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Lesson 14 A noble gangster 贵族歹徒

Summary writing摘要写作

In not more than 80 words write an account of Sir John Hawkwood's career from the time he arrived in Italy. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.巴士英语www.xiao84.com

Answer these questions in note form to get your points:

1  Where did Sir John Hawkwood settle six hundred years ago?

2  Whom did he hire soldiers to in times of war?

3  Would he threaten to destroy a city-state in times of peace or not?

4  When would he spare a city-state?

5  Did the Italians regard him as a hero in spite of this or not?

6  How old was he when he died?

7  Who gave him a state funeral when he died?

8  Did they have a picture painted or not?

9  What was it dedicated to?

Vocabulary词汇

Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage: sums(1.2);promptly(1.3);obtaining(1.5);remarkable(1.7);settled(1.9);hire(1.11);demanded(1.12).

Composition作文

In not more than 200 words write an imaginary account of one of Sir John Hawkwood's exploits. Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than three paragraphs.

Title:Hawkwood defeated.

Introduction: News that Hawkwood and his men were approaching----panic----villagers prepared to defend farms.

Development: Farmers fought----poorly armed----many killed----Hawkwood destroyed farms----sent message to prince of city-state----demanded money----refused----battle followed----Hawkwood invaded city----many buildings were destroyed----people killed.

Conclusion:Hawkwood was driven off----never attacked this city again----later became the prince's friend.

Letter writing书信写作

You had agreed to give a talk at your local library, but now find that you are unable to do so. Write a letter of about 80 words explaining why. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following ideas to write the Purpose:sorry for the inconvenience----you are being sent abroad by your firm----will be away for three weeks----hope to give a talk on a later occasion.

Key structures关键句型

Have. (IKS 90)(参见第2册第90课关键句型)

Exercises练习

A Note how have has been used in lines 8  and 16.

B Write sentences using have with the following:

1  a smoke;

2  got a headache;

3  repaired.

Special difficulties难点

People would rather pay large sums of money than…(11.7-8)

Instead of saying:

We can say:

I prefer to wait hete.

I would rather wait here.

Or: I would sooner wait here.

I prefer not to wait here.

I would rather not wait here.

Or: I would sooner not wait here.

It would be better if he waited here.

I'd rather he waited here.

It would be better if he didn't wait here.

I'd rather he didn't wait here.

Exercise练习

Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:

1  I'd rather ______ (go) to the cinema.

2  I'd rather he ______ (leave) earlier.

3  I'd rather you not ______ (speak) to him.

4  I'd rather not ______ (speak) about it.

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