文档介绍：The Book Report
The Cop and the Anthem
By
《警察和赞美诗》
About the Author
Pen name : O. Henry
Primitive name : William Sidney Porter
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina
Nationality: America
Occupation: Writer
Characteristics of his works: careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings
Works: 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 Reformation
Summary
A New York City hobo(流浪汉) named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so 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(破坏行为), disorderly conduct(扰乱治安行为), and “mashing” with a young prostitute(***女), Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police. Disconsolately(愁闷地), he pauses in front of a church, where an anthem inspires him to clean up his life — and is ironically(讽刺地) charged for loitering(流浪罪) and sentenced to three months in prison.
Clues
1. 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 doesn’t work.
3. Soapy decides to clean up his life after hearing an anthem. But alas, 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 waiter’s eyes fall upon Soapy‘s threadbare(衣衫褴褛)clothes, so he refuses to serve him and pushes him to the sidewalk.
苏比看见一所高级餐馆,刚迈进餐馆的门。服务生领班的目光就落到他的旧裤子和破皮鞋上,然后就把他推到人行道上去了。
Daydreaming
A fashion and gentle woman is gazing at the goods in the shop window. Then soapy tries to molest(调戏) 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, because she is a prostitute. So soapy dumps her at the next corner.
商店橱台前,一位衣着打扮时髦的文雅娴静的女子在看商品。苏比打算以一个好色之徒的身