新概念學習背誦

1、精選新概念必背優(yōu)秀文章36篇滬江論壇風中勁草整理制作1新概念三新概念三Lesson14Anoblegangster貴族歹徒貴族歹徒ThereThereTherewaswaswasaatimetimetimewhenwhenwhentheownersofshopsbusinessesinChicagohadtopaylargesumsofmoneytogangstersinininreturnreturnreturnfffprotecti

2、on.Ifthemoneywasnotpaidpromptlythegangsterswouldquicklyputamanoutoutoutofofofbusinessbusinessbusinessbydestroyinghisshop.Obtainingprotectionmoneyisnotamoderncrime.AsAsAslonglonglongagoagoagoasasasthefourteenthcenturyanEn

3、glishmanSirJohnHawkwoodmadetheremarkablediscoverythatpeoplewouldwouldwouldratherratherratherpaylargesumsofmoneythanhavetheirlifewkdestroyedbygangsters.SixhundredyearsagoSirJohanHawkwoodarrivedinItalywithabofsoldierssettl

4、ednearFlence.HesoonmademademadeaanamenamenamefffhimselfhimselfhimselfcamecamecametototobebebeknownknownknowntotototheItaliansasGiovanniAcuto.WhenevertheItaliancitystateswereatatatwarwarwarwithwithwitheachotherHawkwooduse

5、dtohirehissoldierstoprinceswhowerewillingtopaythehighpricehedemed.InInIntimestimestimesofofofpeacewhenbusinesswasbadHawkwoodhismenwouldmarchintoacitystateafterburningburningburningdowndowndownafewfarmswouldofferofferoffe

6、rtototogoawayifprotectionmoneywaspaidtothem.Hawkwoodmademademadelargelargelargesumssumssumsofofofmoneymoneymoneyinthisway.InInInspitespitespiteofofofthisthisthistheItaliansregardedhimasastofhero.Whenhediedatatatthethethe

7、ageageageofofofeightytheFlentinesgavehimastatefuneralhadapicturedpaintedwhichwasdedicatedtototothethethememymemymemyofofofthemostvaliantsoldiermostnotableleaderSignGiovanniHaukodue.曾經(jīng)有一個時期芝加哥的店主和商行的老板們不得不拿出大筆的錢給歹徒以換取“保護“

8、。如果交款不及時歹徒們就會很快搗毀他的商店讓他破產(chǎn).榨取“保護金“并不是一種現(xiàn)代的罪惡行徑.早在14世紀英國人約翰.霍克伍德就有過非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn):“人們情愿拿出大筆的錢也不愿畢生的心血毀于歹徒之手.600年前約翰.霍克伍德爵士帶著一隊士兵來到意大利在佛羅倫薩附近駐扎下來很快就出了名.意大利人叫他喬凡尼.阿庫托.每次意大利各城邦之間發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭霍克伍德把他的士兵雇傭給愿給他出高價的君主。和平時期當生意蕭條時霍克伍德便帶領(lǐng)士兵進入某個城邦縱火燒毀一

9、兩個農(nóng)場然后提出如向他們繳納保護金他們便主動撤離。霍克伍德用這種方法掙了大筆錢.盡管如此意大利人還是把他視作某種英雄。他80歲那年死去時佛羅倫薩人為他舉行了國葬并為他畫像以紀念這位“驍勇無比的戰(zhàn)士、杰出的領(lǐng)袖喬凡尼.阿庫托先生.“Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeinthewld世界上最長的吊橋世界上最長的吊橋VerrazanoanItalianaboutwhomlittleisknownsailedi

10、ntoNewYkHarbourin1524nameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditasaveryagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthestofwhichflowedagreatriver.ThoughVerrazanoisbybybynononomeansmeansmeansconsideredtobeagreatexplerhisnamewillproba

11、blyremainimmtalfonNovember21st1964thelongestsuspensionbridgeinthewldwasnamednamednamedafterafterafterhim.TheVerrazanoBridgewhichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmannjoinsBrooklyntoStatenIsl.Ithasaspanof4260feet.Thebridgeissolongthat

12、theshapeoftheearthhadtobetakentakentakenintointointoaccountaccountaccountbyitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupptfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatfmsmademademadeofofofsteelconcrete.Theplatfmsextendextendex

13、tendtototoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewaterthetowersriseriserisetototoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupptthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.EachEachEachofof

14、ofthefourcablescontains26108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedpackedpackedwithwithwithcarsitwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.Howeversizestrengtharenottheonlyimptantthingsaboutthisbr

