新概念三課文21起

1、此資料的語音MP3在隨時(shí)學(xué)習(xí)資源網(wǎng)（）上可以下載，上面還有許多學(xué)習(xí)資料。新概念英語第三冊(cè)Lesson21DanielMendozaBoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEngltwohundredyearsago.InthosedaysboxersfoughtwithbarefistsfPrizemoney.Becauseofthistheywereknownasprizefighters.Howeverboxin

2、gwasverycrudeftherewerenorulesaprizefightercouldbeseriouslyinjuredevenkilledduringamatch.OneofthemostcolourfulfiguresinboxinghistywasDanielMendozawhowasbnin1764.Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860whentheMarquisofQuee

3、nsberrydrewupthefirstsetOfrules.ThoughhewastechnicallyaprizefighterMendozadidmuchtochangecrudeprizefightingintoasptfhebroughtsciencetothegame.InhisdayMendozaenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Hewasadedbyrichpoalike.Mendozaroset

4、ofameswiftlyafteraboxingmatchwhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold.ThisattractedtheattentionofRidHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinEngl.HeofferedtotrainMendozahisyoungpupilwasquicktolearn.InfactMendozasoonbecamesosuccessfu

5、lthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim.Thetwomenquarrelledbitterlyitwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledbyafight.AmatchwasheldatStiltonwherebothmenfoughtfanhour.ThepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyonMendozabuthewasdefeated.Mendoza

6、metHumphriesintheringonalateroccasionhelostfasecondtime.Itwasnotuntilhisthirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesbecameChampionofEngl.MeanwhilehefoundedahighlysuccessfulAcademyevenLdByronbecameoneofhispupils.Heearnedenm

7、oussumsofmoneywaspaidasmuchas&100fasingleappearance.Despitethishewassoextravagantthathewasalwaysindebt.AfterhewasdefeatedbyaboxercalledGentlemanJacksonhewasquicklyfgotten.Hewassenttoprisonffailingtopayhisdebtsdiedinpover

8、tyin1836.兩百年前，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(zhēng)奪獎(jiǎng)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(dòng)方面，他作

9、出了重大貢獻(xiàn)。是他把科學(xué)引進(jìn)了這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。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(duì)他祟拜備至。門多薩在14歲時(shí)參加一場(chǎng)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(dòng)提出教授門多薩，而年少的門多薩一學(xué)就會(huì)。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(zhēng)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(chǎng)，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

10、，門多薩與漢弗萊斯再次在拳擊場(chǎng)上較量，門多薩又輸了一場(chǎng)。直到1790年他們第3次對(duì)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(chǎng)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(tái)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。Lesson22ByheartSomeplay

11、saresosuccessfulthattheyrunfyearsonend.Inmanywaysthisisunftunatefthepoactswhoarerequiredtogoonrepeatingthesamelinesnightafternight.Onewouldexpectthemtoknowtheirpartsbyheartneverhavecausetofalter.Yetthisisnotalwaysthecase

12、.AfamousactinahighlysuccessfulplaywasoncecastintheroleofanaristocratwhohadbeenimprisonedintheBastilleftwentyyears.Inthelastactagaolerwouldalwayscomeontothestagewithaletterwhichhewouldhtotheprisoner.Eventhoughthenoblewase

13、xpectedtoreadtheletterateachperfmancehealwaysinsistedthatitshouldbewrittenoutinfull.Onenightthegaolerdecidedtoplayajokeonhiscolleaguetofindoutifaftersomanyperfmanceshehadmanagedtolearnthecontentsoftheletterbyheart.Thecur

14、tainwentuponthefinalactoftheplayrevealedthearistocratsittingalonebehindbarsinhisdarkcell.Justthenthegaolerappearedwiththepreciousletterinhishs.Heenteredthecellpresentedthelettertothearistocrat.Butthecopyhegavehimhadnotbe

15、enwrittenoutinfullasusual.Itwassimplyablanksheetofpaper.Thegaolerlookedoneagerlyanxioustoseeifhisfellowacthadatlastlearnthislines.Thenoblestaredattheblanksheetofpaperfafewseconds.Thensquintinghiseyeshesaid:Thelightisdim.

