练习材料:
L21-2：Daniel Mendoza
The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight.
A match was held at Stilton,
where both men fought for an hour.
The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza,
but he was defeated.
Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time.
It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.
Meanwhile,
he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.
He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance of his pupils.
Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt.
After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson,
he was quickly forgotten.
He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
应用配置：L0+L4
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