Lesson 9 Royal espionage 王室谍报活动.doc

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Lesson 9 Royal espionage 王室谍报活动.doc

Lesson 9? Royal espionage 王室谍报活动 ? First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 What important thing did King Alfred learn when he penetrated the Danish camp of Guthrum? Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel.In those days wandering minstrels were welcome everywhere.They were not fighting men, and their harp was their passport.Alfred had learned many of their ballads in his youth, and could vary his programme with acrobatic tricks and simple conjuring. While Alfreds little army slowly began to gather at Athelney, the king himself set out to penetrate the camp of Guthrum, the commander of the Danish invaders.These had settled down for the winter at Chippenham: thither Alfred went.He noticed at once that discipline was slack: the Danes had the self confidence of conquerors, and their security precautions were casual.They lived well, on the proceeds of raids on neigh bouring regions.There they collected women as well as food and drink, and a life of ease had made them soft. Alfred stayed in the camp a week before he returned to Athelney.The force there assembled was trivial compared with the Danish horde.But Alfred had deduced that the Danes were no longer fit for prolonged battle: and that their commissariat had no organization, but depended on irregular raids. So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy.He was constantly on the move, drawing the Danes after him.His patrols halted the raiding parties: hunger assailed the Danish army.Now Alfred began a long series of skirmishes----and within a month the Danes had surrendered.The episode could reasonably serve as a unique epic of royal espionage! BERNARD NEWMAN Spies in Britain New words and expressions? 生词和短语 espionage(title)/espi+n%:N/n.间谍活动 slack(1.7)/sl$k/adj.涣散的 Alfred(849-899)(1.1)公元 871-899年间任英国国王 conqueror(1.8)/kRk+r+/n.征服者 casual(1.8)/k$Nu+l/adj.马虎的,随便的 Danish(1.1)/dernrM/adj.丹麦的,丹麦人的,丹麦语的 precauti

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