15、idge.Despiteitsimmensityitisbothsimpleelegantfulfillingitsdesignersdreamtocreateanenmousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible.精選新概念必背優(yōu)秀文章36篇滬江論壇風中勁草整理制作3人爭吵不休，顯而易見，只有較量一番才能解決問題。于是兩人在斯蒂爾頓設(shè)下賽場，廝打了一個小時。公眾把大筆賭注下到了門多薩身上，但他卻輸了。后來，門多薩

16、與漢弗萊斯再次在拳擊場上較量，門多薩又輸了一場。直到1790年他們第3次對壘，門多薩才終于擊敗漢弗萊斯，成了全英拳擊冠軍。同時，他建立了一所拳擊學校，辦得很成功，連拜倫勛爵也成了他的學生。門多薩掙來大筆大筆的錢，一次出場費就多可達100英鎊。盡管收入不少，但他揮霍無度，經(jīng)常債臺高筑。他被一個叫杰克遜紳士的拳擊手擊敗后很快被遺忘。他因無力還債而被捕入獄，最后于1836年在貧困中死去。Lesson24Askeletoninthecupboa

17、rd“家丑家丑”Weoftenreadinnovelshowaseeminglyrespectablepersonfamilyhassometerriblesecretwhichhasbeenconcealedconcealedconcealedfromfromfromstrangersfyears.TheEnglishlanguagepossessesavividsayingtodescribethisstofsituation.Th

18、eterriblesecretiscalled‘a(chǎn)askeletonskeletonskeletoninininthethethecupboardcupboardcupboard’.AtAtAtsomesomesomedramaticdramaticdramaticmomentmomentmomentinthestytheterriblesecretbecomesknownareputationisruined.Thereadersha

19、irhairhairstsstsstsonononendendendwhenhereadsinthefinalpagesofthenovelthattheheroineadearoldladywhohadalwaysbeensokindtoeverybodyhadinheryouthpoisonedeveryoneofherfivehusbs.ItItItisisisallallallveryveryverywellwellwellff

20、fsuchthingstooccurinfiction.ToToTovaryingvaryingvaryingdegreesdegreesdegreesweallhavesecretswhichwedonotwantevenourclosestfriendstolearnbutfewofushaveskeletonsinthecupboard.TheonlypersonIknowwhohasaskeletoninthecupboardi

21、sGegeCarltonheisveryproudproudproudofofofthefact.Gegestudiedmedicineinhisyouth.Insteadofbecomingadocthoweverhebecameasuccessfulwriterofdetectivesties.IoncespentanuncomftableweekendwhichIshallneverfgetathishouse.Gegeshowe

22、dmetotheguestroomwhichhesaidwasrarelyused.Hetoldmetounpackmythingsthencomedowntodinner.AfterIhadstackedmyshirtsunderclothesintwoemptydrawersIdecidedtohangoneofthetwosuitsIhadbroughtwithmeinthecupboard.Iopenedthecupboardd

23、othenstoodinininfrontfrontfrontofofofitpetrified.Askeletonwasdanglingbefemyeyes.Thesuddenmovementofthedomadeitswayslightlyitgavemetheimpressionthatitwasaboutaboutabouttototoleapleapleapoutoutoutatme.pingmysuitIdasheddown

24、stairstotellGege.Thiswaswsethan‘a(chǎn)terriblesecret’thiswasarealskeleton!ButGegewasunsympathetic.‘Ohthat’hesaidwithasmileasasasifififheweretalkingtalkingtalkingaboutaboutaboutanoldfriend.‘ThatsSebastian.YoufgetthatIwasamedic

25、alstudentonceonceonceuponuponuponaatimetimetime.’在小說中，我們經(jīng)常讀到一個表面上受人尊重的人物或家族，卻有著某種多年不為人所知的駭人聽聞的秘密。英語中有一個生動的說法來形容這種情況。驚人的秘密被稱作“柜中骷髏”。在小說的某個戲劇性時刻，可怕的秘密泄漏出來，接著便是某人的聲譽掃地。當讀者讀到小說最后幾頁了解到書中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可愛的老婦人年輕時一連毒死了她的5個丈夫時，不禁

26、會毛骨悚然。這種事發(fā)生在小說中是無可非議的。盡管我們?nèi)巳硕加懈鞣N大小秘密，連最親密的朋友都不愿讓他們知道，但我們當中極少有人有柜中骷髏。我所認識的唯一的在柜中藏骷髏的人便是喬治卡爾頓，他甚至引以為自豪。喬治年輕時學過醫(yī)，然而，他后來沒當上醫(yī)生，卻成了一位成功的偵探小說作家。有一次，我在他家里度周末，過得很不愉快。這事我永遠不會忘記。喬治把我領(lǐng)進客房，說這間房間很少使用。他讓我打開行裝后下樓吃飯。我將襯衫、內(nèi)衣放進兩個空抽屜里，然后我想把