练习材料：
L14(2)：A noblegangster
Six hundred yearsago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settlednear Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to theItalians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war witheach other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing topay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad,Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down afew farms, would offer to go away the protection money was paid to them.Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italiansregarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, theFlorentines gave him a state funeral and had a pictured with as dedicated tothe memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, SignorGiovanni Haukodue.
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sɪks ˈhʌndrəd jɪəz əˈgəʊ, sɜː Johan Hawkwood əˈraɪvd ɪn ˈɪtəli wɪð ə bænd ɒv ˈsəʊlʤəz ænd ˈsɛtld nɪə ˈflɒrəns. hiː suːn meɪd ə neɪm fɔː hɪmˈsɛlf ænd keɪm tuː biː nəʊn tuː ði ɪˈtæliənz æz ʤəʊˈvæni Acuto. wɛnˈɛvə ði ɪˈtæliən ˈsɪtɪsteɪts wɜːr æt wɔː wɪð iːʧ ˈʌðə, Hawkwood juːzd tuː ˈhaɪə hɪz ˈsəʊlʤəz tuː ˈprɪnsɪz huː wɜː ˈwɪlɪŋ tuː peɪ ðə haɪ praɪs hiː dɪˈmɑːndɪd. ɪn taɪmz ɒv piːs, wɛn ˈbɪznɪs wɒz bæd, Hawkwood ænd hɪz mɛn wʊd mɑːʧ ˈɪntuː ə ˈsɪtɪsteɪt ænd, ˈɑːftə ˈbɜːnɪŋ daʊn ə fjuː fɑːmz, wʊd ˈɒfə tuː gəʊ əˈweɪ prəˈtɛkʃən ˈmʌni wɒz peɪd tuː ðɛm. awkwood meɪd lɑːʤ sʌmz ɒv ˈmʌni ɪn ðɪs weɪ. ɪn spaɪt ɒv ðɪs, ði ɪˈtæliənz rɪˈgɑːdɪd hɪm æz ə sɔːt ɒv ˈhɪərəʊ. wɛn hiː daɪdæt ði eɪʤ ɒv ˈeɪti, ðə ˈflɒrəntaɪnz geɪv hɪm ə steɪt ˈfjuːnərəl ænd hæd ə ˈpɪkʧədwɪð æz ˈdɛdɪkeɪtɪd tuː ðə ˈmɛməri ɒv ðə məʊst ˈvæliənt ˈsəʊlʤər ænd məʊst ˈnəʊtəblˈliːdə, ˈsaɪnə ʤəʊˈvæni Haukodue.
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、demand：要求，2、march into：进军，3、state funeral：国葬，4、dedicate：奉献，5、valiant：英勇，6、notable：显著的
音标：/ɪə/ 双唇张开岈床由窄至半开舌抵下齿逐渐过渡至上卷，从“一”音过渡到“厄”音。 是字母ear、ere、ea、eer在单词中的读音
练习感悟：今天的文章稍微比较长，而且长句多，读起来拗口，录了5遍才勉强达标。
