新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第14課 貴族歹徒(3)

　　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 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.

　　7. 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.

　　每次意大利各城邦之間打伏,霍克伍德把他的士兵雇傭給愿給他出高價的君主。

　　語言點1:whenever意為“無論什么時候”，相當(dāng)于no matter when。

　　語言點2:be willing to do的意思是“愿意做”。

　　8. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them.

　　和平時期,當(dāng)生意蕭條時,霍克伍德便帶領(lǐng)士兵進(jìn)入某個城邦,縱火燒毀一兩個農(nóng)場,然后提出,如向他們繳納保護(hù)金,他們便主動撤離。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:in times of peace為前置時間狀語，含蓄地說明是什么時間發(fā)生的事情。When引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句。And連接would march和would offer兩個并列的動作。在句子的最后一部分中，if 引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，交代“撤離”的先決條件。

　　語言點2:in times of…的意思是“在…時期”。

　　9. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.

　　霍克伍德用這種方法掙了大筆錢。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:in this way為方式狀語，說明“掙錢”的方式。