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1、Lesson21boxing拳擊BoxingmatcheswereverypopularEngltwohundredyearsago.兩百年前，拳擊比賽在英國(guó)非常盛行。Boxingisshowbusinesswithblood.拳擊是一項(xiàng)以血娛人的娛樂。Boxingisthesinglemostinhumansptwhichonlyhumanscaninvent.拳擊是最不人道的運(yùn)動(dòng)，然而只有人能夠發(fā)明。boxer拳擊手Inthosed

2、aysboxersfoughtwithbarefistsfprizemoney.當(dāng)時(shí)，拳擊手不戴手套，為爭(zhēng)奪獎(jiǎng)金而博斗。Boingisaroughstinwhichoneboxertriestoknocktheotherout.拳擊是一項(xiàng)粗野的運(yùn)動(dòng)，在比賽中一方力求擊倒另一方。AnAmericandentistwhoturnedboxerwhenaskedwhyhehadchangedhisprofessionsaid:Itpaysme

3、bettertoknockteethoutthanputthemin.美國(guó)有一個(gè)改行做拳擊手的牙醫(yī)，有人問(wèn)他為什么改行，他說(shuō)：“把牙敲掉比裝上賺得多?！眀are赤裸的Inthosedaysboxersfoughtwithbarefistsfprizemoney.當(dāng)時(shí)，拳擊手不戴手套，為爭(zhēng)奪獎(jiǎng)金而搏斗。Youllcutyourselfifyouwalkonthesinbarefeet.你赤腳在沙子上走會(huì)劃破腳的。Themulberrytr

4、eeswerebarethefieldswerebrown.桑樹光禿禿的。田野也是一片荒涼。prizefighter職業(yè)拳擊手（成指古時(shí)赤手拳擊手—）Becauseofthistheywerewereknownasprizefighters.因此，他們被稱作“博獎(jiǎng)拳擊手”。crude粗野的Howeverboxingwasverycoudefthereweretorulesaprizefightercouldbeseriouslyinju

5、redevenkilledduringamatch.不過(guò)，拳擊是十分野蠻的，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)沒有任何比賽規(guī)則，職業(yè)拳擊手有可能在比賽中受重傷，甚至喪命。Johnnyswayofdealingwithhooliganswasverycrudebuthighlyeffective.約翰尼對(duì)付流氓的辦法很粗野，但卻十分有效。Harrybegantorevealhimselfasmethanmerelycrude.哈里開始暴露出他的本相不僅僅是粗暴而已

6、。marquis侯爵Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860whentheMarquisofWueensberryalike一樣地Menwomenalikescreamedwithragefeardesperationallmixedintooneemotionalspasm.男男女女都一樣，又氣，又怕，又絕望，齊聲叫了起來(lái)，大家都情緒激憤。Thesunshinesallalike.太陽(yáng)照耀萬(wàn)物。f

7、ame名聲Mendozarosetofameswiftlyafteraboxingmatchwhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold門多薩在14歲參加了一場(chǎng)拳擊賽后一拳成名。Verawasinnowaymovedbyeitherhiswealthfame.他的財(cái)富才好，名聲也罷，都不會(huì)讓維拉動(dòng)心。AfewpoemssomestiestheseareEdgarAllenPoesclaimtofameasawriter.幾

8、首詩(shī)，幾個(gè)短篇小說(shuō)，就是愛倫坡馳譽(yù)文壇的本錢。eminent著名的ThisattractedtheattentionofRidHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxersinEngl.這引起了當(dāng)英國(guó)拳壇名將理查德漢弗萊的注意。Hewasaneminentpickpocket.他以前是個(gè)出名的扒手。Watsonwaseminentamonghiscontemparies.華生在同代人里很出名。bitter

9、ly厲害地Thetwomenquarreledbitterlyitwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledbyafight.兩個(gè)人吵得很兇，顯而易見，只有較量一番才能解決問(wèn)題。TheMinistrywasattackedbitterlybynotcappyingoutameradicalpolicy.內(nèi)閣因?yàn)闆]有衽激進(jìn)的政策遭到猛烈的抨擊。Halwasbitterlyunhappyprovedi

10、tfcefully.哈爾非常不開心并且以一種強(qiáng)烈的方式表現(xiàn)了出來(lái)。bet打賭ThepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyonMendozabuthewasdefeated.公眾把大筆賭注下到門多薩身上，可他卻輸了。Ifhewouldbetonhseracesinspiteofyouwarningshedeservestolosehismoney.他不聽你的勸非要去賭馬，輸錢活該。Youcanbetyourbootsthat