水风的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 1
练习材料
L14(2)：A noble gangster
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. 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. 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. 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.
/ɛl/14(2)：/ə/ /ˈnoʊbəl/ /ˈgæŋstər/
/sɪks/ /ˈhʌndrəd/ /jɪrz/ /əˈgoʊ/, /sɜr/ /joʊˈhɑn/ Hawkwood /əˈraɪvd/ /ɪn/ /ˈɪtəli/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /bænd/ /ʌv/ /ˈsoʊlʤərz/ /ænd/ /ˈsɛtəld/ /nɪr/ /ˈflɔrəns/. /hi/ /sun/ /meɪd/ /ə/ /neɪm/ /fɔr/ /hɪmˈsɛlf/ /ænd/ /keɪm/ /tu/ /bi/ /noʊn/ /tu/ /ði/ /ɪˈtæljənz/ /æz/ /ˌʤioʊˈvɑni/ Acuto. /wɛˈnɛvər/ /ði/ /ɪˈtæljən/ /ˈsɪti/-/steɪts/ /wɜr/ /æt/ /wɔr/ /wɪð/ /iʧ/ /ˈʌðər/, Hawkwood /juzd/ /tu/ /ˈhaɪər/ /hɪz/ /ˈsoʊlʤərz/ /tu/ /ˈprɪnsəz/ /hu/ /wɜr/ /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ /tu/ /peɪ/ /ðə/ /haɪ/ /praɪs/ /hi/ /dɪˈmændəd/. /ɪn/ /taɪmz/ /ʌv/ /pis/, /wɛn/ /ˈbɪznəs/ /wʌz/ /bæd/, Hawkwood /ænd/ /hɪz/ /mɛn/ /wʊd/ /mɑrʧ/ /ˈɪntu/ /ə/ /ˈsɪti/-/steɪt/ /ænd/, /ˈæftər/ /ˈbɜrnɪŋ/ /daʊn/ /ə/ /fju/ /fɑrmz/, /wʊd/ /ˈɔfər/ /tu/ /goʊ/ /əˈweɪ/ /prəˈtɛkʃən/ /ˈmʌni/ /wʌz/ /peɪd/ /tu/ /ðɛm/. Hawkwood /meɪd/ /lɑrʤ/ /sʌmz/ /ʌv/ /ˈmʌni/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /weɪ/. /ɪn/ /spaɪt/ /ʌv/ /ðɪs/, /ði/ /ɪˈtæljənz/ /rəˈgɑrdəd/ /hɪm/ /æz/ /ə/ /sɔrt/ /ʌv/ /ˈhɪroʊ/. /wɛn/ /hi/ /daɪd/ /æt/ /ði/ /eɪʤ/ /ʌv/ /ˈeɪti/, /ðə/ /ˈflɔrənˌtinz/ /geɪv/ /hɪm/ /ə/ /steɪt/ /ˈfjunərəl/ /ænd/ /hæd/ /ə/ /ˈpɪkʧərd/ /wɪð/ /æz/ /ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd/ /tu/ /ðə/ /ˈmɛməri/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /moʊst/ /ˈvæljənt/ /ˈsoʊlʤər/ /ænd/ /moʊst/ /ˈnoʊtəbəl/ /ˈlidər/, /ˈsinjɔr/ /ˌʤioʊˈvɑni/ Haukodue.
任务配置
L0+L4
知识笔记
1. 其他：
valiant adjective
val·iant | \ ˈval-yənt \
Definition of valiant (Entry 1 of 2)
1 : possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : COURAGEOUS
valiant soldiers
2 : marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : HEROIC
valiant feats
valiant noun
Definition of valiant (Entry 2 of 2)
: a valiant person
练习感悟
今天的文章好多错误，难怪一开始自己读读不懂了...听音已较准确，还是有点小成就感的。这篇文章讲的是高尚的土匪，然而通篇只讲了这个Hawkwood如何发家，为啥意大利人民对他评价这么高却只字未提，感觉很奇怪。看来文章写得不咋地。
