💬 新概念英语第三册

Lesson 13 It's only me'

she was impatient to try it on.

这时她急于想试试。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective.

尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成，却十分逼真。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

After putting it on, Mrs.Richards went downstairs.

理查兹夫人穿上化装服后下了楼，

Lesson 13 It's only me'

She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

想看穿起来是否舒服。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

Just as Mrs.Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door.

理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅，前门就传来敲门声。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

She knew that it must be the baker.

她知道来了一定面包师。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table.

她曾告诉过面包师，如果她不去开门，他可直接进门，把面包放在厨房的桌上。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

Not wanting to frighten the poor man,

理查兹夫人不想吓唬这个可怜人，

Lesson 13 It's only me'

Mrs.Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.

便赶紧躲到了楼梯下的小储藏室里。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall.

她听见前门被打开，走廊里响起重重的脚步声。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered.

突然贮藏门开了，一个男人走了进来。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.

理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late.

她说了声“是我，别怕！”然后想进行一番解释，但已来不及了。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

The man let out cry and jumped back several paces.

那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。

Lesson 13 It's only me'

When Mrs.Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.

理查兹夫人朝他走去，只见他“砰”的一声关上门逃走了。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.

曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

'If the money was not paid promptly,

如果交款不及时，

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.

歹徒们就会很快捣毁他的商店，让他破产。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime.

榨取保护金"并不是一种现代的罪恶行径。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

As long ago as the fourteenth century,

早在14世纪，

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

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.

人们情愿拿出大笔的钱，也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

Six hundred years ago,

600年前，

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.

约翰。霍克伍德爵士带着一队士兵来到意大利，在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来，

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.

很快就出了名。意大利人叫他乔凡尼。 阿库托。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

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.

每次意大利各城邦之间打伏，霍克伍德把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他出高价的君主。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

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 protection money was paid to them.

和平时期，当生意萧条时，霍克伍德便带领士兵进入某个城邦，纵火烧毁一两个农场，然后提出，如向他们缴纳保护金，他们便主动撤离。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.

霍克伍德用这种方法挣了大笔钱。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.

尽管如此，意大利人还是把他视作某种英雄。

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

When he died at the age of eighty,

他80岁那年死去时，

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

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.'

佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬，并为他画像以纪念这位"骁勇无比的战士、杰出的领袖乔凡尼。阿库托先生。