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}  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 there were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.

}  ultimate fighting (UFC)

   boxing was very crude, for there were no rules

   那是的拳击是很粗暴的，因为没有什么规则。这让我想起ultimate fighting (UFC) 。电视上有时你会看到这种转播，有这样的特点：

    it’s sorta like wrestling.

    有点想摔跤
without the costumes.

    没有保护措施
it’s totally brutal.

    非常残忍
The rule is that there are no rules.

    规则就是没有规则  

}  One of the most colorful 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.

}  Boxing Day
the first weekday after Christmas
 Boxing Day 是 Christmas 之后第一个weekday (周一至周五），就像中国过年的时候有几天大家都上街买东西，那样的几天。

}  Introduction to Statistics
统计学比较简单的课。课的难度的级别一般有这三种：
Introductory    （比较基础的）
Intermediate      （中级的）
Advanced          （比较难的）

}  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.

}  Enjoyed: /have for one’s benefit
The industry enjoyed a boom.
…for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. (lesson3)

   第三课出现的是高度的文明

}  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.

}  Training

   培训。
trainer/trainee
employer/employee
interviewer /interviewee
到一个地方工作，如果你还处于培训期间，你就是 trainee, 培训你的人就是 trainer。下面的两组也是对应的关系。

}  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.

}  I bet 20.

    bet 押注的意思。如果要打赌的话，我押20 I bet 2o 。
I bet this will work!

   我敢打赌这行得通；就是我相信。这句话其实是从上面这句话引申出来的。

}  are you thirsty ?
you bet I am!
这个例子：你渴吗？我的确很渴。这里的bet就是sure 的意思。

}  you betcha !
I gotcha !

    口语里面，you bet 会说成 you betcha; I got you 会说成 I gotcha 。
 

}  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.

}  If you don’t pay, I don’t get paid.
I’ll pay you for what you’ve done!
I haven’t paid you yet.

   有一次我去修车的时候忘了给钱了，修车的师傅也忘了  收钱了。因为我和这师傅挺熟的，后来过两天他给我打电话我就去把钱给了，他挺感激的说了这样一句话“ If you don’t   pay, I don’t get paid.”因为商场里面，如果你不给商场钱，商场也不会给技工师傅钱；还有一次修电脑，因为找不到配件，修了很时间还没修好，我还是付钱了，把他修了的那部分付了，说了这样的话“I’ll pay you for what you’ve done!”。I have’t paid you yet. 这句话比较熟悉，就是我还没给钱呢。