16、Readthelettertome.hepromptlyhedthesheetofpapertothegaoler.Findingthathecouldnotrememberawdofthelettereitherthegaolerreplied:Thelightisindeeddimsire.Imustgetmyglasses.Withthishehurriedoffthestage.Muchtothearistocratsamuse

17、mentthegaolerreturnedafewmomentslaterwithapairofglassestheusualcopyoftheletterwhichheproceededtoreadtotheprisoner.有些劇目十分成功，以致連續(xù)上演好幾年。這樣一來，可憐的演員們可倒霉了。因?yàn)樗麄冃枰灰惯B著一夜地重復(fù)同樣的臺(tái)詞。人們以為，這些演員一定會(huì)把臺(tái)詞背得爛熟，絕不會(huì)臨場(chǎng)結(jié)巴的，但情況卻并不總是這樣。有一位名演員曾在一出

18、極為成功的劇目中扮演一個(gè)貴族角色，這個(gè)貴族已在巴士底獄被關(guān)押了20年。在最后一幕中，獄卒手持一封信上此資料的語音MP3在隨時(shí)學(xué)習(xí)資源網(wǎng)（）上可以下載，上面還有許多學(xué)習(xí)資料。thiswasarealskeleton!ButGegewasunsympathetic.Ohthathesaidwithasmileasifheweretalkingaboutanoldfriend.ThatsSebastian.YoufgetthatIwasame

19、dicalstudentonceuponatime.在小說中，我們經(jīng)常讀到一個(gè)表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，卻有著某種多年不為人所知的駭人聽聞的秘密。英語中有一個(gè)生動(dòng)的說法來形容這種情況。驚人的秘密稱作“柜中骷髏”。在小說的某個(gè)戲劇性時(shí)刻，可怕的秘密泄漏出來，接著便是某人的聲譽(yù)掃地。當(dāng)讀者到小說最后幾頁了解到書中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可愛的老婦人年輕時(shí)一連毒死了她的5個(gè)丈夫時(shí)，不禁會(huì)毛骨悚然。這種事發(fā)生在小說中是無可非議的。盡管我

20、們?nèi)巳硕加懈鞣N大小秘密。連最親密的朋友都不愿讓他們知道，但我們當(dāng)中極少有人有柜中骷髏。我所認(rèn)識(shí)的唯一的在柜中藏骷嶁的人便是喬治.卡爾頓，他甚至引以為自豪。喬治年輕時(shí)學(xué)過醫(yī)，然而，他后來沒當(dāng)上醫(yī)生，卻成了一位成功的偵探小說作家。有一次，我在他家里度周末，過得很不愉快。這事我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記。喬治把我領(lǐng)進(jìn)客房，說這間很少使用。他讓我打開行裝后下樓吃飯。我將襯衫、內(nèi)衣放進(jìn)兩個(gè)空抽屜里，然后我想把隨身帶來的兩套西服中的一套掛到大衣柜里去。我打開柜門

21、，站在柜門前一下驚呆了。一具骷髏懸掛在眼前，由于柜門突然打開，它也隨之輕微搖晃起來，讓我覺得它好像馬上要跳出柜門朝我撲過來似的。我扔下西服沖下樓去告訴喬治。這是比“駭人聽聞的秘密”更加驚人的東西，這是一具真正的骷髏?。〉珕讨螀s無動(dòng)于衷?！班?，是它呀！他笑著說道，儼然在談?wù)撘晃焕吓笥?。“那是塞巴斯蒂安。你忘了我以前是學(xué)醫(yī)的了?！盠esson25TheCuttySarkOneofthemostfamoussailingshipsofthen

22、ieenthcenturytheCuttySarkcanstillbeseenatGreenwich.Shestsondrylisvisitedbythoussofpeopleeachyear.Sheservesasanimpressivereminderofthegreatshipsofthepast.BefetheywerereplacedbysteamshipssailingvesselsliketheCuttySarkwereu

23、sedtocarryteafromChinawoolfromAustralia.TheCuttySarkwasoneofthefastestsailingshipsthathaseverbeenbuilt.TheonlyothershiptomatchherwastheThermopylae.BoththeseshipssetoutfromShanghaionJune18th1872onanexcitingracetoEngl.This

24、racewhichwentonfexactlyfourmonthswasthelastofitskind.Itmarkedtheendofthegreattraditionofshipswithsailsthebeginningofanewera.ThefirstofthetwoshipstoreachJavaaftertheracehadbegunwastheThermopylaebutontheIndianOceantheCutty

25、Sarktookthelead.Itseemedcertainthatshewouldbethefirstshiphomebutduringtheraceshehadalotofbadluck.InAugustshewasstruckbyaveryheavystmduringwhichherrudderwastnaway.TheCuttySarkrolledfromsidetosideitbecameimpossibletosteerh

