练习材料：

Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a pictured with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.

/sɪks/ /ˈhʌndrəd/ /jɪrz/ /əˈgoʊ/, /sɜr/ /ʤɑn/ Hawkwood /əˈraɪvd/ /ɪn/ /ˈɪtəli/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /bænd/ /ʌv/ /ˈsoʊlʤərz/ /ænd/ /ˈsɛtəld/ /nɪr/ /'flɔrəns/. /hi/ /sun/ /meɪd/ /ə/ /neɪm/ /fɔr/ /hɪmˈsɛlf/ /ænd/ /keɪm/ /tu/ /bi/ /noʊn/ tu/ /ði/ ɪˈtæljənz/ /æz/ /ˌʤioʊˈvɑni/ Acuto. /wɛˈnɛvər/ /ði/ /ɪˈtæljən/ /ˈsɪti/-/steɪts/ /wɜr/ /æt/ /wɔr/ /wɪð/ /iʧ/ /ˈʌðər/, Hawkwood /juzd/ /tu/ /'haɪər/ /hɪz/ /ˈsoʊlʤərz/ /tu/ /ˈprɪnsəz/ /hu/ /wɜr/ /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ /tu/ /peɪ/ /ðə/ /haɪ/ /praɪs/ /hi/ /dɪˈmændəd/. /ɪn/ /taɪmz/ /ʌv/ /pis/, /wɛn/ /'bɪznəs/ /wʌz/ /bæd/, Hawkwood /ænd/ /hɪz/ /mɛn/ /wʊd/ /mɑrʧ/ /ˈɪntu/ /ə/ /'sɪti/-/steɪt/ /ænd/, /ˈæftər/ /ˈbɜrnɪŋ/ /daʊn/ /ə/ /fju/ /fɑrmz/, /wʊd/ /ˈɔfər/ /tu/ /goʊ/ /əˈweɪ/ /prəˈtɛkʃən/ /ˈmʌni/ /wʌz/ /peɪd/ /tu/ /ðɛm/. Hawkwood /meɪd/ /lɑrʤ/ /sʌmz/ /ʌv/ /ˈmʌni/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /weɪ/. /ɪn/ /spaɪt/ /ʌv/ /ðɪs/, /ði/ /ɪˈtæljənz/ /rəˈgɑrdəd/ /hɪm/ /æz/ /ə/ /sɔrt/ /ʌv/ /'hɪroʊ/. /wɛn/ /hi/ /daɪd/ /æt/ /ði/ /eɪʤ/ /ʌv/ /'eɪti/, /ðə/ /ˈflɔrənˌtinz/ /geɪv/ /hɪm/ /ə/ /steɪt/ /ˈfjunərəl/ /ænd/ /hæd/ /ə/ /'pɪkʧərd/ /wɪð/ /æz/ /ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd/ /tu/ /ðə/ /ˈmɛməri/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /moʊst/ /ˈvæljənt/ /ˈsoʊlʤər/ /ænd/ /moʊst/ /ˈnoʊtəbəl/ /ˈlidər/, /'sinjɔr/ /ˌʤioʊˈvɑni/ Haukodue.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

valiant /ˈvæljənt/ adj.英勇的

Florentine /ˈflɔrənˌtinz/ n.佛罗伦萨人

in times of peace 和平时期

a band of soldiers 一队士兵

make a name for oneself 出名

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