考研英語強(qiáng)背文章

導(dǎo)讀：我根據(jù)大家的需要整理了一份關(guān)于《考研英語必背文章》的內(nèi)容，

具體內(nèi)容：背誦法是古老的一種學(xué)習(xí)辦法，其簡單易于操作，因此在語言

學(xué)習(xí)中被不少人使用。下面是我?guī)淼模瑲g迎閱讀！1Anoblegangster貴

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背誦法是古老的一種學(xué)習(xí)辦法，其簡單易于操作，因此在語言學(xué)習(xí)中被

不少人使用。下面是我?guī)淼?，歡迎閱讀！

1

Anoblegangster貴族歹徒

TherewasatimewhentheownersofshopsandbusinessesinChicago

hadtopaylargesumsofmoneytogangstersinreturnforprotection.

Ifthemoneywasnotpaidpromptly,thegangsterswouldquicklyput

amanoutofbusinessbydestroyinghisshop.Obtainingprotection

moneyisnotamoderncrime.Aslongagoasthefourteenthcentury,

anEnglishman,SirJohnHawkwood,madetheremarkablediscoverythat

peoplewouldratherpaylargesumsofmoneythanhavetheirlife

workdestroyedbygangsters.

Sixhundredyearsago,SirJohanHawkwoodarrivedinItalywith

abandofsoldiersandsettlednearFlorence.Hesoonmadeaname

forhimselfandcametobeknowntotheItaliansasGiovanniAcuto.

WhenevertheItaliancity-stateswereatwarwitheachother,

Hawkwoodusedtohirehissoldierstoprinceswhowerewillingto

paythehighpricehedemanded.Intimesofpeace,whenbusiness

wasbad,Hawkwoodandhismenwouldmarchintoacity-stateand,

afterburningdownafewfarms,wouldoffertogoawayifprotection

moneywaspaidtothem.Hawkwoodmadelargesumsofmoneyinthis

way.Inspiteofthis,theItaliansregardedhimasasortofhero.

Whenhediedattheageofeighty,theFlorentinesgavehimastate

funeralandhadapicturedpaintedwhichwasdedicatedtothememory

ofthemostvaliantsoldierandmostnotableleader,SignorGiovanni

Haukodue.

曾經(jīng)有一個(gè)時(shí)期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板們不得不拿出大筆的錢給

歹徒以換取''保護(hù)如果交款不及時(shí)，歹徒們就會很快搗毀他的商店,讓他

破產(chǎn).榨取〃保護(hù)金〃并不是一種現(xiàn)代的罪惡行徑.早在14世紀(jì),英國人約翰

霍克伍德就有過非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn):〃人們情愿拿出大筆的錢,也不愿畢生的心血

毀于歹徒之手.

600年前,約翰.霍克伍德爵士帶著一隊(duì)士兵來到意大利,在佛羅倫薩附

近駐扎下來,很快就出了名.意大利人叫他喬凡尼?阿庫托.每次意大利各

城邦之間發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭,霍克伍德把他的士兵雇傭給愿給他出高價(jià)的君主。和

平時(shí)期，當(dāng)生意蕭條時(shí),霍克伍德便帶領(lǐng)士兵進(jìn)入某個(gè)城邦,縱火燒毀一兩

個(gè)農(nóng)場,然后提出，如向他們繳納保護(hù)金，他們便主動撤離?；艨宋榈掠眠@

種方法掙了大筆錢.盡管如此,意大利人還是把他視作某種英雄。他80歲

那年死去時(shí)，佛羅倫薩人為他舉行了國葬，并為他畫像以紀(jì)念這位〃驍勇無

比的戰(zhàn)士、杰出的領(lǐng)袖喬凡尼?阿庫托先生.〃

2

Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld世界上最長的吊橋

Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNew

YorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditasavery

agreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstof

whichflowedagreatriver.ThoughVerrazanoisbyno

meansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobably

remainimmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,thelongestsuspension

bridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.

TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joins

BrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4,260feet.Thebridge

issolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccount

byitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.The

towersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmadeofsteeland

concrete.Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunder

thesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurface

ofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.They

supportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.Each

ofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeen

estimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itwouldstill

onlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However,sizeand

strengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.

Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfilling

itsdesignersdreamtocreateanenormousobjectdrawnasfaintly

aspossible.

1524年，一位鮮為人知的意大利人維拉薩諾駕船駛進(jìn)紐約港，并將該港

名為安古拉姆。他對該港作了這樣的描述：〃地理位置十分適宜，位于兩

座小山的中間，一條大河從中間流過〃。雖然維拉薩諾絕對算不上一個(gè)偉

大的探險(xiǎn)家，但他的名字將流芳百世，因?yàn)?964年11月21日建成的一

座世界上最長的吊橋是以他的名字命名。

維拉薩諾大橋由奧斯馬.阿曼設(shè)計(jì)，連結(jié)著布魯克林與斯塔頓島，橋長

4,260英尺。由于橋身太長，設(shè)計(jì)者不得不考慮了地表的形狀。兩座巨塔

支撐著4根粗大的鋼纜。塔身建在巨大的水下鋼盤混凝土平臺上。平臺深

入海底100英尺。僅這兩座塔就花了16個(gè)月才建成。塔身高出水面將近

700英尺。高塔支撐著鋼纜，而鋼纜又懸吊著大橋，4根鋼纜中的每根由

26,108股鋼繩組成。據(jù)估計(jì)，若橋上擺滿了汽車，也只不過是橋的總承

載力的1/3。然而，這座橋重要特點(diǎn)不僅是它的規(guī)模與強(qiáng)度。盡管此橋很

大，但它的結(jié)構(gòu)簡單，造型優(yōu)美，實(shí)現(xiàn)了設(shè)計(jì)者企圖創(chuàng)造一個(gè)〃盡量用細(xì)

線條勾畫出一個(gè)龐然大物''的夢想。

3

DanielMendoza丹尼爾.門多薩

BoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEnglandtwohundredyearsago.

Inthosedays,boxersfoughtwithbarefistsforprizemoney.Because

ofthis,theywereknownasprize-fighters.However,boxingwasvery

crude,fortherewerenorulesandaprize-fightercouldbeseriously

injuredorevenkilledduringamatch.

OneofthemostcolourfulfiguresinboxinghistorywasDaniel

Mendoza,whowasbornin1764.Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduced

until1860,whentheMarquisofQueensberrydrewupthefirstset

ofrules.Thoughhewastechnicallyaprize-fighter,Mendozadid

muchtochangecrudeprize-fightingintoasport,forhebrought

sciencetothegame.Inhisday,Mendozaenjoyedtremendous

popularity.Hewasadoredbyrichandpooralike.

Mendozarosetofameswiftlyafteraboxing-matchwhenhewasonly

fourteenyearsold.ThisattractedtheattentionofRichard

HumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinEngland.Heoffered

totrainMendozaandhisyoungpupilwasquicktolearn.Infact,

MendozasoonbecamesosuccessfulthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim.

Thetwomenquarrelledbitterlyanditwasclearthattheargument

couldonlybesettledbyafight.AmatchwasheldatStilton,where

bothmenfoughtforanhour.Thepublicbetagreatdealofmoney

onMendoza,buthewasdefeated.MendozametHumphriesinthering

onalateroccasionandhelostforasecondtime.Itwasnotuntil

histhirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesandbecame

ChampionofEngland.Meanwhile,hefoundedahighlysuccessful

AcademyandevenLordByronbecameoneofhispupils.Heearned

enormoussumsofmoneyandwaspaidasmuchas100poundsforasingle

appearance.Despitethis,hewassoextravagantthathewasalways

indebt.AfterhewasdefeatedbyaboxercalledGentlemanJackson,

hewasquicklyforgotten.Hewassenttoprisonforfailingtopay

hisdebtsanddiedinpoverty