水风的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 1

练习材料

L14(1)：A noble gangster

There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

/ɛl/14(1)：/ə/ /ˈnoʊbəl/ /ˈgæŋstər/ 

/ðɛr/ /wɑz/ /ə/ /taɪm/ /wɛn/ /ði/ /ˈoʊnərz/ /ʌv/ /ʃɑps/ /ænd/ /ˈbɪznəsəz/ /ɪn/ /ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ/ /ðæt/ /tu/ /peɪ/ /lɑrʤ/ /sʌmz/ /ʌv/ /ˈmʌni/ /tu/ /ˈgæŋstərz/ /ɪn/ /rɪˈtɜrn/ /fɔr/ /prəˈtɛkʃən/.' /ɪf/ /ðə/ /ˈmʌni/ /wʌz/ /nɑt/ /peɪd/ /ˈprɑmptli/, /ðə/ /ˈgæŋstərz/ /wʊd/ /ˈkwɪkli/ /pʊt/ /ə/ /mən/ /aʊt/ /ʌv/ /ˈbɪznəs/ /baɪ/ /dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ/ /hɪz/ /ʃɑp/. /əbˈteɪnɪŋ/ /prəˈtɛkʃən/ /ˈmʌni/ /ɪz/ /nɑt/ /ə/ /ˈmɑdərn/ /kraɪm/. /æz/ /lɔŋ/ /əˈgoʊ/ /æz/ /ðə/ /ˈfɔrˈtinθ/ /ˈsɛnʧəri/, /ən/ /ˈɪŋglɪʃmən/, /sɜr/ /ʤɑn/ Hawkwood, /meɪd/ /ðə/ /rɪˈmɑrkəbəl/ /dɪˈskʌvəri/ /ðæt/ /ˈpipəl/ /wʊd/ /ˈræðər/ /peɪ/ /lɑrʤ/ /sʌmz/ /ʌv/ /ˈmʌni/ /ðæn/ /hæv/ /ðɛr/ /laɪf/ /wɜrk/ /dɪˈstrɔɪd/ /baɪ/ /ˈgæŋstərz/.

任务配置

L0+L4

知识笔记

1. 其他：

gangster noun

gang·​ster | \ ˈgaŋ-stər  \

Definition of gangster

: a member of a gang of criminals : RACKETEER

练习感悟

为啥土匪还能成为高尚的土匪？不知这个土匪做啥了……朗读还是一如既往。