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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% q" P8 Y! B- K
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.') a7 I; O/ }' Q. u1 G
        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'。' |1 r5 ]4 c- t% s6 e! E; k
227. If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.$ o- O( r+ ?- Q0 b5 \( @
        如果交款不及时,歹徒们就会很快捣毁他的商店,让他破产.
6 k$ l9 I- o2 ^5 G. Y* w# F228. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime.
* G. j' n, W+ c6 {% b5 B9 C$ ~        榨取'保护金'并不是一种现代的罪恶行径., ?) w$ B) H5 X* Y1 X
229. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery
2 k9 t. j; l; E6 D) P$ f        早在14世纪,英国人约翰.霍克伍德就有过非凡的发现:: \/ g& r7 s7 ?+ h1 U3 i* A3 O
230. that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
: Z. I$ Z* h  j1 E        '人们情愿拿出大笔的钱,也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手.
3 W/ a1 e! m" v( @' O  F% \231. Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence., \( {8 M+ j, n
        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,. @/ b- ]! ~/ s  E! u
232. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.: S" W. A! s" l- x* t  U; P8 C9 Y
        很快就出了名.意大利人叫他乔凡尼.阿库托.
2 o% O* q' Y- n" _233. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,! i3 M  `% o6 k. H
        每次意大利各城邦之间打伏,
% \* N6 m  u7 b1 m234. Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
! Z1 ~# @" \4 y2 X  _4 h        霍克伍德把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他出高价的君主。
8 e, d3 c, c% d( c235. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and,
8 R' w& j/ R5 g- z5 |3 S        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,% O  Y6 d& m+ h5 `) |
236. after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them.
0 N9 b: \' u: V& [/ y, V, O& q0 R, h        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。/ b6 ^" B; i& j2 E' \1 D' I
237. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.
' K* B( K$ k( H# t        霍克伍德用这种方法挣了大笔钱.4 G% g$ }6 t+ D
238. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.
4 u# G  A. f. X4 J- S+ [9 t        尽管如此,意大利人还是把他视作某种英雄。2 E) \( C) W; [  U. d- g4 _, }
239. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral; [* l, _( b" C: ~) _9 O9 H9 x
        他80岁那年死去时,佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬,' k5 b/ n: X" P, O/ F
240. and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.'
$ g5 O$ l  E6 ^: u! V: m  R        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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