第14課 A Noble Gangster
    1、 There was a time when theowners of shops and businesses in Chicagohad to pay large sums of money to gangsters in returnfor ‘protection’.
    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)"。
    2、 If the money was not paid promptly,the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business bydestroying his shop.
     如果交款不及時(shí),歹徒們就會(huì)很快搗毀他的商店,讓他破產(chǎn)
    3、 As long agoas the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir JohnHawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather paylarge sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
    早在14世紀(jì),英國(guó)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?dú)в诖跬街?
    這里是 rather…than.. 的搭配而不是would rather
    4、 He soon madea name for himself and came to be known to the Italiansas Giovanni Acuto.
    他很快就使自己出了名，而且漸漸地以Giovanni Acuto這個(gè)名字為意大利人所熟悉。
    5、 …, wouldoffer to go away if protection money was paid to them.
     然后提出,如向他們繳納保護(hù)金,他們便主動(dòng)撤離。