L14(1)：A noble gangster
There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
音标:ɛl14(1)：ə ˈnəʊbl ˈgæŋstə
ðeə wɒz ə taɪm wɛn ði ˈəʊnəz ɒv ʃɒps ænd ˈbɪznɪsɪz ɪn ʃɪˈkɑːgəʊ ðæt tuː peɪ lɑːʤ sʌmz ɒv ˈmʌni tuː ˈgæŋstəz ɪn rɪˈtɜːn fɔː prəˈtɛkʃən.' ɪf ðə ˈmʌni wɒz nɒt peɪd ˈprɒmptli, ðə ˈgæŋstəz wʊd ˈkwɪkli pʊt ə mæn aʊt ɒv ˈbɪznɪs baɪ dɪsˈtrɔɪɪŋ hɪz ʃɒp. əbˈteɪnɪŋ prəˈtɛkʃən ˈmʌni ɪz nɒt ə ˈmɒdən kraɪm. æz lɒŋ əˈgəʊ æz ðə ˈfɔːˈtiːnθ ˈsɛnʧʊri, ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, sɜː ʤɒn Hawkwood, meɪd ðə rɪˈmɑːkəbl dɪsˈkʌvəri ðæt ˈpiːpl wʊd ˈrɑːðə peɪ lɑːʤ sʌmz ɒv ˈmʌni ðæn hæv ðeə laɪf wɜːk dɪsˈtrɔɪd baɪ ˈgæŋstəz.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:1.gangster/ˈgæŋstə/歹徒，强盗
2.Chicago/ʃɪˈkɑːgəʊ/芝加哥(美国城市)
3.protection保护
4.promptly/ˈprɒmptli/及时地
5.in return for…作为…的报答讲
6.out of business倒闭，破产
7.as long ago as 作“追溯到”、“早在”讲
8.remarkable不寻常的
band帮，团伙
练习感悟:1.听Scalers cast练习朗读英文的过程中，对其重新定义，有人学英文学进去出不来。学习一种语言，开启认识视角的新认知。
