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[00:02.69]21 丹尼尔.门多萨

[00:05.38]Listen to the tape then answer the question below

[00:10.71]听录音,然后回答以下问题.

[00:16.04]How many unsuccessful attempts did Mendoza make

[00:19.92]门多萨经历过多少次失败

[00:23.80]before becoming Champion of all England?

[00:29.41]才成为全英拳击冠军?

[00:35.03]Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago

[00:38.11]两百年前,拳击比赛在英国非常盛行.

[00:41.20]In those days,boxes fought with bare fists for prize money,

[00:44.23]当时,拳击手们赤拳为争夺奖金而搏斗

[00:47.26]Because of this,they were known as 'prizefighters'.

[00:49.88]因此,他们被称作"职业拳击手".

[00:52.51]However,boxing was very crude,for there were no rules

[00:55.39]拳击是十分野蛮的因为当时没有任何比赛规则

[00:58.28]and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match

[01:01.56]职业拳击手有可能在比赛中受重伤,甚至丧命

[01:04.84]One of the most colourful figures in boxing history

[01:07.36]拳击史上最引人注目的人物之一

[01:09.88]was Daniel Mendoza who was born in 1764.

[01:13.00]是丹尼尔.门多萨,他生于1764年.

[01:16.12]The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860