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.
ɛl14(1)：ə ˈnəʊbl ˈgæŋstə
ðeə wɒz ə taɪm wɛn ði ˈəʊnəz ɒv ʃɒps ænd ˈbɪznɪsɪz ɪn ʃɪˈkɑːgəʊ ðæt tuː peɪ lɑːʤ sʌmz ɒv ˈmʌni tuː ˈgæŋstəz ɪn rɪˈtɜːn fɔː prəˈtɛkʃən.' ɪf ðə ˈmʌni wɒz nɒt peɪd ˈprɒmptli, ðə ˈgæŋstəz wʊd ˈkwɪkli pʊt ə mæn aʊt ɒv ˈbɪznɪs baɪ dɪsˈtrɔɪɪŋ hɪz ʃɒp. əbˈteɪnɪŋprəˈtɛkʃən ˈmʌni ɪz nɒt ə ˈmɒdən kraɪm. æz lɒŋ əˈgəʊ æz ðə ˈfɔːˈtiːnθ ˈsɛnʧʊri, ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, sɜː ʤɒn Hawkwood, meɪd ðə rɪˈmɑːkəbl dɪsˈkʌvəri ðæt ˈpiːpl wʊd ˈrɑːðə peɪ lɑːʤ sʌmz ɒv ˈmʌni ðæn hæv ðeə laɪf wɜːk dɪsˈtrɔɪd baɪ ˈgæŋstəz.
任务配置：L0+L4
笔记：gangster歹徒、强盗，promptly及时的，remarkable不寻常的，band帮、团伙
感悟;越学习越觉得自己懂得太少，还是得一步一脚印，扎实
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