* B( @) v, a" p4 v        霍克伍德把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他出高价的君主。
  w# b1 G5 o3 i% v/ ]235. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and,
2 t5 K% `. }# j; N, A& V        和平时期,当生意萧条时,霍克伍德便带领士兵进入某个城邦,( d. O3 j! U. o+ Q8 @
236. after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them./ P+ _* Z- ?* l" {" P) y
        纵火烧毁一两个农场,然后提出,如向他们缴纳保护金,他们便主动撤离。
2 _: I4 h2 _9 M4 `237. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.
* o+ g4 G6 l$ J        霍克伍德用这种方法挣了大笔钱.
# L7 O3 j' d& H5 R- s238. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.. H: _& |0 B7 T) E$ c2 A
        尽管如此,意大利人还是把他视作某种英雄。  ]$ Z! F: t8 x: ^/ B  Y
239. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral% C. z- l' K: J9 ^  a5 }( M0 E* D! i
        他80岁那年死去时,佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬,
" I" P, J) U) w* Z240. and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.', [: Y+ T. [8 h  b9 ^  O2 p  f
        并为他画像以纪念这位'骁勇无比的战士、杰出的领袖乔凡尼.阿库托先生.'
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