新概念英语词汇随身听第三册(附字幕)[13-15]

[04:20.00]Lesson 14
[04:23.44]gangster(title)
[04:24.92]歹徒，强盗
[04:26.40]There was a time when the owners of shops and business in Chicago
[04:29.48]曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们
[04:32.56]had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection'.
[04:36.05]不得不付给歹徒大笔的钱以换取“保护”。
[04:39.54]The police arrested three gangsters after the shooting in Las Vegas yesterday.
[04:43.26]昨天在拉斯维加发生枪击事件后，警方逮捕了三名歹徒。
[04:46.98]Be careful.You are dealing with a gangster.
[04:49.87]当心哪，你是在和一个强盗打交道。
[04:52.75]Chicago
[04:54.67]芝加哥
[04:56.59]protection
[04:58.12]保护
[04:59.65]His greatest need is guarantees,protection,security.
[05:03.28]他的最大需要是得到保障、保护和安全。
[05:06.91]At last she believed that the tulip bed was under the protection of the fairies.
[05:10.60]她终于相信，郁金香花圃是受了仙女的保护。
[05:14.28]promptly
[05:15.81]准时，立刻
[05:17.34]If the money was not paid promptly,
[05:19.67]如果谁交款不准时，
[05:22.01]the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.
[05:25.49]歹徒就会捣毁他的商店，让他破产。
[05:28.96]He promised to be here promptly at nine o'clock.
[05:31.79]他答应9点准时来。
[05:34.63]The agency responded to the complaints promptly.
[05:37.15]代理处立刻对投诉做出反应。
[05:39.67]destroy
[05:41.36]毁掉
[05:43.04]Certain government officials were authorized to destroy inferior and excessive production.
[05:47.01]某些政府官员被授权销毁劣质和过剩的农产品。
[05:50.98]No one realized the wrong decision was destroying the company.
[05:54.10]当时没人有意识到这个错误的决策会毁掉公司。
[05:57.22]remarkable
[05:59.00]不寻常的，非常的
[06:00.78]As long ago as the fourteenth century,
[06:03.30]早在14世纪，
[06:05.82]an Englishman,Sir John Hawkwood,
[06:08.16]英国人约翰.霍克伍德爵士
[06:10.49]made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money
[06:14.22]就有了项非凡的发现；人们情愿拿出大把的钱，
[06:17.94]than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
[06:20.72]也不愿毕生家业被强盗毁掉。
[06:23.50]All he said and did was remarkable in her eyes.
[06:26.43]他的一切言行在她眼里都是了不起的。
[06:29.36]Hemingway is a writer of remarkable genius.
[06:32.44]海明威是才华横溢的作家。
[06:35.52]Florence
[06:36.98]佛罗伦萨
[06:38.45]band
[06:39.97]帮，群
[06:41.50]Six hundred years ago,Sir John hawkwood arrived in Italy
[06:44.58]600年前，约翰.霍克伍德爵士带着一队士兵来到意大利，
[06:47.67]with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.
[06:50.70]在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来。
[06:53.73]A band of thieves has been robbing the neighborhood.
[06:56.25]一伙小偷一直在附近偷盗。
[06:58.77]But General de Gaulle had to carry his gallant band of Frenchmen with him.
[07:02.54]但是，戴高乐将军必须说服他那群勇敢的法国人衙他一起干。
[07:06.32]city-state
[07:08.20]（古代）城邦
[07:10.08]Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,
[07:12.95]每次意大利城邦之间打仗，
[07:15.83]Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes
[07:18.61]霍克伍德便把他的士兵雇用给愿出高价的君王。
[07:21.39]who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
[07:26.46]The origin of city-states is disputable.
[07:29.24]古代城邦的起源是有争议的。
[07:32.02]Rome,which began its republican history as a city-states,
[07:35.20]罗马共和国，亦即罗马帝国的前身，是以城邦制发端的，
[07:38.37]pursued policies of foreign expansion and government centralization
[07:41.69]但它后来推行对外扩张和中央集权政策却导致了城邦制作为一种政治形式在古代世界的终结。
[07:45.01]that led to the annihilation of the city-state as a political form in the ancient world.
[07:53.44]hire
[07:55.12]租出，雇给
[07:56.79]Will hired a teacher to come weekly
[08:01.83]all the way from Toronto to give Vivey piano lessons.
[08:04.91]威尔聘请了一位老师每周从老远的多伦多来教蓓基弹琴。
[08:07.99]He hired a car for three months.
[08:10.32]他租了辆车，用了三个月。
[08:12.64]prince
[08:14.47]王公，诸侯，贵人
[08:16.30]A verse form Psalms knifed into her mind;"put not your trust in princes."
[08:20.99]《诗篇》里的一句话挤进她的脑海：“不要信任君王。”
[08:25.68]He had access to an Arab prince who was going to come up with the big bucks.
[08:29.40]他有路子找到一位阿拉伯亲王，掏出大把的票子。
[08:33.12]Florentine
[08:34.86]佛罗伦萨人
[08:36.60]When he died at the age of eighty,
[08:39.03]他80岁那年死去的时候
[08:41.46]the Florentines gave him a state funeral
[08:43.94]佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬，
[08:46.42]and had a picture which was dedicated to the memeory of'
[08:51.88]the most valiant soldier and most notable leader,
[08:54.86]并为他画像以纪念“骁勇无比的战士，杰出的领袖乔凡尼.阿库托先生。“
[08:57.84]Signor Giovanni Haukodue.
[09:02.69]funeral
[09:04.27]葬礼
[09:05.85]The funeral will be held on Friday.
[09:08.23]葬礼星期五举行。
[09:10.61]Daphne felt as though she had just come from a funeral.
[09:13.89]达夫妮的心情糟得好像刚参加了个葬礼似的。
[09:17.17]dedicate
[09:18.84]奉献，题献给
[09:20.51]The central park in Nanjing is dedicated to Dr.Sun Yet Sung.
[09:24.19]南京的中心公园是纪念孙中山先生的。
[09:27.88]The poet dedicated his first collection to his neighbor,a plain gardener.
[09:31.65]诗人把他的第一部诗集献给了他的邻居，一位平凡的园丁。
[09:35.43]memory
[09:37.25]纪念
[09:39.08]Many university buildings are dedicated in memory of honorable graduates.
[09:43.01]许多大学的建筑物是纪念杰出校友的。
[09:46.95]On the flyleaf of his thesis is a line:"To the memory of my dear mother."
[09:51.12]他论文的扉页上有一句话”纪念我亲爱的妈妈。“
[09:55.30]valiant
[09:56.98]英勇的
[09:58.65]A large reception was held in honor of the valiant explorers.
[10:01.82]为勇敢的探险家们举行了一个盛大的招待会。
[10:05.00]The firefighter made a valiant effort to save the child from the burning house.
[10:08.88]消防员奋勇地从着火的房子里救出孩子。