Lesson 14 A noble gangster 貴族歹徒
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.
Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan 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 if 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.'1.華封國(guó)是個(gè)見(jiàn)錢(qián)眼開(kāi)的人，一定會(huì)把最后一個(gè)老朋友出賣(mài)給小皇帝，以換取高官厚祿。
提示：in return for
2.臺(tái)風(fēng)過(guò)后，一切都被摧毀了，所有的商鋪都歇業(yè)了。
提示：damage out of business的用法
3.孩子們寧愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽車(chē)。
提示：would rather……than……的用法
4.無(wú)論我多餓，都不可能吃完整條面包。
提示：讓步狀語(yǔ)從句
5.公務(wù)人員必須盡忠職守，對(duì)香港特別行政區(qū)政府負(fù)責(zé)。
提示：dedicate to1.Hwa Feng-kuo was so corrupted that he would sell the last of his friends to the little King in return FOR higher rank and more power.
2.The typhoon passed by and damaged every,so all the stores were out of business.
3.The children would rather walk there than take a bus.
4.However hungry I am, I never seem to be able to finish off this loaf of bread.
5.Public servants must be dedicated to their duties and be responsible to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.