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[00:25.39]LADY GODIVA
[00:34.93]Godiva was the beautiful wife of the Lord of Coventry
[00:44.17]She lived in the eleventh century.
[00:49.82]According to an old legend,
[00:57.39]the Lord taxed the people of Coventry heavily and unjustly
[01:06.64]If they did not pay those cruel taxes,
[01:13.80]they were thrown into prison.
[01:18.94]Lady Godiva asked her husband to have mercy on the people,
[01:29.00]but her stony-hearted husband showed no pity
[01:36.37]Again and again she asked him to be merciful,
[01:44.23]until at last,
[01:48.49]he answered jokingly"I will do what you ask
[01:57.03]only if you will ride naked through the streets of Coventry at noon."
[02:05.99]Lady Godiva rode naked through the empty streets of Coventry the next day
[02:19.47]Every door was closed and every window was shuttered
[02:28.61]The Lord kept his promise,
[02:33.76]and lightened the burden of taxes that he laid upon the citizens
[02:41.70]Only one man,a tailor,
[02:48.46]had watched Lady Godiva as she rode through the streets.
[02:56.20]He cut a small hole in the door of his house,and peeped through this hole
[03:06.93]The legend says that he became blind,
[03:13.41]and he has been known ever since as Peeping Tom.
[03:20.57]Lady Godiva
[03:53.53]Ladies and gentlemen Ladies first.
[04:22.40]Godiva was the beautiful wife of the Lord of Coventry
[05:00.77]If they did not pay those cruel taxes,
[05:25.83]they were thrown into prison.
[06:12.48]Lady Godiva asked her husband to have mercy on the people,
[06:41.84]but her stony-hearted husband showed no pity
[07:17.29]have mercy on sb. have pity on sb.
[07:39.96]show pity on sb. show pity for...
[07:57.94]Please have mercy on these poor little animals
[08:12.98]He showed no pity for the beggar.
[08:27.04]Again and again she asked him to be merciful,
[08:53.68]until at last he answered jokingly
[09:57.24]he answered jokingly,
[10:11.19]"I will do what you ask
[10:16.02]only if you will ride naked through the streets of Coventry at noon."
[12:25.38]He nodded speechless
[12:50.64]She lay sick in bed.
[13:08.79]only if I will do this job only if you pay me.
[13:36.07]Only if we trust each other,can we work together
[14:22.82]Only if you tell me what you think,will I accept your decision
[14:45.66]Every door was closed and every window was shuttered
[15:55.22]The Lord kept his promise,
[16:22.36]and lightened the burden of taxes that he laid upon the citizens
[17:00.00]keep one's promise
[17:11.84]keep one's word
[17:34.69]keep an appointment keep a schedule
[17:54.05]lay sth. upon sb. lay--laid
[18:11.40]Don't lay the blame upon him.
[18:24.88]They laid unjust punishment upon the child.
[18:37.62]Only one man,a tailor,had watched Lady Godiva as she rode through the streets
[19:59.99]The legend says that he became blind,
[20:19.76]and he has been known ever since as Peeping Tom
[21:51.22]ever since
[22:12.06]Peeping Tom

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