歐亨利《警察與贊美詩》英文介紹課件

TheBookReportTheCopandtheAnthemByO.Henry《警察和贊美詩》AbouttheAuthorPenname:O.HenryPrimitivename:WilliamSidneyPorterDateofBirth:1862.9.11DateofDeath:1910.6.5Birthplace:Greensboro,NorthCarolinaNationality:AmericaOccupation:WriterCharacteristicsofhisworks:carefulplotting,ironiccoincidences,andsurpriseendingsWorks:CabbagesandKings(1904)

TheFourMillion(1906)

TheVoiceoftheCity(1908)Stories:TheGiftoftheMagi

TheRansomofRedChief

ThecopandtheAnthem

ARetrievedReformationClues1.Soapy,homeless,planstogetintothejailtoavoidsleepinginwinter.2.Soapytrieseverymeanstobecaughtbythecop,butitdoesn’twork.3.Soapydecidestocleanuphislifeafterhearingananthem.Butalas,heissentencedtothreemonthsinprison.Soapyseesahigh-endrestaurantandwantstohavedinnerwithnopaymentinordertoputintothejail.Buttheheadwaiter’seyesfalluponSoapy‘sthreadbare（衣衫襤褸）clothes,soherefusestoservehimandpusheshimtothesidewalk.

蘇比看見一所高級餐館，剛邁進餐館的門。服務生領班的目光就落到他的舊褲子和破皮鞋上，然后就把他推到人行道上去了。Daydreaming

蘇比走到一家陳設別致，大玻璃窗惹眼的鋪子前，撿起鵝卵石往大玻璃上砸去，然后望著旁邊的警察笑，警察認為沒有人做了壞事會自己等著受罰，所以正眼看都沒看他就追著前面跑著趕車的人去了。Vandalism

Atthecornerstandsaluxuryshopwheretheplate-glasswindowisconspicuous（引人注目的）.Soapytakesacobble-stoneanddashesitthroughtheglass,afterthat,heindicatestoacopthatitishewhovandalizestheplate-glasswindow.Butthecopdoesn’tthinkapersonwhodoessomethingillegalwillwaittobepunished,sohedecidestopursueaninnocentbystander.Soapygoestoageneralrestaurantandhasabigsupper.Andthenhetellsthewaiterthathehasnomoneytopayforthis,andletshimcallthecopstocometogethim.Butthewaiterjustthrowshimout.What’smore,thecopsjustlaughsathimandgoesaway.

蘇比走進一家不怎么起眼的飯館里，放開胃口吃了一頓。然后告訴服務生自己沒錢，要他把警察喊來。可是服務生卻把蘇比扔到街上去了。一旁的警察正看著這一幕，捂著嘴巴笑著走開了。

HasabigsupperwithoutanypaymentInfrontofthetheatre,heactsadrunkard（酒鬼、醉漢）todisturb,butthecopthinksheisaYalelads（小伙子）

celebratingafootballgamewhichbeatstheteamofHartfordCollege.

在劇院前，蘇比在熱鬧的大街上大吵大鬧，想讓警察抓住他，可警察對旁人說，這是耶魯?shù)男』镒釉跒樽约簯?zhàn)勝了哈特福院隊而慶祝，蘇比擾亂治安的夢想又一次破滅了。Disorderlyconduct

正當他聽到教堂的贊美詩，決定重新做人時，卻被莫名其妙地逮捕了，并被判進他夢寐以求的監(jiān)獄三個月。

Finally,hepausesinfrontofachurch,whereanantheminspireshimtocleanuph