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Lesson21DanielMendozaLesson21DanielMendozaBoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEnglandtwohundredyearsago.Inthosedays,boxersfoughtwithbarefistsforPrizemoney.Becauseofthis,theywereknownas'prize-fighters'.However,boxingwasverycrude,fortherewerenorulesandaprize-fightercouldbeseriouslyinjuredorevenkilledduringamatch.OneofthemostcolourfulfiguresinboxinghistorywasDanielMendozawhowasbornin1764.Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860whentheMarquisofQueensberrydrewupthefirstsetOfrules.Thoughhewastechnicallyaprize-fighter,Mendozadidmuchtochangecrudeprize-fightingintoasport,forhebroughtsciencetothegame.Inhisday,Mendozaenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Hewasadoredbyrichandpooralike.Mendozarosetofameswiftlyafteraboxing-matchwhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold.ThisattractedtheattentionofRichardHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinEngland.HeofferedtotrainMendozaandhisyoungpupilwasquicktolearn.Infact,MendozasoonbecamesosuccessfulthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim.Thetwomenquarrelledbitterlyanditwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledbyafight.AmatchwasheldatStiltonwherebothmenfoughtforanhour.ThepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyonMendoza,buthewasdefeated.MendozametHumphriesintheringonalateroccasionandhelostforasecondtime.Itwasnotuntilhisthirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesandbecameChampionofEngland.Meanwhile,hefoundedahighlysuccessfulAcademyandevenLordByronbecameoneofhispupils.Heearnedenormoussumsofmoneyandwaspaidasmuchas&100forasingleappearance.Despitethis,hewassoextravagantthathewasalwaysindebt.AfterhewasdefeatedbyaboxercalledGentlemanJackson,hewasquicklyforgotten.Hewassenttoprisonforfailingtopayhisdebtsanddiedinpovertyin1836.Newwordsandexpressionsboxingn.拳擊boxern.拳擊手boxsb’sears扇耳光bareadj.(部分的)赤裸的barefists赤手空拳,foughtwithbarefists赤手空拳的打斗barefeet光著腳的naked全裸He’swalkinginbarefeet.Heisnaked.prizefightern.職業(yè)拳擊手（尤指古時赤手拳擊手）crudeadj.粗野的,原初的becrudetosb對……粗魯，無理,Heiscrudetothegirl.crudeoil原油marquisn.侯爵technicallyadv.strictly嚴(yán)格地technicallyspeaking嚴(yán)格地講popularity[p?pju'l?riti]n.名望inpopularity受歡迎，受喜愛Instantfoodsaregettinginpopularity.即食食品越來越受歡迎。popularsongsareinpopularity.adorev.崇拜，愛戴，喜愛Motherabsolutelyadoretheirchildren.like最常用詞，往往只表不太強(qiáng)烈的興趣或關(guān)注，不帶強(qiáng)烈的感情，除非另加修飾語。

love不但表示強(qiáng)烈的喜歡，而且含依戀之情，因此多用于能激起深厚情感的人或物。

enjoy指對能提供感觀或智力上滿足或快樂的東西表示欣賞或喜愛。

adore非正式用詞，口語體。指非常喜愛，帶強(qiáng)烈的感情色彩。

prefer指有選擇性或偏向性的喜歡。alikeadv.一樣地Itwerenotbestthatweshouldallthinkalike,itisdifferenceofopinionthatmakesthehorseraces.——MarkTwainfamen.名聲winfame贏得名聲Hecaresverylittleforfameandgain.

