歐亨利《警察與贊美詩》英文介紹課件

1、The Book ReportThe Cop and the AnthemBy O.Henry警察和贊美詩About the AuthorPen name : O. HenryPrimitive name : William Sidney PorterDate of Birth: 1862.9.11Date of Death: 1910.6.5Birthplace: Greensboro, North CarolinaNationality: AmericaOccupation: WriterCharacteristics of his works: careful plotting, iro

2、nic coincidences, and surprise endingsWorks: Cabbages and Kings (1904) The Four Million (1906) The Voice of the City (1908)Stories: The Gift of the Magi The Ransom of Red Chief The cop and the Anthem A Retrieved ReformationSummary A New York City hobo（流浪漢） named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested s

3、o he can avoid sleeping in the cold winter as a guest of the city jail. Despite efforts at petty theft（小偷小摸）, vandalism（破壞行為）, disorderly conduct（擾亂治安行為）, and “mashing” with a young prostitute（妓女）, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police. Disconsolately（愁悶地）, he pauses in front of a church,

4、where an anthem inspires him to clean up his life and is ironically（諷刺地） charged for loitering（流浪罪） and sentenced to three months in prison. Clues1. Soapy, homeless, plans to get into the jail to avoid sleeping in winter.2. Soapy tries every means to be caught by the cop, but it doesnt work.3. Soapy

5、 decides to clean up his life after hearing an anthem. But at last, he is sentenced to three months in prison. Soapy sees a high-end restaurant and wants to have dinner with no payment in order to put into the jail. But the head waiters eyes fall upon Soapys threadbare（衣衫襤褸）clothes, so he refuses to

6、 serve him and pushes him to the sidewalk. 蘇比看見一所高級餐館，剛邁進(jìn)餐館的門。服務(wù)生領(lǐng)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(shè)別致，大玻璃窗惹眼的鋪?zhàn)忧?，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(rèn)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 At the corner stands a luxury shop where the plate-glass window is conspicuous（引人注目的）. Soapy

7、 takes a cobble-stone and dashes it through the glass, after that, he indicates to a cop that it is he who vandalizes the plate-glass window. But the cop doesnt think a person who does something illegal will wait to be punished, so he decides to pursue an innocent bystander. Soapy goes to a general

8、restaurant and has a big supper. And then he tells the waiter that he has no money to pay for this, and lets him call the cops to come to get him. But the waiter just throws him out. Whats more, the cops just laughs at him and goes away. 蘇比走進(jìn)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(wù)生自己沒錢，要他把警察喊來。可是服務(wù)生卻把蘇比扔到街上去了。一

9、旁的警察正看著這一幕，捂著嘴巴笑著走開了。 Has a big supper without any payment A fashion and gentle woman is gazing at the goods in the shop window. Then soapy tries to molest（調(diào)戲） her so as to be caught by the cop who is looking at him. Unexpectedly, she gives him a big hug and asks him to buy her a bottle of beer, bec

10、ause she is a prostitute. So soapy dumps her at the next corner. 商店櫥臺前，一位衣著打扮時(shí)髦的文雅嫻靜的女子在看商品。蘇比打算以一個(gè)好色之徒的身份走過去調(diào)戲她，旁邊的警察正看著他們。想不到這位女子卻轉(zhuǎn)身親熱地?fù)еf跟他走之前要他給自己買一杯啤酒，然后蘇比在拐彎處懊喪地甩掉了女子?！癕ashing” with a young prostitute In front of the theatre, he acts a drunkard（酒鬼、醉漢）to disturb, but the cop thinks he is a Ya

11、le lads（小伙子） celebrating a football game which beats the team of Hartford College. 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(duì)而慶祝，蘇比擾亂治安的夢想又一次破滅了。Disorderly conduct In a cigar store Soapy sees a well-dressed man lighting a cigar. Then Soapy steals his umbrella which sets by the door and

12、insults（侮辱）him. Unexpectedly, it is also not his umbrella and he is a thief, too. So he dares not to call the cop. But the cop just supports the woman with golden hair in evening dress across the street instead of arresting Soapy. 在雪茄煙店前，蘇比拿走了一位衣冠楚楚的人的傘還侮辱他，想以此被警察抓走，不料原來傘的主人竟然也是一個(gè)小偷，他不敢報(bào)警。警察并沒有抓蘇比，而

13、是攙扶著一位穿晚禮服的金發(fā)高個(gè)女士過馬路。Petty theft 正當(dāng)他聽到教堂的贊美詩，決定重新做人時(shí)，卻被莫名其妙地逮捕了，并被判進(jìn)他夢寐以求的監(jiān)獄三個(gè)月。 Finally, he pauses in front of a church, where an anthem inspires him to clean up his life. Unfortunately, he is ironically charged for loitering and sentenced to three months in prison. Surprise ending Admittedly, opportunity waits for no man. It is not passive, and it will not wait for you to consider and analyze whether you should do, and then decide to do it. Therefore, it is no use regretting late in life to say: I should have seized it.“ Bear in mind that an oppo