新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 21

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课文21  丹尼尔.门多萨
# d6 d+ T$ e/ o* \348. Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.
  r; p5 X1 s0 M8 Q        两百年前，拳击比赛在英国非常盛行。
349. In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money.
        当时，拳击手们不戴手套，为争夺奖金而搏斗。
7 P% y2 P& y1 u350. Because of this, they were known as 'prizefighters'.
        因此，他们被称作“职业拳击手”。
/ S6 g4 y+ X- h( m, X351. However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
9 h6 j6 p9 O" J/ h" u3 ]5 ~        不过，拳击是十分野蛮的，因为当时没有任何比赛规则，职业拳击手有可能在比赛中受重伤，甚至丧命。
+ |/ M  G- n5 X* o* S0 _2 `( a352. One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764.
        拳击史上最引人注目的人物之一是丹尼尔.门多萨，他生于1764年。
$ t6 ]; F4 l7 i! Y0 S3 P353. The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.
/ J: x5 M5 m; V/ r6 W  \        1860年昆斯伯里侯爵第一次为拳击比赛制定了规则，拳击比赛这才用上了手套。
354. Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game.
        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，他作出了重大贡献。是他把科学引进了这项运动。
355. In this day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.
        门多萨在的全盛时期深受大家欢迎，无论是富人还是穷人都对他祟拜备至。
" S4 L1 E4 U0 v- R356. Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old.
        门多萨在14岁时参加一场拳击赛后一举成名。
357. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England.
2 ^3 ~' C" T& V$ o        这引起当时英国拳坛名将理查德.汉弗莱斯的注意。
358. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn.
( c  w3 I: C; T) i  r        他主动提出教授门多萨，而年少的门多萨一学就会。
359. In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him.
% y6 l4 ^7 I1 `        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。
360. The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight.
        两个人争吵不休，显而易见，只有较量一番才能解决问题。
8 ~- X: P, z/ C2 _% S$ \361. A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour.
; d3 N* U/ C6 }- F% G        于是两人在斯蒂尔顿设下赛场，厮打了一个小时。
' n, U- k1 U/ D3 H$ i+ ~2 ]362. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated.
        公众把大笔赌注下到了门多萨身上，但他却输了。
, u  ~2 P+ \( k8 O363. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time.
        后来，门多萨与汉弗莱斯再次在拳击场上较量，门多萨又输了一场。
364. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.
  [8 N3 u: Q" Z' q& @5 {        直到1790年他们第3次对垒，门多萨才终于击败汉弗莱斯，成了全英拳击冠军。
365. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.
        同时，他建立了一所拳击学校，办得很成功，连拜伦勋爵也成了他的学生。
: N) t4 ]/ G( ]. S& m366. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance.
* g# w- S; b* h- W        门多萨挣来大笔大笔的钱，一次出场费就多可达100英镑。
3 j: S0 P+ P; s6 v  F8 t  H. W367. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt.
  O1 \0 N, A" t( |" j! e        尽管收入不少，但他挥霍无度，经常债台高筑。
1 \4 x4 C9 G& q4 O368. After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten.
        他在被一个叫杰克逊绅士的拳击手击败后很快被遗忘。
8 O8 [8 [0 |8 O9 p+ u& k  O$ ^; Y369. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
: c4 h2 r& A2 H1 G9 Z/ X        他因无力还债而被捕入狱，最后于1836年在贫困中死去。