Jack的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L14(2)：A noble gangster

Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan 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 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 pictured with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue. 

音标：sɪks ˈhʌndrəd jɪrz əˈgoʊ, sɜr joʊˈhɑn Hawkwood əˈraɪvd ɪn ˈɪtəli wɪð ə bænd ʌv ˈsoʊlʤərz ænd ˈsɛtəld nɪr ˈflɔrəns. hi sun meɪd əneɪm fɔr hɪmˈsɛlf ænd keɪm tu bi noʊn tu ði ɪˈtæljənz æz ˌʤioʊˈvɑni Acuto. wɛˈnɛvər ði ɪˈtæljən ˈsɪti-steɪts wɜr æt wɔr wɪð iʧˈʌðər, Hawkwood juzd tu ˈhaɪər hɪz ˈsoʊlʤərz tu ˈprɪnsəz hu wɜr ˈwɪlɪŋ tu peɪ ðə haɪ praɪs hi dɪˈmændəd. ɪn taɪmz ʌv pis, wɛnˈbɪznəs wʌz bæd, Hawkwood ænd hɪz mɛn wʊd mɑrʧ ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪti-steɪt ænd, ˈæftər ˈbɜrnɪŋ daʊn ə fju fɑrmz, wʊd ˈɔfər tu goʊəˈweɪ prəˈtɛkʃən ˈmʌni wʌz peɪd tu ðɛm. Hawkwood meɪd lɑrʤ sʌmz ʌv ˈmʌni ɪn ðɪs weɪ. ɪn spaɪt ʌv ðɪs, ði ɪˈtæljənz rəˈgɑrdədhɪm 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 æzˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tu ðə ˈmɛməri ʌv ðə moʊst ˈvæljənt ˈsoʊlʤər ænd moʊst ˈnoʊtəbəl ˈlidər, ˈsinjɔr ˌʤioʊˈvɑni Haukodue. 

训练任务：L0+L1+L2+L4

训练感想：今儿的任务感觉被自己虐到了，慢慢过度到语调时，就感觉会影响到发音，这个心理学的注意力的抢占类似，证明还需要更好的下功夫了。喜欢这种感觉，走了很踏实，很充实，每天让这种仪式感出现。