练习材料
L14(2)：
A noble gangster
/ə/ /ˈnəʊbl/ /ˈgæŋstə/
Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy
/sɪks/ /ˈhʌndrəd/ /jɪəz/ /əˈgəʊ,/ /sɜː/ /Johan/ /Hawkwood/ /əˈraɪvd/ /ɪn/ /ˈɪtəli/
with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon
/wɪð/ /ə/ /bænd/ /ɒv/ /ˈsəʊlʤəz/ /ænd/ /ˈsɛtld/ /nɪə/ /ˈflɒrəns./ /hiː/ /suːn/
made a name for himself and came to be known to the
/meɪd/ /ə/ /neɪm/ /fɔː/ /hɪmˈsɛlf/ /ænd/ /keɪm/ /tuː/ /biː/ /nəʊn/ /tuː/ /ðiː/
Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states
/ɪˈtæliənz/ /æz/ /ʤəʊˈvæni/ /Acuto./ /wɛnˈɛvə/ /ði/ /ɪˈtæliən/ /ˈsɪtɪsteɪts/
were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his
/wɜːr/ /æt/ /wɔː/ /wɪð/ /iːʧ/ /ˈʌðə,/ /Hawkwood/ /juːzd/ /tuː/ /ˈhaɪə/ /hɪz/
soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he
/ˈsəʊlʤəz/ /tuː/ /ˈprɪnsɪz/ /huː/ /wɜː/ /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ /tuː/ /peɪ/ /ðə/ /haɪ/ /praɪs/ /hiː/
demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad,
/dɪˈmɑːndɪd./ /ɪn/ /taɪmz/ /ɒv/ /piːs,/ /wɛn/ /ˈbɪznɪs/ /wɒz/ /bæd,/
Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and,
/Hawkwood/ /ænd/ /hɪz/ /mɛn/ /wʊd/ /mɑːʧ/ /ˈɪntuː/ /ə/ /ˈsɪtɪsteɪt/ /ænd,/
after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if
/ˈɑːftə/ /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/ /daʊn/ /ə/ /fjuː/ /fɑːmz,/ /wʊd/ /ˈɒfə/ /tuː/ /gəʊ/ /əˈweɪ/
protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large
/prəˈtɛkʃən/ /ˈmʌni/ /wɒz/ /peɪd/ /tuː/ /ðɛm./ /Hawkwood/ /meɪd/ /lɑːʤ/
sums of money in this way.In spite of this, the Italians
/sʌmz/ /ɒv/ /ˈmʌni/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /weɪ./ /ɪn/ /spaɪt/ /ɒv/ /ðɪs,/ /ði/ /ɪˈtæliənz/
regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of
/rɪˈgɑːdɪd/ /hɪm/ /æz/ /ə/ /sɔːt/ /ɒv/ /ˈhɪərəʊ./ /wɛn/ /hiː/ /daɪd/ /æt/ /ði/ /eɪʤ/ /ɒv/
eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a
/ˈeɪti,/ /ðə/ /ˈflɒrəntaɪnz/ /geɪv/ /hɪm/ /ə/ /steɪt/ /ˈfjuːnərəl/ /ænd/ /hæd/ /eɪ/
picture painted with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most
/ˈpɪkʧəd/ /wɪð/ /æz/ /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtɪd/ /tuː/ /ðə/ /ˈmɛməri/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /məʊst/
valiant soldier and most notable leader,Signor Giovanni
/ˈvæliənt/ /ˈsəʊlʤər/ /ænd/ /məʊst/ /ˈnəʊtəbl/ /ˈliːdə,/ /ˈsaɪnə/ /ʤəʊˈvæni/
Haukodue.
/Haukodue./
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
1/ 單詞
Florence - n. 佛罗伦萨(意大利城市)
city-state - n. (古代)城邦
prince - n. 君主,诸候
Florentine - n. 佛罗伦萨人
In spite of this - phrasal verb. 尽管如此
funeral - n. 葬礼
dedicate - v. 奉献,题献给
valiant - adj. 英勇的
2/音標
princes /ˈprɪnsɪz/
练习感悟：
有些外來語音不懂得讀，也可以嘗試根據英語發音去讀出來。