life work 畢生的事業
Eg.: I want to have the tree cut down.

Six hundred years ago...
settled near Florence 定居在 Florence 附近

made a name for himself: become famous
Eg.: They soon made quite a name for themselves as pop singers.

come to/get to 漸漸的
come to be known 漸漸被人所熟知
Eg.: I come to be known to my students.
Eg.: I got to know him

whenever 無論什么時候
at war 交戰；　at war with 于……交戰

hire 表示出租
who 指代prince
he demanded: Hawkwood demanded

in time of peace 在和平期間

march into 大踏步行軍
burn down 燒毀/burn up 燒光／burn out 燒空
would offer to go away: would promise to go away
The house was burned out only...

in spite of this 盡管如此
People in different countries have different opinions.
Eg.: the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.

give sb.a state funeral 給某人舉行國葬
have sth.done
Signor 意大利語，先生
which 指代picture
be dedicated to the memory of sb.
the most valiant 比較級的最高級形式

【Special difficulties】

would rather,would sooner:
    would rather do than do
    would rather that (that賓語從句中要出現動詞的過去時)

(1)...go...
(2)...left... 省略了that
(3)...did not speak...
(4)...not speak...  否定形式結構："寧愿不做...＂would rather not do
(5)...settled...
(6)...didn't tell...

【Multiple choice questions】

(1)...b...
   premises: 房產
　 unharmed替代原文的destroy

(2)...b...
   他獲取自己的名字是依據自己的所作所為

(3)...a...
   in that=because "因為",表示一種原因

(4)...a...
   段時間——for a long time（現在完成式）

(5)...c...
   prefer doing + to + 動名詞

(6)...b...
   hire: 從某人租得某物

(7)...a...
   if not: 如果不＝unless
   provided---條件是...

(8)...c...
  介詞on和名詞death相搭配，表示去世的狀態
  介詞on和動名詞搭配，表示一個動作。＂一...就...＂
　on seeing him,I ran away.

(9)...b...
   動詞的過去分詞

(10)..d...
    prepared: 心甘情愿的（=willing）
　　be willing to do,be prepared to do
    agreeable: 宜人的，愜意的
　　desirable: 吸引人的（＝attractive）

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