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1、精選新概念必背優(yōu)秀文章36篇滬江論壇風(fēng)中勁草整理制作1新概念三Lesson14Anoblegangster貴族歹徒ThereThereTherewaswaswasaatimetimetimewhenwhenwhentheownersofshopsbusinessesinChicagohadtopaylargesumsofmoneytogangstersinininreturnreturnreturnfffprotection.Ifthe

2、moneywasnotpaidpromptlythegangsterswouldquicklyputamanoutoutoutofofofbusinessbusinessbusinessbydestroyinghisshop.Obtainingprotectionmoneyisnotamoderncrime.AsAsAslonglonglongagoagoagoasasasthefourteenthcenturyanEnglishman

3、SirJohnHawkwoodmadetheremarkablediscoverythatpeoplewouldwouldwouldratherratherratherpaylargesumsofmoneythanhavetheirlifewkdestroyedbygangsters.SixhundredyearsagoSirJohanHawkwoodarrivedinItalywithabofsoldierssettlednearFl

4、ence.HesoonmademademadeaanamenamenamefffhimselfhimselfhimselfcamecamecametototobebebeknownknownknowntotototheItaliansasGiovanniAcuto.WhenevertheItaliancitystateswereatatatwarwarwarwithwithwitheachotherHawkwoodusedtohireh

5、issoldierstoprinceswhowerewillingtopaythehighpricehedemed.InInIntimestimestimesofofofpeacewhenbusinesswasbadHawkwoodhismenwouldmarchintoacitystateafterburningburningburningdowndowndownafewfarmswouldofferofferoffertototog

6、oawayifprotectionmoneywaspaidtothem.Hawkwoodmademademadelargelargelargesumssumssumsofofofmoneymoneymoneyinthisway.InInInspitespitespiteofofofthisthisthistheItaliansregardedhimasastofhero.Whenhediedatatatthethetheageageag

7、eofofofeightytheFlentinesgavehimastatefuneralhadapicturedpaintedwhichwasdedicatedtototothethethememymemymemyofofofthemostvaliantsoldiermostnotableleaderSignGiovanniHaukodue.曾經(jīng)有一個(gè)時(shí)期芝加哥的店主和商行的老板們不得不拿出大筆的錢給歹徒以換取“保護(hù)“。如果交款不及時(shí)

8、歹徒們就會(huì)很快搗毀他的商店讓他破產(chǎn).榨取“保護(hù)金“并不是一種現(xiàn)代的罪惡行徑.早在14世紀(jì)英國人約翰.霍克伍德就有過非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn):“人們情愿拿出大筆的錢也不愿畢生的心血?dú)в诖跬街?600年前約翰.霍克伍德爵士帶著一隊(duì)士兵來到意大利在佛羅倫薩附近駐扎下來很快就出了名.意大利人叫他喬凡尼.阿庫托.每次意大利各城邦之間發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)霍克伍德把他的士兵雇傭給愿給他出高價(jià)的君主。和平時(shí)期當(dāng)生意蕭條時(shí)霍克伍德便帶領(lǐng)士兵進(jìn)入某個(gè)城邦縱火燒毀一兩個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)然后提出

9、如向他們繳納保護(hù)金他們便主動(dòng)撤離?；艨宋榈掠眠@種方法掙了大筆錢.盡管如此意大利人還是把他視作某種英雄。他80歲那年死去時(shí)佛羅倫薩人為他舉行了國葬并為他畫像以紀(jì)念這位“驍勇無比的戰(zhàn)士、杰出的領(lǐng)袖喬凡尼.阿庫托先生.“Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeinthewld世界上最長(zhǎng)的吊橋VerrazanoanItalianaboutwhomlittleisknownsailedintoNewYkHarbouri

10、n1524nameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditasaveryagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthestofwhichflowedagreatriver.ThoughVerrazanoisbybybynononomeansmeansmeansconsideredtobeagreatexplerhisnamewillprobablyremainimmtalf

11、onNovember21st1964thelongestsuspensionbridgeinthewldwasnamednamednamedafterafterafterhim.TheVerrazanoBridgewhichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmannjoinsBrooklyntoStatenIsl.Ithasaspanof4260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheear

12、thhadtobetakentakentakenintointointoaccountaccountaccountbyitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupptfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatfmsmademademadeofofofsteelconcrete.Theplatfmsextendextendextendtototoadepth

13、ofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewaterthetowersriseriserisetototoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupptthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.EachEachEachofofofthefourcablesc

14、ontains26108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedpackedpackedwithwithwithcarsitwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.Howeversizestrengtharenottheonlyimptantthingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsi

15、mmensityitisbothsimpleelegantfulfillingits精選新概念必背優(yōu)秀文章36篇滬江論壇風(fēng)中勁草整理制作3目為敵。兩個(gè)人爭(zhēng)吵不休，顯而易見，只有較量一番才能解決問題。于是兩人在斯蒂爾頓設(shè)下賽場(chǎng)，廝打了一個(gè)小時(shí)。公眾把大筆賭注下到了門多薩身上，但他卻輸了。后來，門多薩與漢弗萊斯再次在拳擊場(chǎng)上較量，門多薩又輸了一場(chǎng)。直到1790年他們第3次對(duì)壘，門多薩才終于擊敗漢弗萊斯，成了全英拳擊冠軍。同時(shí)，他建立了一所拳

