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1、 新概念第三册课文翻译及学习笔记：Lesson21Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money. Because of this, they were known as ”prizefighters”. However, boxing was very crude, for these were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously
2、 injured or even killed during a match.One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764. The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules. Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did
3、much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game. In this day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old. This attracted the attention of Richard
4、 Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn. In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him. The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a f
5、ight. A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and
6、 became Champion of England. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearence. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by
7、 a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debt and died in poverty in 1836.【课文翻译】两百年前，拳击竞赛在英国特别盛行。当时，拳击手们不戴手套，为争夺奖金而搏斗。因此，他们被称作“职业拳击手”。不过，拳击是非常野蛮的，由于当时没有任何竞赛规章，职业拳击手有可能在竞赛中受重伤，甚至丧命。拳击最引人注目的人物之一是丹尼尔.门多萨，他生于1764年。1860年昆斯伯里侯爵第一次为拳击竞赛制定了规章，
8、拳击竞赛这才用上了手套。虽然门多萨严格来讲不过是个职业拳击手，但在把这种粗野的拳击变成一种体育运动方面，他作出了重大奉献。是他把科学引进了这项运动。门多萨在的全盛时期深受大家欢送，无论是富人还是穷人都对他祟拜备至。门多萨在14岁时参与一场拳击赛后一举成名。这引起当时英国拳坛名将理查德汉弗莱斯的留意。他主动提出教授门多萨，而年少的门多萨一学就会。事实上，门多萨不久便名声大振，致使汉弗莱斯与他反目为敌。两个人争吵不休，显而易见，只有比赛一番才能解决问题。于是两人在斯蒂尔顿设下赛场，厮打了一个小时。公众把大笔赌注下到了门多萨身上，但他却输了。后来，门多萨与汉弗莱斯再次在拳击场上比赛，门多萨又输了一场
9、。直到1790年他们第3次对垒，门多萨才最终击败汉弗莱斯，成了全英拳击冠军。同时，他建立了一所拳击学校，办得很胜利，连拜伦勋爵也成了他的学生。门多萨挣来大笔大笔的钱，一次出场费就多可达 100英镑。尽管收入不少，但他挥霍无度，常常债台高筑。他在被一个叫杰克逊绅士的拳击手击败后很快被遗忘。他因无力还债而被捕入狱，最终于1836年在贫困中死去。【生词和短语】boxing n. 拳击bare adj. 赤*的prizefighter n. 职业拳击手(尤指古时赤手拳击手)crude adj. 粗野的marquis n. 侯爵technically adv. 严格依据法律意义地science n. 科
10、学popularity n. 名望adore v. 崇拜，爱戴alike adv. 一样地fame n. 名声eminent adj. 的，出色的bitterly adv. 厉害地bet v. 打赌academy n. 专业学校extravagant adj. 铺张的，奢移的poverty n. 贫困【学问点】词汇【bare】例句：1.The top of the hill was bare.小山顶上光秃秃的。2.It also laid bare the limits of the firm”s business model.它同时也暴露了公司业务模式的局限性。短语：bare of 几乎没有
11、，缺乏lay bare 揭露，暴露;公开bare feet 赤脚;光脚;光着脚bare land *地;白地bare minimum 肯定最小值【crude】例句：1.I condemn such crude manners.我痛恨这种粗鲁的态度。2.At times his language turned crude and made him look foolish.有时他的语言变得粗鲁，使得他显得傻里傻气。近义：rough, native, raw【adore】英英：love intensely例句：1.The boys adore their mothers.男孩们敬慕他们的母亲。2.
12、Who is this cute bear that so many people adore?这只这么多人宠爱的得意小熊是谁?3.And man, do remember to adore your woman who needs it all the time.男人，记着要宠你的女人，由于，女人要你宠。【alike】例句：1.All music is alike to me.全部的音乐对我来讲都一样。2.We gonna get a hair cut together just alike.我们一起去剪个一模一样的发型。近义：similar, same, uniform, like, pa
13、rallel【eminent】例句：1.Emily Dickinson was an eminent writer.爱米莉狄瑾生是一个很出名的作家。2.This gave the dollar its eminent status.这给予了美元卓越的地位。近义：outstanding,obvious, prominent【bitterly】复原：bitterbitterly例句：1.They debated bitterly on a certain question.他们对某问题辩论得很剧烈。2.He sobbed bitterly and his tears washed her feet.他哀思地哭着，泪水浸湿了他母亲的脚。搭配【fight for】【be known as.】【colorful figure】【change into.】【enjoy popularity】【rise to fame】【attract the attention of.】【be quick to learn】【turn against sb.】【settle an argument】【in the ring】【be in debt】
