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A Noble Gangster
1
There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago
had to pay large sums of money to gangsters to return for “protection”
2
. If the
money was not paid promptly
3
, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of
business by destroying
4
his shop. Obtaining
5
“protection money” is not a
modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John
Hawkwood, made the remarkable
6
discovery that people would rather pay large
sums of money then have their life-work destroyed by gangsters.
Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of
soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came
to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states
were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who
were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when
business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march
7
into a city-state and,
after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money
was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of
this, the Italians regarded
8
him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of
eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral
9
and had a picture painted which
was dedicated
10
to the memory of “the most valiant
11
soldier and most notable
12
leader, Singor Giovanni Haukodue”.
Notes:
1. a noble gangster – благородный гангстер.
2. protection – защита.
3. promptly – быстро.
4. to destroy – разрушать.
5. to obtain – получать.
6. remarkable – примечательный.
7. would march – бывало, маршировали.
8. to regard – рассматривать, считать.
9. funeral – похороны.
10. to dedicate – посвящать.
11. valiant – доблестный.
12. notable – замечательный.
Give your opinion about the information you have read. Retell the story.
¨ Grammar snack: Complete the story below with the correct tenses
of the verbs in brackets.
That reminds me of the problem we
had
1
(have) with our new milk
carton. We______
2
(introduce) it a few months earlier and it____
3
(become)
popular with customers. People_____
4
(buy) it______
5
(talk) about it and_____
6
(recommend) it to their friends, and so on. Then we_____
7
(change) to a new
supplier who_____
8
(be) cheaper and we_____
9
(start) to get lots of complaints.
People_____
10
(can not) open the cartons any more.
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                                       A Noble Gangster1
                There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago
         had to pay large sums of money to gangsters to return for “protection”2. If the
         money was not paid promptly3, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of
         business by destroying4 his shop. Obtaining5 “protection money” is not a
         modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John
         Hawkwood, made the remarkable6 discovery that people would rather pay large
         sums of money then have their life-work destroyed by gangsters.
                Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of
         soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came
         to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states
         were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who
         were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when
         business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march7 into a city-state and,
         after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money
         was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of
         this, the Italians regarded8 him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of
         eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral9 and had a picture painted which
         was dedicated10 to the memory of “the most valiant11 soldier and most notable12
         leader, Singor Giovanni Haukodue”.
                Notes:
                1. a noble gangster – благородный гангстер.
                2. protection – защита.
                3. promptly – быстро.
                4. to destroy – разрушать.
                5. to obtain – получать.
                6. remarkable – примечательный.
                7. would march – бывало, маршировали.
                8. to regard – рассматривать, считать.
                9. funeral – похороны.
                10. to dedicate – посвящать.
                11. valiant – доблестный.
                12. notable – замечательный.
         Give your opinion about the information you have read. Retell the story.

                 ¨   Grammar snack: Complete the story below with the correct tenses
         of the verbs in brackets.
                 That reminds me of the problem we had 1(have) with our new milk
         carton. We______2 (introduce) it a few months earlier and it____3 (become)
         popular with customers. People_____4 (buy) it______5 (talk) about it and_____6
         (recommend) it to their friends, and so on. Then we_____7 (change) to a new
         supplier who_____8 (be) cheaper and we_____9 (start) to get lots of complaints.
         People_____10 (can not) open the cartons any more.


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