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Lesson 14
A noble ganster
Section 1:
·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'
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·If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying
his shop.
Prompt 及时的;迅速的
·She arrived promptly.=in time
·A reply came very promptly.
·She turned off the alarm and promptly went back to sleep.=quickly
·Obtaining 'protechon 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.
obtain
·Where can I get a copy of her latest book?
·在哪里能买到她最新出版的书?
· He always manages to get what he wants.
·他总是有办法得到他想要的东西.
·I got this record for you with difficulty.
·我好不容易为你弄到了这张唱片.
remarkable
·Unusually good:非凡的，惊人的，引人注目的
·She has made remarkable progress.
·非凡的成就
·A remarkable achievement
·=extraordinary
·=unique
·=exceptional
句型：would rather do A than do B
·宁愿做A 也不做B
·我宁愿走路也不愿意坐公共汽车
·I'd rather walk than take a bus.
·我宁愿死也不他道歉
·I'd rather die than apologize to him.
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·（这么冷的天） 我宁愿呆在家也不出去
·people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
复习巩固句型：have sth done
·This room gets too hot when the sun shines so I’m getting someone to fit blinds(百叶窗） on the windows
·I didn’t recognize her. The hairdresser has dyed (染) her hair.
·I heard that Mrs Green didn’t trust her husband so she hired a detective to follow him
·My sister is not pleased with her nose so she decided to go to a clinic for an operation which will straighten
it
Section 2:
·Six hundred years ago, Sir John 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.
Settle:定居，安顿
·+in:
·We lived in Thailand, then Japan, and finally settled in Singapore
·The family settled in a small town where they opened a store.
集合名词：band
·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.
hire/rent
·_____a bicycle
·_____apartment
·_____hall
·_____land
·_____a wedding-dress
·_____a lawyer
demand
·+名词
·Demand an apology
·Demand better pay
·Demand one’s attention
·这个工作要求耐心
·+to do
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·I demand to know what have happened
·我要求见经理
·+that + (should)
·He demands that he should be told everything
·妈妈要求我回家先做作业
·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 if protection money was paid to them.
·Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.
各种“走”
stride,wander,stagger,march,tiptoe
·She _____d across to the bed where the child was lying asleep
·The drunk man _____ed across the room.
·He _____ed in to see me as if he had nothing else to do
·5,000 people _____ed through the city to demonstrate (示威）against the factory closures.
·She _____ up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
·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 picture painted which
was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni
Haukodue'.
Regard A as B
·他的父母认为他是世界上最聪明的孩子
·我把他看做一个傻瓜
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dedicate 奉献
·dedicate A to B :
·将（自己﹑ 时间﹑ 精力等）奉献给（崇高的事业或目的）
·dedicate oneself to one's work 献身於自己的工作
·The actress now dedicates herself to children's charity work.
·她毕生致力於帮助穷人
·She dedicated her life to helping the poor.
·我把时间和精力奉献给了共产主义事业（communism）
·转义：
·She dedicated her first novel to her child
·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 picture painted which
was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni
Haukodue'.
·a noble gangster
·a noble family
·a noble leader,
·伟大的领袖
·A noble mind,
·高尚的思想﹑
·A noble gesture
·高雅的姿态
