新概念英語第三冊lesson21課堂筆記

新概念第三冊Lesson21DanielMendoza丹尼爾.門多薩1課文內(nèi)容及譯文【課文內(nèi)容】Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。HowmanyunsuccessfulattemptsdidMendozamakebeforebecomingChampionofallEngland?BoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEnglandtwohundredyearsago.Inthosedays,boxersfoughtwithbarefistsforprizemoney.Becauseofthis,theywereknownas'prizefighters'.However,boxingwasverycrude,forthesewerenorulesandaprizefightercouldbeseriouslyinjuredorevenkilledduringamatch.OneofthemostcolourfulfiguresinboxinghistorywasDanielMendoza,whowasbornin1764.Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860,whentheMarquisofQueensberrydrewupthefirstsetofrules.Thoughhewastechnicallyaprizefighter,Mendozadidmuchtochangecrudeprizefightingintoasport,forhebroughtsciencetothegame.Inthisday,Mendozaenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Hewasadoredbyrichandpooralike.Mendozarosetofameswiftlyafteraboxingmatchwhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold.ThisattractedtheattentionofRichardHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinEngland.HeofferedtotrainMendozaandhisyoungpupilwasquicktolearn.Infact,MendozasoonbecamesosuccessfulthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim.Thetwomenquarrelledbitterlyanditwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledbyafight.AmatchwasheldatStilton,wherebothmenfoughtforanhour.ThepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyonMendoza,buthewasdefeated.MendozametHumphriesintheringonalateroccasionandhelostforasecondtime.Itwasnotuntilhisthirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesandbecameChampionofEngland.Meanwhile,hefoundedahighlysuccessfulAcademyandevenLordByronbecameoneofhispupils.Heearnedenormoussumsofmoneyandwaspaidasmuchas$100forasingleappearoneofhispupils.Heearnedenormoussumsofmoneyandwaspaidasmuchas$100forasingleappearance.Despitethis,hewassoextravagantthathewasalwaysindebt.AfterhewasdefeatedbyaboxercalledGentlemanJackson,hewasquicklyforgotten.Hewassenttoprisonforfailingtopayhisdebtsanddiedinpovertyin1836.【參考譯文】兩百年前，拳擊比賽在英國非常盛行。當(dāng)時(shí)，拳擊手們不戴手套，為爭奪獎金而搏斗。因此，他們被稱作“職業(yè)拳擊手”。不過，拳擊是十分野蠻的，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)沒有任何比賽規(guī)則，職業(yè)拳擊手有可能在比賽中受重傷，甚至喪命。拳擊史上最引人注目的人物之一是丹尼爾.門多薩，他生于1764年。1860年昆斯伯里侯爵第一次為拳擊比賽制定了規(guī)則，拳擊比賽這才用上了手套。雖然門多薩嚴(yán)格來講不過是個(gè)職業(yè)拳擊手，但在把這種粗野的拳擊變成一種體育運(yùn)動方面，他作出了重大貢獻(xiàn)。是他把科學(xué)引進(jìn)了這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動。門多薩在的全盛時(shí)期深受大家歡迎，無論是富人還是窮人都對他祟拜備至。門多薩在14歲時(shí)參加一場拳擊賽后一舉成名。這引起當(dāng)時(shí)英國拳壇名將理查德.漢弗萊斯的注意。他主動提出教授門多薩，而年少的門多薩一學(xué)就會。事實(shí)上，門多薩不久便名聲大振，致使?jié)h弗萊斯與他反目為敵。兩個(gè)人爭吵不休，顯而易見，只有較量一番才能解決問題。于是兩人在斯蒂爾頓設(shè)下賽場，廝打了一個(gè)小時(shí)。公眾把大筆賭注下到了門多薩身上，但他卻輸了。后來，門多薩與漢弗萊斯再次在拳擊場上較量，門多薩又輸了一場。直到1790年他們第3次對壘，門多薩才終于擊敗漢弗萊斯，成了全英拳擊冠軍。同時(shí)，他建立了一所拳擊學(xué)校，辦得很成功，連拜倫勛爵也成了他的學(xué)生。