北海的ScalersTalk第六轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 4

练习材料

L14(1)：

A noble gangster

/ə/ /ˈnəʊbl/ /ˈgæŋstə/

There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses  

/ðeə/ /wɒz/ /ə/ /taɪm/ /wɛn/ /ði/ /ˈəʊnəz/ /ɒv/ /ʃɒps/ /ænd/ /ˈbɪznɪsɪz/

in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in

/ɪn/ /ʃɪˈkɑːgəʊ/ /ðæt/ /tuː/ /peɪ/ /lɑːʤ/ /sʌmz/ /ɒv/ /ˈmʌni/ /tuː/ /ˈgæŋstəz/ /ɪn/

return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid promptly,

/rɪˈtɜːn/ /fɔː/ /prəˈtɛkʃən.'/ /ɪf/ /ðə/ /ˈmʌni/ /wɒz/ /nɒt/ /peɪd/ /ˈprɒmptli,/

the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by

/ðə/ /ˈgæŋstəz/ /wʊd/ /ˈkwɪkli/ /pʊt/ /ə/ /mæn/ /aʊt/ /ɒv/ /ˈbɪznɪs/ /baɪ/

destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a

/dɪsˈtrɔɪɪŋ/ /hɪz/ /ʃɒp./ /əbˈteɪnɪŋ/ /prəˈtɛkʃən/ /ˈmʌni/ /ɪz/ /nɒt/ /eɪ/

modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an

/ˈmɒdən/ /kraɪm./ /æz/ /lɒŋ/ /əˈgəʊ/ /æz/ /ðə/ /ˈfɔːˈtiːnθ/ /ˈsɛnʧʊri,/ /æn/

Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable

/ˈɪŋglɪʃmən,/ /sɜː/ /ʤɒn/ /Hawkwood,/ /meɪd/ /ðə/ /rɪˈmɑːkəbl/

discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money

/dɪsˈkʌvəri/ /ðæt/ /ˈpiːpl/ /wʊd/ /ˈrɑːðə/ /peɪ/ /lɑːʤ/ /sʌmz/ /ɒv/ /ˈmʌni/

than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

/ðæn/ /hæv/ /ðeə/ /laɪf/ /wɜːk/ /dɪsˈtrɔɪd/ /baɪ/ /ˈgæŋstəz./

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1/ 單詞

noble gangster - n. 贵族歹徒

2/音標

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练习感悟：

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