新概念英語第冊Lesson90Lesson9Royalespionage王室諜報活動Firstlistenandthenanswerthefollowingquestion.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。WhatimportantthingdidKingAlfredlearnwhenhepenetratedtheDanishcampofGuthrum?AlfredtheGreatactedashisownspy,visitingDanishcampsdisguisedasaminstrel.Inthosedayswanderingminstrelswerewelcomeeverywhere.Theywerenotfightingmen,andtheirharpwastheirpassport.Alfredhadlearnedmanyoftheirballadsinhisyouth,andcouldvaryhisprogrammewithacrobatictricksandsimpleconjuring.WhileAlfred'slittlearmyslowlybegantogatheratAthelney,thekinghimselfsetouttopenetratethecampofGuthrum,thecommanderoftheDanishinvaders.ThesehadsettleddownforthewinteratChippenham：thitherAlfredwent.Henoticedatoncethatdisciplinewasslack：theDaneshadtheself-confidenceofconquerors,andtheirsecurityprecautionswerecasual.Theylivedwell,ontheproceedsofraidsonneighbouringregions.Theretheycollectedwomenaswellasfoodanddrink,andalifeofeasehadmadethemsoft.AlfredstayedinthecampaweekbeforehereturnedtoAthelney.TheforcethereassembledwastrivialcomparedwiththeDanishhorde.ButAlfredhaddeducedthattheDaneswerenolongerfitforprolongedbattle：andthattheircommissariathadnoorganization,butdependedonirregularraids.So,facedwiththeDanishadvance,Alfreddidnotriskopenbattlebutharriedtheenemy.Hewasconstantlyonthemove,drawingtheDanesafterhim.Hispatrolshaltedtheraidingparties：hungerassailedtheDanisharmy.NowAlfredbeganalongseriesofskirmishes--andwithinamonththeDaneshadsurrendered.Theepisodecouldreasonablyserveasauniqueepicofroyalespionage!BERNARDNEWMANSpiesinBritainNewwordsandexpressions生詞與短語espionagen.間諜活動Alfred公元871-899年間任英國國王Danishadj.丹麥的，丹麥人的，丹麥語的minstreln.中世紀的吟游歌手wanderingadj.漫游的harpn.n.堅琴balladn.民歌acrobaticadj.雜技的conjuringn.魔術(shù)Athelneyn.阿塞爾納（英國一個小島）Chippenhamn.切本哈姆（英國一個城市）thitheradv.向那里Danen.丹麥人slackadj.渙散的conquerorn.征服者casualadj.馬虎的，隨便的precautionn.預(yù)防，警惕proceedsn.所得assemblev.集合trivialadj.微不足道的prolongedadj.持久的commissariatn.軍糧供應(yīng)episoden.一個事件，片斷epicn.史詩harryv.騷擾assailv.襲擊skirmishn.小規(guī)模戰(zhàn)斗本文參考譯文阿爾弗雷德大帝曾親自充當(dāng)間諜。他扮作吟游歌手到丹麥軍隊的營地里偵察。當(dāng)時，浪跡天涯的吟游歌手到處受歡迎，他們不是作戰(zhàn)人員，豎琴就是他們的通行證。阿爾弗德年輕時學(xué)過很多民歌，并能穿插演一些雜技和小魔術(shù)使自己的節(jié)目多樣化。阿爾弗雷德人數(shù)不多的軍隊開始在阿塞爾納慢慢集結(jié)時，他親自潛入丹麥入侵司令官古瑟羅姆的營地。丹麥軍已在切本哈姆扎下營準備過冬，阿爾弗雷便來到此地。他馬上發(fā)現(xiàn)丹麥軍紀律松弛，他們以征服者自居，安全措施馬馬虎虎。他們靠掠奪附近的地區(qū)的財物過著舒適的生活。他們不但搜刮吃的喝的，而且搶掠婦女，安逸的生活已使丹麥軍隊變得軟弱無力。阿爾弗雷德在敵營呆了一個星期后，回到了阿塞爾納。他集結(jié)在那里的軍隊和丹麥大軍相比是微不足道的，不過，阿爾弗雷德斷定，丹麥人已不再適合持久的戰(zhàn)爭，他們的軍需供應(yīng)處于無組織狀態(tài)，僅僅靠臨時搶奪來維持。所以，面對丹麥人的進攻，阿