Ivan的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day124 2019 0208

练习材料

 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. 

任务配置：L0+L4

笔记：hire租出，雇给，prince君主、诸侯，funeral葬礼，dedicate奉献

感悟：用点心熬，还要走很长的路~~