他對名利很淡薄。eminent[‘emin?nt]adj.指某一領(lǐng)域，特別是學(xué)術(shù)、科學(xué)，藝術(shù)等方面較為杰出，強(qiáng)調(diào)在同行中出類拔萃IamtoldthataneminentdoctorfromEnglandwillperformtheoperationforyou.

distinguishedbitterlyadv.厲害地Itisblowingbitterly.bitter:苦的、辛酸的、刺骨的bittertears苦澀的淚水bitterwinter嚴(yán)冬bittermemories痛苦的回憶bet(bet,bet;betted,betted)v.打賭betmoneyonsthwithsb.以...打賭betsb.that跟某人打賭

Iwillbetthehorse10dollars.=Iwillbet10dollarsonthehorseIbet我肯定，我斷言Youbet你說的太對了academy[?‘k?d?mi]n.專業(yè)學(xué)校，學(xué)院（專科）Academia(Plato柏拉圖)theChineseacademyofscience中科院OscaracademyAward奧斯卡金像獎institute研究所college:ofasmallsizeuniversity:ofalargesizeandcomprehensiveschool:lawschool,medicalschoolpoverty['p?v?ti]n.貧困inpoverty在貧困當(dāng)中l(wèi)iveinpoverty

Povertyofspeechistheoutwardevidenceofpovertyofmind.語言貧乏說明頭腦空虛extravagant[iks'tr?v?g?nt]adj.浪費(fèi)的，奢侈extravaganthabitbeextravagantwith:Don’tbeextravagantwithwaterTextStudyBoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEnglandtwohundredyearsago.

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figuresinboxinghistorywasDanielMendozawhowasbornin1764.beseriouslyinjuredbeslightinjuredoneofthemostcolourfulfigures=oneofthemostfamouspeople引人注目的人物Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860whentheMarquisofQueensberrydrewupthefirstsetofrules.Introducesthinto/from引入PotatoeswereintroducedintoEuropefromSouthAmerica.drawup起草drawupacontract起草一份合同asetofrules一套規(guī)則Thoughhewastechnicallyaprizefighter,Mendozadidmuchtochangecrudeprize-fightingintoasport,forhebroughtsciencetothegamedidmuch/littletodosth為…做了很多/少工作MrDengdidmuchtoimprovethepeople’slivingstandard.changeinto把…變成…bring…to…引進(jìn)，帶入bringthefacttolight公諸于世bringtearstoeyes熱淚盈眶Inhisday,Mendozaenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Hewasadoredbyrichandpooralike.

Inhisday在他的鼎盛時期tremendous[tr?‘m?nd?s]極大地，巨大的alikeadj(表語)相似的lookalikeadvinasimilarwayIlearnedalotfromteacherandstudentsalike.我從老師和同學(xué)那里同樣學(xué)的很多東西。Mendozarosetofameswiftlyafteraboxing-matchwhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold.ThisattractedtheattentionofRichardHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinEngland.rosetofame名聲鵲起=becomefamousrisetopower=becomepowerfulattract/draw/occupy/arrest/capture/winone’sattention吸引某人注意then當(dāng)時，前置強(qiáng)調(diào)作用HeofferedtotrainMendozaandhisyoungpupilwasquicktolearn.Infact,MendozasoonbecamesosuccessfulthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim.Thetwomenquarreledbitterlyanditwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledbyafight.offerto主動提供bequick/slowtolearnturnagainst變得對…不滿；背叛Thelittleboyturnedagainsthismotherafterhegotanewbornsister.turnagainstone’smotherlandsettleanargument解決爭端AmatchwasheldatStiltonwherebothmenfoughtforanhour.ThepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyonMendoza,buthewasdefeated.MendozametHumphriesinthering

onalateroccasionandhelostforasecondtime.bedefeated失敗=losethematchmeet作戰(zhàn)，交手，較量metHumphriesinthering在拳臺交手onalateroccasion還有一次onanoccasion有一次onthisoccasion這一次onoccasion偶爾，時不時的，不經(jīng)常Itwasnotuntilhisthirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesandbecameChampionofEngland.Meanwhile,hefoundedahighlysuccessfulAcademyandevenLordByronbecameoneofhispupils.Itwasnotuntil…that..直到….才Champion冠軍runner-up亞軍3rd-place季軍highlyadv（抽象含義）ahighlyskilledworkerahighlydevelopedsocietyhighadv(實(shí)在含義)按照英國傳統(tǒng)，女王（或國王）可以根據(jù)