Lesson 13-23

5 I'd rather my father ______ (settle) the account. 6 She'd rather you not ______ (tell) anyone about it. Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1 What?protection? did Chicago gangsters give to those who paid them?

a．They saved those people's businesses from destruction. b．They left those people's business premises unharmed.

c ． They protected those people against criminals like Sir John

Hawkwood.

d．They did not take those people's lives.

2 Sir John Hawkwood's Italian name, ?Giovanni Acuto?, was one which ______ .

a．he gave himself in order to become better known to the Italians b．he earned through his sharp practice of selling his?protection? c．he needed in order to hire his soldiers to Italian princes

d．was given him in recognition of his services to the Italian states 3 The Italians regarded Hawkwood as a sort of hero ______ .

a．in that they could not help admiring his boldness and bravery b．as he helped the citizens in peacetime when business was bad for

them

c．despite the protection money he offered to those whose farms he

burnt

d．for he lived so long and was given a state funeral by the Florentines Structure 结构

4 Obtaining?protection money?is a crime which ______ practised for a long time. （1．5）

a．has been b．is c．was d．is being

5 People prefer paying large sums of money ______ their life work destroyed by gangsters. （11．7-8）

a．than have b．to have c．to having

d．than they have

6 Princes used to hire ______ Hawkwood. （11．11-12）

a．his soldiers from b．soldiers from c．soldiers of

d．some soldiers of

7 They would refuse to go away ______ protection money was paid to them. （11．13-14）

a．unless

b．provided that c．except that d．without

8 ______ at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him…（11．15-16）

a．On dying b．Having died c．On his death d．Dead Vocabulary 词汇

9 Six hundred years have ______ since Sir John Hawkwood arrived in… （11．9-10）

a．past b．passed c．been d．departed

10 ----princes who were ______ to pay the high price he demanded. （11．11-12）

a．agreeable b．accepting c．desirable d．prepared

11 Hawkwood made large sums of money ______ . （1．14）

a．by the way

b．with such manners c．on this road d．like this

12 ?the most ______ soldier and most notable leader?…（11．16-17）

a．valuable b．worthy c．brave d．hardy

Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble 五 十 便 士 的 麻 烦

Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Did George get anything for his fifty pence? What?

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语 appreciate（1．1）/+'pri:Mieit/v. 欣赏，感激 pavement（1．11）/'peivm+nt/n. 人行道 pocket money（1．2）/'p&kit-?m)ni/零用钱

stick（1．14）/stik/(stuck/st)k/, stuck)v. 卡住，夹住，不能再动 rattle（1．5）/'r$tl/v. 格格作响 thrifty（1．6）/'Irifti/adj. 节俭的

brigade（1．14）/bri'geid/n. 旅，（消防）队 nephew（1．8）/'nefju:/n. 侄子，外甥 grease（1．15）/gri:s/n. 润滑油

bounce（1．11）/bauns/v. 弹起，跳起 Notes on the text 课文注释

1 with some children, 介词 with 此处作“对于”讲。 2 go a long way, 可以维持很久。

3 If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, 如果 50 便士的分币 没有用来换糖果的话。exchange…for…作“以……换……”讲，注意英语 中的便士有两种复数形式 pence 和 pennies, 但用法不同。如：a fifty pence 是指 1 个 50 便士的硬币，而 fifty pennies 是指 50 个 1 便士的硬币。

4 have found their way there, 其中 there 是指储蓄罐。find one's way 在 这里作“进入”讲，即放到“储蓄罐”里。

5 what is more, 更有甚者。是固定词组，此处用作插入语。

参考译文

孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。爸爸妈妈当然经常会给孩子零花

钱，但是，叔舅婶姨也是孩子们额外收入的来源。对于有些孩子来说， 少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。如果 50 便士不拿来换糖吃，则可以放在 储蓄罐里叮当响上好几个月。但是能把储蓄罐装满的只有屈指可数的几 个特别节俭的孩子。对大部分孩子来说，用 50 便士来买一大块好的巧克

力，是算不了什么的。

我的外甥乔治有一个储蓄罐，但总是空空的。我给了他不少 50 便士

的硬币，但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。昨天，我给了他 50 便士让他存起来， 他却拿这钱给自己买了 50 便士的麻烦。在他去糖果店的路上，50 便士掉 在地上，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖 子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。但他摸了半天也没找到那 50 便士硬币，他 的胳膊反倒退不出来了。这时在他周围围上了许多人，一位女士在乔治 胳膊上抹了肥皂、黄油，但乔治的胳膊仍然卡得紧紧的。有人打电话叫 来消防队，两位消防队员使用了一种特殊的润滑剂才使乔治得以解脱。 不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，因为糖果店老板娘听说了他遇到的麻 烦后，赏给了他一大盒巧克力。

Summary writing 摘要写作

In not more than 80 words describe George's experiences after his uncle gave him fifty pence. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.

Answer these questions in note form to get your points:

1 Where was George going?

2 Where did he lose his fifty pence? 3 Did he take his jacket off or not? 4 Where did he put his arm?

5 Did he find his fifty pence, or did he fail to find it? 6 Could he get his arm out or not?

7 Did a crowd of people gather round him or not? 8 What did a lady try to do?

9 Did she succeed or did she fail?

10 How did firemen finally free George?

11 What did the owner of the sweet shop present him with? Vocabulary 词汇

Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used

in the passage:appreciate（1．1）;gifts（1．1）;extra income（1．3）;rattle（1．5）;price （1．7）;gathered（1．13）;was firmly stuck（1．14）.

Composition 作文

Suppose you were among the crowd of people that gathered round George. Write an imaginary account of what happened. Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words.

I was walking along the street when I… I could hear people shouting and… On arriving at the scene, I… A lady carrying a large bar of soap and a saucepan full of water…She asked the boy if…Then she rubbed his arm with butter, but… Meanwhile, someone had telephoned…The boy had begun to cry, but when… At