Lesson 21

ahu 参加宝宝大赛以来，第一次坚持自学新概念这么久（整整 20 课啊 55 ）。现在虽然宝宝爬行比赛结束了，但是宝宝不能一辈子都爬滴，宝宝的成长是不能忽视滴，所以 ahu 决定继续 21 课以后的内容。
暂定每周 1 、 3 、 5 新课文， 2 、 4 、 6 复习头天内容，周日回顾本周内容。作业大部分是翻译【因为当你跟老外打交道的时候他是不会出选择题或者填空题给你做的】，参考答案我会放在 [url=http://bulo.hjenglish.com/group/100457/]NCE3 小组 [/url] ，请大家踊跃讨论【请大家不要勾选楼主可见，咱们做练习为的就是讨论复习，不是完成作业】。 Ahu 一直认为复习讨论比学习更加重要，欢迎大家踊跃提问，踊跃讨论！【有红包奖励的哦！】
Ahu 的主持风格大概跟以前主持不一样，不过好歹也是原创。【大家慢慢适应，吐啊吐啊就习惯了 ^.^ 】课文中这种方括号大概会出现很多【没准哪天大家的名字也会出现其中】，主要是为了调节气氛活跃大脑加深印象，喜欢的筒子们举手欢迎下，不喜欢的就举脚唾弃下或者跳过。总之两个字：“无论什么方法，学习了消化了就是自己的了 ^.^ ”【众人的臭鸡蛋烂番茄＋板砖纷纷扔上台：这是两个字嘛？不会数数就下去！】
言归正传， lesson 21 开始：

Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money. Because of this, they were known as 'prizefighters'. However, boxing was very crude, for these were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
    One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764. The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules. Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game. In this day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.
    Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn. In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him. The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight. A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appear one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.

Language points:

1 、 bare (adj.) : uncovered.
短语： bare fist / foot / handed / legged ( 赤手空拳的 / 光脚 / 空手 / 光腿 )

跟 naked 区别： naked 全裸， bare 部分裸。
He’s walking in bare feet. 他赤脚走路。【可以接受，比如人猿泰山。】
He’s walking in the street…and naked! 全裸走路！【不是帅得过分自信就是丑得过分自卑。。】

2 、 crude (adj.) : not developed & violent 不开化又暴力，【食人族滴】
短语： crude tools made of wood/crude jokes 【前者是原始，后者就是粗俗了】
用法： be crude to sb.
He is crude to the girl. 【 crude 比 rude 语气更强。那个女孩肯定长得不是一般滴丑 … 】

3 、 popularity (n.) : 名望
用法 : be in popularity= be popular. 流行的
Instant( 立即 ) foods are getting in popularity. 快餐正在开始流行。
Popular songs are in popularity. 【好像是废话 .. 不过第一个 popular songs 变成了固定词组：流行歌曲。此句可以加深理解：今年古典歌曲正流行。嗯，作为补充作业。】

4 、 rise to fame = become famous
用法： She rose to fame so quickly.

5 、 adore(v.) ：崇拜，不是一般滴喜欢
More and more people adore the famous writer-Ahu. 【当然 ahu 知道这只是梦想，但是“如果人类没有梦想，世界将会怎样？”】

6 、 alike (adj, adv.) ：同样滴 =similarly / equally / as well / in the same way
Ahu is adored by boys and girls alike. 【人妖啊～～～那换一个：】
He learned a lot from teachers and students equally. 】

7 、 bet(n, v.): 赌，打赌
用法： bet sb that, 与 sb 打赌
I bet her that I would win the game.
bet one’s bottom dollar on sth 孤注一掷在 sth 上
He bet his bottom dollar on his last attempt.

8 、 extravagant (adj.) : wasteful ( 浪费奢侈的 ) thrifty ( 反义词，节俭的 )

9 、 poverty (n.) : 贫困
用法： in poverty ( 在贫困中 ) 【英语就是这样，颠来倒去个没完： in popularity 流行滴， in debt 负债滴， in private 私下滴， in horror 惊恐滴】

10 、 The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.
drew up ：制订，起草。 He is going to draw up our travelling plan.

11 、 Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him.
turn against ：反对【闹翻啦】

12 、 It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries …
It’s not until…not 经常跟 until 连用。
He didn’t leave until the rain stopped.

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