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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
( O  [4 u" C8 \% p226. 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.'% g( b, I2 P; R+ L& J2 q5 c  B' s5 t7 V
        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'。! h* b& V/ A' g& e, O( d( Z
227. If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.
" [6 ~" Q" u/ z5 j4 n: z% Y        如果交款不及时,歹徒们就会很快捣毁他的商店,让他破产.% ?, ?. A" h  {9 E* x- D
228. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime.
$ ^$ W9 ^5 n- |' H1 o& c5 W+ M        榨取'保护金'并不是一种现代的罪恶行径.+ q. p( I( t/ h% \1 ^
229. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery& @! ]+ T! B6 \4 o+ N' g9 V" l
        早在14世纪,英国人约翰.霍克伍德就有过非凡的发现:
# |! h) V  ~! R9 ~1 P9 f230. that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.7 A6 O3 i; W# u0 T, C8 c
        '人们情愿拿出大笔的钱,也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手.2 W) u0 I3 U9 e+ S+ a, @6 j- Q7 A2 E* E# ]
231. Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.0 D- [$ t  X! e1 o% x: s3 L
        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,
( C; H1 v% P1 d5 ^* r( W+ k* Q% p232. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto." K' b7 _8 X" Y* U/ Z; I6 p. |
        很快就出了名.意大利人叫他乔凡尼.阿库托.$ P. q4 o; ~# i: u9 B# O; a) v6 _
233. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,
5 z1 y- ]* B# P% n: m) Q) A+ a( o        每次意大利各城邦之间打伏,
8 O) a* n0 f: ]5 s234. Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
* `0 Q( j- N4 F9 `' K        霍克伍德把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他出高价的君主。
( }' B# y: {9 q235. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and,
6 f* w# J* f3 w, g1 Y2 r        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& \0 I9 Y, R+ `236. after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them.
  n! y3 D* W# r5 \" r! ^        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。
; g& u! W+ O; w237. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.
9 Z' X1 P( P. w' ~" ?8 U( o        霍克伍德用这种方法挣了大笔钱.
3 h  F7 |- n6 P8 Z238. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.7 ^" o- l6 R# b' g( B* `
        尽管如此,意大利人还是把他视作某种英雄。  {( b/ j0 ~+ @
239. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral
' t0 f1 C* M: [1 v' L5 {        他80岁那年死去时,佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬,( C. U. k; j1 S, k
240. and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.'
0 H7 }& \. K: b. J        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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