26、er.Atemparyrudderwasmadeonboardfromspareplanksitwasfittedwithgreatdifficulty.Thisgreatlyreducedthespeedoftheshipftherewasdangerthatifshetravelledtooquicklythisrudderwouldbetnawayaswell.BecauseofthistheCuttySarklostherlea

27、d.AftercrossingtheequatthecaptaincalledinatapttohaveanewrudderfittedbutbynowtheThermopylaewasoverfivehundredmilesahead.ThoughthenewrudderwasfittedattremendousspeeditwasimpossibleftheCuttySarktowin.ShearrivedinEnglaweekaf

28、tertheThermopylae.Eventhiswasremarkableconsideringthatshehadhadsomanydelays.Thereisnodoubtthatifshehadnotlostherruddershewouldhavewontheraceeasily.人們?cè)诟窳滞稳钥煽吹?9世紀(jì)最有名的帆船之一“卡蒂薩克”號(hào)。它停在陸地上，每年接待成千上萬的參觀者。它給人們留下深刻的印象，使人們回憶起歷史上的

29、巨型帆船，在蒸汽船取代帆船之前。“卡蒂薩克”號(hào)之類的帆船被用來從中國運(yùn)回茶葉，從澳大利亞運(yùn)回羊毛?！翱ǖ偎_克”號(hào)是帆船制造史上建造的最快的一艘帆船。唯一可以與之一比高低的是“塞姆皮雷”號(hào)帆船。兩船于1872年6月18日同時(shí)從上海啟航駛往英國，途中展開了一場(chǎng)激烈的比賽。這場(chǎng)比賽持續(xù)了整整4個(gè)月，是這類比賽中的最后一次，它標(biāo)志著帆船偉大傳統(tǒng)的結(jié)束與一個(gè)新紀(jì)元的開始。比賽開始后，“賽姆皮雷”號(hào)率先抵達(dá)爪哇島。但在印度洋上，“卡薩薩克”號(hào)駛到了

30、前面?？磥恚紫确档钟谴_信無疑的了，但它卻在比賽中連遭厄運(yùn)。8月份“卡蒂薩克”號(hào)遭到一場(chǎng)特大風(fēng)暴的襲擊，失去了一只舵。船身左右搖晃，無法操縱。船員用備用的木板在船上趕制了一只應(yīng)急用的舵，并克服重重困難將舵安裝就位，這樣一來，大大降低了船的航速。因?yàn)榇荒荛_得太快，否則就有危險(xiǎn)，應(yīng)急舵也會(huì)被刮走。因?yàn)檫@個(gè)緣故，“卡蒂薩克”號(hào)落到了后面?？缭匠嗟篮?，船長將船停靠在一個(gè)港口，在那兒換了一只舵。但此時(shí)，“賽姆皮雷”號(hào)早已在500多英里之遙

31、了。盡管換裝新舵時(shí)分秒必爭(zhēng)，但“卡蒂薩克”號(hào)已經(jīng)不可能取勝了，它抵達(dá)英國時(shí)比“塞姆皮雷”號(hào)晚了1個(gè)星期。但考慮到路上的多次耽擱，這個(gè)成績(jī)也已很不容易了。毫無疑問，如果中途沒有失去舵，“卡帝薩克”號(hào)肯定能在比賽中輕易奪冠。Lesson26Wanted:alargebiscuittinNoonecanavoidbeinginfluencedbyadvertisements.Muchaswemayprideourselvesonourgood

32、tastewearenolongerfreetochoosethethingswewantfadvertisingexertsasubtleinfluenceonus.Intheirefftstopersuadeustobuythisthatproductadvertisershavemadeaclosestudyofhumannaturehaveclassifiedallourlittleweaknesses.Advertisersd

33、iscoveredyearsagothatallofuslovetogetsomethingfnothing.AnadvertisementwhichbeginswiththemagicwdFREEcanrarelygowrong.Thesedaysadvertisersnotonlyofferfreesamplesbutfreecarsfreehousesfreetripsroundthewldaswell.Theydevisehun

34、dredsofcompetitionswhichwillenableustowinhugesumsofmoney.Radiotelevisionhavemadeitpossiblefadvertiserstocapturetheattentionofmillionsofpeopleinthisway.Duringaradioprogrammeacompanyofbiscuitmanufacturersonceaskedlisteners