Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza

歌曲 Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.080] --- lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza
[00:06.120] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:11.680] --- How many unsuccessful attempts did Mendoza make before becoming Champion of all England?
[00:20.320] Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.
[00:25.560] In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money.
[00:30.520] Because of this, they were known as 'prizefighters'.
[00:34.800] However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
[00:45.320] One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764.
[00:53.840] The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.^1860
[01:03.200] Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game.
[01:14.240] In his day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.
[01:22.720] Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old.
[01:29.320] This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England.
[01:36.200] He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn.
[01:40.920] In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him.
[01:46.680] The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight.
[01:54.240] A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour.
[01:59.200] The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated.
[02:04.960] Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time.
[02:10.920] It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.
[02:19.400] Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.
[02:27.000] He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance.
[02:34.120] Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt.
[02:39.080] After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten.
[02:45.680] He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.

歌词大意

[00:01.080] dān ní ěr. mén duō sà
[00:06.120] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
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[00:20.320] liǎng bǎi nián qián, quán jī bǐ sài zài yīng guó fēi cháng shèng xíng.
[00:25.560] dāng shí, quán jī shǒu men bù dài shǒu tào, wèi zhēng duó jiǎng jīn ér bó dòu.
[00:30.520] yīn cǐ, tā men bèi chēng zuò" zhí yè quán jī shǒu".
[00:34.800] bù guò, quán jī shì shí fēn yě mán de, yīn wèi dāng shí méi yǒu rèn hé bǐ sài guī zé, zhí yè quán jī shǒu yǒu kě néng zài bǐ sài zhōng shòu zhòng shāng, shèn zhì sàng mìng.
[00:45.320] quán jī shǐ shàng zuì yǐn rén zhù mù dì rén wù zhī yī shì dān ní ěr. mén duō sà, tā shēng yú 1764 nián.
[00:53.840] nián kūn sī bó lǐ hóu jué dì yī cì wèi quán jī bǐ sài zhì dìng le guī zé, quán jī bǐ sài zhè cái yòng shàng le shǒu tào.
[01:03.200] suī rán mén duō sà yán gé lái jiǎng bù guò shì gè zhí yè quán jī shǒu, dàn zài bǎ zhè zhǒng cū yě de quán jī biàn chéng yī zhǒng tǐ yù yùn dòng fāng miàn, tā zuò chū le zhòng dà gòng xiàn. shì tā bǎ kē xué yǐn jìn le zhè xiàng yùn dòng.
[01:14.240] mén duō sà zài tā de quán shèng shí qī shēn shòu dà jiā huān yíng, wú lùn shì fù rén hái shì qióng rén dōu duì tā suì bài bèi zhì.
[01:22.720] mén duō sà zài 14 suì shí cān jiā le yī chǎng quán jī sài hòu yī jǔ chéng míng.
[01:29.320] zhè yǐn qǐ liǎo dàng shí yīng guó quán tán míng jiàng lǐ chá dé. hàn fú lái sī de zhù yì.
[01:36.200] tā zhǔ dòng tí chū jiào shòu mén duō sà, ér nián shào de mén duō sà yī xué jiù huì.
[01:40.920] shì shí shàng, mén duō sà bù jiǔ biàn míng shēng dà zhèn, zhì shǐ hàn fú lái sī yǔ tā fǎn mù wèi dí.
[01:46.680] liǎng gè rén zhēng chǎo bù xiū, xiǎn ér yì jiàn, zhǐ yǒu jiào liàng yī fān cái néng jiě jué wèn tí.
[01:54.240] yú shì liǎng rén zài sī dì ěr dùn shè xià sài chǎng, sī dǎ le yí gè xiǎo shí.
[01:59.200] gōng zhòng bǎ dà bǐ dǔ zhù xià dào le mén duō sà shēn shàng, dàn tā què shū le.
[02:04.960] hòu lái, mén duō sà yǔ hàn fú lái sī zài cì zài quán jī chǎng shàng jiào liàng, mén duō sà yòu shū le yī chǎng.
[02:10.920] zhí dào 1790 nián tā men dì 3 cì duì lěi, mén duō sà cái zhōng yú jī bài hàn fú lái sī, chéng le quán yīng quán jī guàn jūn.
[02:19.400] tóng shí, tā jiàn lì le yī suǒ quán jī xué xiào, bàn de hěn chéng gōng, lián bài lún xūn jué yě chéng le tā de xué shēng.
[02:27.000] mén duō sà zhēng lái dà bǐ dà bǐ de qián, yī cì chū chǎng fèi jiù kě duō dá 100 yīng bàng.
[02:34.120] jǐn guǎn shōu rù bù shǎo, dàn tā huī huò wú dù, jīng cháng zhài tái gāo zhù.
[02:39.080] tā zài bèi yí gè jiào jié kè xùn shēn shì de quán jī shǒu jī bài hòu hěn kuài bèi yí wàng.
[02:45.680] tā yīn wú lì huán zhài ér bèi bǔ rù yù, zuì hòu yú 1836 nián zài pín kùn zhōng sǐ qù.
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