16、擊學(xué)校，辦得很成功，連拜倫勛爵也成了他的學(xué)生。門多薩掙來大筆大筆的錢，一次出場(chǎng)費(fèi)就多可達(dá)100英鎊。盡管收入不少，但他揮霍無度，經(jīng)常債臺(tái)高筑。他被一個(gè)叫杰克遜紳士的拳擊手擊敗后很快被遺忘。他因無力還債而被捕入獄，最后于1836年在貧困中死去。Lesson24Askeletoninthecupboard“家丑”Weoftenreadinnovelshowaseeminglyrespectablepersonfamilyhassometer

17、riblesecretwhichhasbeenconcealedconcealedconcealedfromfromfromstrangersfyears.TheEnglishlanguagepossessesavividsayingtodescribethisstofsituation.Theterriblesecretiscalled‘a(chǎn)askeletonskeletonskeletoninininthethethecupboard

18、cupboardcupboard’.AtAtAtsomesomesomedramaticdramaticdramaticmomentmomentmomentinthestytheterriblesecretbecomesknownareputationisruined.Thereadershairhairhairstsstsstsonononendendendwhenhereadsinthefinalpagesofthenoveltha

19、ttheheroineadearoldladywhohadalwaysbeensokindtoeverybodyhadinheryouthpoisonedeveryoneofherfivehusbs.ItItItisisisallallallveryveryverywellwellwellfffsuchthingstooccurinfiction.ToToTovaryingvaryingvaryingdegreesdegreesdegr

20、eesweallhavesecretswhichwedonotwantevenourclosestfriendstolearnbutfewofushaveskeletonsinthecupboard.TheonlypersonIknowwhohasaskeletoninthecupboardisGegeCarltonheisveryproudproudproudofofofthefact.Gegestudiedmedicineinhis

21、youth.Insteadofbecomingadocthoweverhebecameasuccessfulwriterofdetectivesties.IoncespentanuncomftableweekendwhichIshallneverfgetathishouse.Gegeshowedmetotheguestroomwhichhesaidwasrarelyused.Hetoldmetounpackmythingsthencom

22、edowntodinner.AfterIhadstackedmyshirtsunderclothesintwoemptydrawersIdecidedtohangoneofthetwosuitsIhadbroughtwithmeinthecupboard.Iopenedthecupboarddothenstoodinininfrontfrontfrontofofofitpetrified.Askeletonwasdanglingbefe

23、myeyes.Thesuddenmovementofthedomadeitswayslightlyitgavemetheimpressionthatitwasaboutaboutabouttototoleapleapleapoutoutoutatme.pingmysuitIdasheddownstairstotellGege.Thiswaswsethan‘a(chǎn)terriblesecret’thiswasarealskeleton!ButG

24、egewasunsympathetic.‘Ohthat’hesaidwithasmileasasasifififheweretalkingtalkingtalkingaboutaboutaboutanoldfriend.‘ThatsSebastian.YoufgetthatIwasamedicalstudentonceonceonceuponuponuponaatimetimetime.’在小說中，我們經(jīng)常讀到一個(gè)表面上受人尊重的人物或

25、家族，卻有著某種多年不為人所知的駭人聽聞的秘密。英語中有一個(gè)生動(dòng)的說法來形容這種情況。驚人的秘密被稱作“柜中骷髏”。在小說的某個(gè)戲劇性時(shí)刻，可怕的秘密泄漏出來，接著便是某人的聲譽(yù)掃地。當(dāng)讀者讀到小說最后幾頁了解到書中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可愛的老婦人年輕時(shí)一連毒死了她的5個(gè)丈夫時(shí)，不禁會(huì)毛骨悚然。這種事發(fā)生在小說中是無可非議的。盡管我們?nèi)巳硕加懈鞣N大小秘密，連最親密的朋友都不愿讓他們知道，但我們當(dāng)中極少有人有柜中骷髏。我所認(rèn)識(shí)的

26、唯一的在柜中藏骷髏的人便是喬治卡爾頓，他甚至引以為自豪。喬治年輕時(shí)學(xué)過醫(yī)，然而，他后來沒當(dāng)上醫(yī)生，卻成了一位成功的偵探小說作家。有一次，我在他家里度周末，過得很不愉快。這事我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記。喬治把我領(lǐng)進(jìn)客房，說這間房間很少使用。他讓我打開行裝后下樓吃飯。我將襯衫、內(nèi)衣放進(jìn)兩個(gè)空抽屜里，然后我想把隨身帶來的兩套西服中的一套掛到大衣柜里去。我打開柜門，站在柜門前一下子驚呆了。一具骷髏懸掛在眼前，由于柜門突然打開，它也隨之輕微搖晃起來，讓我覺得

27、它好像馬上要跳出柜門朝我撲過來似的。我扔下西服沖下樓去告訴喬治。這是比“駭人聽聞的秘密”更加驚人的東西，這是一具真正的骷髏?。〉珕讨螀s無動(dòng)于衷?！班?，是它呀！他笑著說道，儼然在談?wù)撘晃焕吓笥??！澳鞘侨退沟侔?。你忘了我以前是學(xué)醫(yī)的了。”Lesson27Nothingtosellnothingtobuy沒有東西可賣也沒有東西可買ItItIthashashasbeenbeenbeensaidsaidsaidthatthatthatevery