門多薩掙來大筆大筆的錢，一次出場費(fèi)就多可達(dá)100英鎊。盡管收入不少，但他揮霍無度，經(jīng)常債臺高筑。他在被一個(gè)叫杰克遜紳士的拳擊手擊敗后很快被遺忘。他因無力還債而被捕入獄，最后于1836年在貧困中死去。圖片2生詞及短語Lesson21boxing['b?ksi?]n.拳擊boxer['b?ks?]n.拳擊手bare[b??]a.赤裸的；空蕩的prizefightern.職業(yè)拳擊手(尤指古時(shí)赤手拳擊手)crude[kru:d]a.粗野的marquis['ma:kwis]n.侯爵technically['teknik?li]ad.嚴(yán)格根據(jù)法律意義地science['sai?ns]n.科學(xué)popularity['p?pju'l?riti]n.名望adore[?'d?:]v.崇拜，愛戴；非常喜歡alike[?'laik]ad.一樣地fame[feim]n.名聲eminent['emin?nt]a.著名的，杰出的bitterly['bit?li]ad.厲害地bet[bet]v.打賭academy[?'k?d?mi]n.專業(yè)學(xué)校extravagant[iks'tr?vig?nt]a.浪費(fèi)的，奢侈的poverty['p?v?ti]n.貧困圖片3課文解析1HowmanyunsuccessfulattemptsdidMendozamakebeforebecomingChampionofallEngland?2BoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEnglandtwohundredyearsago.bepopular=beinpopularity3Inthosedays,boxersfoughtwithbarefistsforprizemoney.foughtwithbarefists赤手空拳的打斗4Becauseofthis,theywereknownasprizefighters.However,boxingwasverycrude,forthesewerenorulesandaprizefightercouldbeseriouslyinjuredorevenkilledduringamatch.5OneofthemostcolourfulfiguresinboxinghistorywasDanielMendoza,whowasbornin1764.Oneofthemostcolourfulfigures=oneofthemostfamouspeople6Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860,whentheMarquisofQueensberrydrewupthefirstsetofrules.Introduce（vt.傳入,引進(jìn)）=bringin（介紹引進(jìn)）--PotatoeswereintroducedintoEuropefromSouthAmerica.drawupvt.制定、起草（--drawupaplan）7Thoughhewastechnicallyaprizefighter,Mendozadidmuchtochangecrudeprizefightingintoasport,forhebroughtsciencetothegame.8Inhisday,Mendozaenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Hewasadoredbyrichandpooralike.Inhisday=inhisfulltime=inhisgoodday在他的全盛時(shí)期Hewasadoredbyrichandpooralike.=Hewasnotonlyadoredbytherichbutadoredbythepooraswell.9Mendozarosetofameswiftlyafteraboxingmatchwhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold.risetofame=becomefamous10ThisattractedtheattentionofRichardHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinEngland.attractsomebodysattention=attracttheattentionofsomebody11HeofferedtotrainMendozaandhisyoungpupilwasquicktolearn.12Infact,MendozasoonbecamesosuccessfulthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim.turnagainst…變成和...敵對13Thetwomenquarrelledbitterlyanditwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledbyafight.bitter（adv.非常,劇烈,厲害）=Severely（adv.嚴(yán)格地,激烈地）14AmatchwasheldatStilton,wherebothmenfoughtforanhour.ThepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyonMendoza,buthewasdefeated.15MendozametHumphriesintheringonalateroccasionandhelostforasecondtime.helostforasecondtime=helostagain16Itwasnotuntilhisthirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesandbecameChampionofEngland.Itis/wasnotuntilJungle’sopinion:在英語中喜歡把not和until連在一起用例如：Hedidn’tleaveuntiltherainstopped.17Meanwhile,hefoundedahighlysuccessfulAcademyandevenLordByronbecameoneofhispupils.18Heearnedenormoussumsofmoneyandwas