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PAGE PAGE # 考研英语作文满分必备新概念英语必背36篇文章 新概念三Lesson14Anoblegangster贵族歹徒 Therewasatimewhen_the_owners_of_shops_and_businesses_in_Chicago_had_to_pay_large sumsofmoneytogangsters[inreturnfor^protection二Tfthemoneywasnotpaidpromptly,thegangsterswouldquicklyputamanoutofbusinessbydestroyinghisshop.Obtaining protectionmoneyisnotamoderncrime.Aslongagoasthefourteenthcentury,anEnglishman.SirJohnHawkwood,madetheremarkablediscoverythatpeopleIwouldratherpaylargesumsof moneythanhavetheirlifeworkdestroyedbygangsters. Sixhundredyearsago,SirJohanHawkwoodarrivedinItalywithabandofsoldiersandsettlednearFlorence.He_soonmadeanameforhimself_and_cametobeknownto_the_ltalians_ asGiovanniAcuto.WhenevertheItaliancity-stateswereatwarwitheachother,Hawkwoodusedtohirehissoldierstoprinceswhowerewillingtopaythehighpricehedemanded.Intimesof peace,whenbusinesswasbad,Hawkwoodandhismenwouldmarchintoacity-stateand,after burningdownafewfarms,wouldoffertogoawayifprotectionmoneywaspaidtothem.Hawkwoodmadelargesumsofmoneyinthisway.Inspiteofthis,theItaliansregardedhimasasortofhero.Whenhediedattheageofeighty,theFlorentinesgavehimastatefuneralandhad apicturedpaintedwhichwasdedicatedtothememoryofthemostvaliantsoldierandmost notableleader,SignorGiovanniHaukodue. 曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。如果交款不及时，歹徒 们就会很快捣毁他的商店，让他破产.榨取保护金并不是一种现代的罪恶行径.早在14世纪，英国人约翰.霍克伍德就有过非凡的发现：人们情愿拿出大笔的钱，也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手. 600年前，约翰.霍克伍德爵士带着一队士兵来到意大利，在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来，很快就岀了名.意大利人叫他乔 凡尼.阿库托.每次意大利各城邦之间发生战争，霍克伍德把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他岀高价的君主。和平时期，当生意萧 条时,霍克伍德便带领士兵进入某个城邦，纵火烧毁一两个农场，然后提岀，如向他们缴纳保护金，他们便主动撤离。霍克 伍德用这种方法挣了大笔钱.尽管如此，意大利人还是把他视作某种英雄。他80岁那年死去时，佛罗伦萨人为他举行了 国葬，并为他画像以纪念这位”骁勇无比的战士、杰岀的领袖乔凡尼.阿库托先生. Lesson17TheIongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld 世界上最长的吊桥 Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524and nameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditasaveryagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhills inthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver.Though_Verrazano_isbynomeans.considered_to_be_a_ greatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,theIong