Lesson21DanielMendozaLesson21DanielMendozaBoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEnglandtwohundredyearsago.Inthosedays,boxersfoughtwithbarefistsforPrizemoney.Becauseofthis,theywereknownas'prize-fighters'.However,boxingwasverycrude,fortherewerenorulesandaprize-fightercouldbeseriouslyinjuredorevenkilledduringamatch.OneofthemostcolourfulfiguresinboxinghistorywasDanielMendozawhowasbornin1764.Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860whentheMarquisofQueensberrydrewupthefirstsetOfrules.Thoughhewastechnicallyaprize-fighter,Mendozadidmuchtochangecrudeprize-fightingintoasport,forhebroughtsciencetothegame.Inhisday,Mendozaenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Hewasadoredbyrichandpooralike.Mendozarosetofameswiftlyafteraboxing-matchwhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold.ThisattractedtheattentionofRichardHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinEngland.HeofferedtotrainMendozaandhisyoungpupilwasquicktolearn.Infact,MendozasoonbecamesosuccessfulthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim.Thetwomenquarrelledbitterlyanditwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledbyafight.AmatchwasheldatStiltonwherebothmenfoughtforanhour.ThepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyonMendoza,buthewasdefeated.MendozametHumphriesintheringonalateroccasionandhelostforasecondtime.Itwasnotuntilhisthirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesandbecameChampionofEngland.Meanwhile,hefoundedahighlysuccessfulAcademyandevenLordByronbecameoneofhispupils.Heearnedenormoussumsofmoneyandwaspaidasmuchas&100forasingleappearance.Despitethis,hewassoextravagantthathewasalwaysindebt.AfterhewasdefeatedbyaboxercalledGentlemanJackson,hewasquicklyforgotten.Hewassenttoprisonforfailingtopayhisdebtsanddiedinpovertyin1836.Newwordsandexpressionsboxingn.拳擊boxern.拳擊手boxsb’sears扇耳光bareadj.(部分的)赤裸的barefists赤手空拳,foughtwithbarefists赤手空拳的打斗barefeet光著腳的naked全裸He’swalkinginbarefeet.Heisnaked.prizefightern.職業拳擊手（尤指古時赤手拳擊手）crudeadj.粗野的,原初的becrudetosb對……粗魯，無理,Heiscrudetothegirl.crudeoil原油marquisn.侯爵technicallyadv.strictly嚴格地technicallyspeaking嚴格地講popularity[p?pju'l?riti]n.名望inpopularity受歡迎，受喜愛Instantfoodsaregettinginpopularity.即食食品越來越受歡迎。popularsongsareinpopularity.adorev.崇拜，愛戴，喜愛Motherabsolutelyadoretheirchildren.like最常用詞，往往只表不太強烈的興趣或關注，不帶強烈的感情，除非另加修飾語。

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