練習(xí)材料
L14(1):A noble gangster
There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, 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.
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任務(wù)配置
L0+L4
知識(shí)筆記
1. 其他:
gangster noun
gang·?ster | \ ?ga?-st?r? \
Definition of gangster
: a member of a gang of criminals : RACKETEER
練習(xí)感悟
為啥土匪還能成為高尚的土匪?不知這個(gè)土匪做啥了……朗讀還是一如既往。