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lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza 丹尼尔.门多萨 1 Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.^两百年前，拳击比赛在英国非常盛行。 2 In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money.^当时，拳击手们不戴手套，为争夺奖金而搏斗。 3 Because of this, they were known as prizefighters.^因此，他们被称作“职业拳击手”。 4 However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.^不过，拳击是十分野蛮的，因为当时没有任何比赛规则，职业拳击手有可能在比赛中受重伤，甚至丧命。 5 One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764.^拳击史上最引人注目的人物之一是丹尼尔.门多萨，他生于1764年。 6 The use o