练习材料
L21-2：Daniel Mendoza
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 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.
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[ɛl]21-2：[ˈdænjəl] [mɛnˈdoʊzə]
[ðə] [tu] [mɛn] [ˈkwɔrəld] [ˈbɪtərli] [ənd] [ɪt] [wəz] [klɪr] [ðət] [ði] [ˈɑrgjəmənt] [kəd] [ˈoʊnli] [bi] [ˈsɛtəld] [baɪ] [ə] [faɪt]. [ə] [mæʧ] [wəz] [hɛld] [ət] Stilton, [wɛr] [boʊθ] [mɛn] [fɔt] [fər] [ən] [ˈaʊər]. [ðə] [ˈpʌblɪk] [bɛt] [ə] [greɪt] [dil] [əv] [ˈmʌni] [ɑn] [mɛnˈdoʊzə], [bət] [hi] [wəz] [dɪˈfitəd]. [mɛnˈdoʊzə] [mɛt] [ˈhʌmfəriz] [ɪn] [ðə] [rɪŋ] [ɑn] [ə] [ˈleɪtər] [əˈkeɪʒən] [ənd] [hi] [lɔst] [fər] [ə] [ˈsɛkənd] [taɪm]. [ɪt] [wəz] [nɑt] [ənˈtɪl] [ɪz] [θɜrd] [mæʧ] [ɪn] 1790 [ðæt] [hi] [ˈfaɪnəli] [bit] [ˈhʌmfəriz] [ənd] [bɪˈkeɪm] [ˈʧæmpiən] [əv] [ˈɪŋglənd]. [ˈminˌwaɪl], [hi] [ˈfaʊndəd] [ə] [ˈhaɪli] [səkˈsɛsfəl] [əˈkædəmi] [ənd] [ˈivɪn] [lɔrd] [ˈbaɪrən] [bɪˈkeɪm] [wʌn] [əv] [ɪz] [ˈpjupəlz]. [hi] [ɜrnd] [ɪˈnɔrməs] [sʌmz] [əv] [ˈmʌni] [ənd] [wəz] [peɪd] [əz] [mʌʧ] [æz] 100 [fər] [ə] [ˈsɪŋgəl] [əˈpɪrəns]. [dɪˈspaɪt] [ðɪs], [hi] [wəz] [soʊ] [ɛkˈstrævəgənt] [ðət] [hi] [wəz] [ˈɔlˌweɪz] [ɪn] [dɛt]. [ˈæftər] [hi] [wəz] [dɪˈfitəd] [baɪ] [ə] [ˈbɑksər] [kɔld] [ˈʤɛntəlmən] [ˈʤæksən], [hi] [wəz] [ˈkwɪkli] [fərˈgɑtən]. [hi] [wəz] [sɛnt] [tə] [ˈprɪzən] [fər] [ˈfeɪlɪŋ] [tə] [peɪ] [ɪz] [dɛts] [ənd] [daɪd] [ɪn] [ˈpɑvərti] [ɪn] 1836.
