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.
音标:ðɛr wʌz ə taɪm wɛn ði ˈoʊnərz ʌv ʃɑps ænd ˈbɪznəsəz ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ ðæt tu peɪ lɑrʤ sʌmz ʌv ˈmʌni tu ˈgæŋstərz ɪn rɪˈtɜrn fɔrprəˈtɛkʃən.' ɪf ðə ˈmʌni wʌz nɑt peɪd ˈprɑmptli, ðə ˈgæŋstərz wʊd ˈkwɪkli pʊt ə mən aʊt ʌv ˈbɪznəs baɪ dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ hɪz ʃɑp. əbˈteɪnɪŋprəˈtɛkʃən ˈmʌni ɪz nɑt ə ˈmɑdərn kraɪm. æz lɔŋ əˈgoʊ æz ðə ˈfɔrˈtinθ ˈsɛnʧəri, ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, sɜr ʤɑn Hawkwood, meɪd ðərɪˈmɑrkəbəl dɪˈskʌvəri ðæt ˈpipəl wʊd ˈræðər peɪ lɑrʤ sʌmz ʌv ˈmʌni ðæn hæv ðɛr laɪf wɜrk dɪˈstrɔɪd baɪ ˈgæŋstərz.
训练任务:L0+L1+L2+L4
训练感想:最近的朗读很顺畅,得益于在前面打下的基础,得益于在晨读群里的学习,今儿听了三个同学的语音,感觉真的是比以前好很多,自己听得也很舒服,自己的努力也有所回报,但是这只是刚刚开始,路还很长,继续前行。
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