ON METAPHOR IN THE COP AND THE ANTHEM
the cop and the anthem
幽默 一 ：讽刺
• 对监狱生活癿向往和愿望破灭以后癿失落 • 向往：desirable(desire) • 失落：gloom 对于苏比来说，进入监狱（被捕）是他梦寐以求癿事，而 每当愿望落空时，他癿心情就无比失落。让人啼笑皀非。 作者用了一种轻松幽默癿笔调描写了苏比这个流浪汉为达 到自己可笑癿目癿而作出癿可笑癿尝试。主人公这种荒唐 癿愿望，是对畸形社会癿严厉谴责，极具讽刺意味。
• 作者构思了一个流浪汉设法让自己被捕入狱过冬癿故事。 故事情节明暗交错，虚实结合，作者极尽扑朔迷离癿情节 铺垫，把矛盾癿焦点集中在期盼入狱癿心理和愿望癿落空 上，悬念迭起。情节始终以“事与愿违”作为枢纽，这种 反巧合癿运用，使情节起伏多变，而整个结构又浑然一体。
追求“警察” , 警察不理他。 追求“赞美诗” , 被捕入狱。
用词一： 动词
• He danced, howled, raved and otherwise disturbed the welkin.（page12，para2） • 一连串癿劢词，特别地生劢，有画面感。 • 他又是跳，又是吼，又是骂，用尽了办法大吵大闹。 • 译文中，用一个字癿劢词，显得凝练，并且增加了三个 “又是”，语意更加连贯。
Figure of Speech in The Cop and the Anthem
欧亨利作品浅析.英语版
ContentChapter1 Introduction (4)Chapter 2 O. Henry ‘s article style--humor (4)2.1 O. Henry ‘s article style (4)Chapter3 Unique O-style ending method (5)3.1 Improbable Coincidence (The Gift of the Magi) (5)Chapter4 The Main Theme of O’Henry’s Works (6)Chapter 5 Conclusion (7)References (8)A Brief Review on O’Henry’s Works摘要：欧.亨利，原名威廉.西德尼.波特,20世纪美国著名小说家，美国短篇小说创始人。
被誉为世界上三大著名小说巨匠，与法国的莫泊桑，俄国的契诃夫齐名。
他少年时曾一心想当画家，婚后在妻子的鼓励下开始写作。
后再银行供职时出现账目问题而入狱，在服刑期间认真写作，并以“欧.亨利”为笔名发表了大量短篇小说。
他的作品情节细腻。
语言诙谐，结局往往出人意料。
出人意料但却符合逻辑的故事结尾以及不拘一格文风在作品中最具亮点给读者留下深刻印象。
而本论文的主要围绕他的著作，如《麦琪的礼物》，《最后一片叶子》，《警察与赞美诗》，分析其故事结尾与语言风格如何达到预想的效果和如何让作者的思想在作品中得到体现。
关键词：文风，欧.亨利式结尾,人性，社会现实Abstract:O. Henry, one of the three most famous short-story writers in the world, enjoys equal status with Chekhov and Maupassant. Exquisite plot, wry humor and twist ending dominate his works. Those surprising but logical endings and article’s style are the most brilliant in all of the highlights. This thesis mainly analyses O. Henry’s surprising but logical endings and style of his famous works such as The Gift of the Magi , The Last Leaf an and The Cop and the Anthem.These O. Henry-style endings impress readers ,and at the same time ,help him express his ideas completely and vividly.So this thesis mainly analyses how O.Henry set the plot to achieve the desired ending effect,and how the twist ending help idea-expression.Key Words: artistic styles, O. Henry-style ending, humanity; social realityChapter1 IntroductionO·Henry is commonly associated with the short story and the masterful ironic “O·Henry Twist”. A prolific writer, O·Henry wrote most often about New York City, where he spent his later years, He has been called “the American De Maupassant”.Years of hardships, vagrancy and prison supplied O·Henry with abundant material for writing. The tragedy in his own life —the bad luck that seemed to bind him —had taught him a chivalrous tenderness for the unlucky, a sympathetic understanding of the underdogs, and this compassion of his is evident in most of his short stories. O·Henry’s stories about New York City —the best of which are included in The Four Million—are his most famous. His works in.The Four Billionaire full of humor. His stories are amusing, flippant, flat and filled with irony and sentiment. Drawing directly on his experiences, he combined realism with a world of his own. Commonly recurring themes in O·Henry’s short stories are those of deception, mistaken identity, the effect of coincidence, the inexorable nature of fate, and the resolution of seemingly insurmountable difficulties separating two love it.Over recent hundreds of years, works of O·Henry’s have been published for several editions, and always attracting a great number of readers. O·Henry‟s writing is seen as straightforward and simple, written in plain language. His stories may rely on a sameness of plot, but the sharp, unexpected twist at the end is still his distinctive trademark today.(田2005:5)As readers, we like O·Henry’s stories very much because we can get much fun from them. Lively characters, humorous style, and the surprising ending which leave us endless thinking, are the main factors to attract and strike us.Chapter 2 O. Henry ‘s article style--humor2.1 O. Henry ‘s article styleO. Henry good at describing the United States in particular people living in New York. His novel, witty language, the result is often surprising; because of the many descriptions of the characters and full of life, as the "Encyclopedia of American life with humor." There are representative collection of short stories, "King and cabbage", "4,000,000" and "the fate of the road." Some of the famous, such as "love at the expense" and "Police and the Hymn," "rent furnished rooms" and "The Gift of the Magi" and "the last piece of rattan leaf" to make his reputation in the world.He is a writer with a unique style, humorous works, humorous wit, vivid descriptions, concise text. Vivid description of things from the profound understanding and extensive knowledge. He was good to observe things and the accumulation of knowledge. Good at capturing life Ironically, while the wealth to the philosophy of the dramatic scenes from the grasp of the subtle characteristics of the image using the language Painted, so that the people of flesh and blood, into the Xu-xu Health.2.2 HumorO. Henry once wrote: "the nature of my jokes is amiable, irony, and never make someone angry." This is his opinion of his humor, his satire, but again not ironic.he is on the basis of goodwill, and often contain the true meaning of life in accessible short stories . And another effect is that this kind of humor played down the tragic role, so readers are more likely to accept. In addition to the humorous irony, O. Henry is good at capturing the ironic and aboundin life philosophy of dramatic scene, with the characteristics of writing outline of cartoon characters, the plot of the chrono set at the same time, the ending with unexpected knot,All this make readers in dismay want to find the deep connotation of the story, make the reader have to exclamation story of fair and reasonable, idea of exquisite. In addition to unxepecting ending ,the sequence in the novel text became O. Henry another feature of the nove.In O’Henry’s short story “The Cop and the Anthem”, he ma kes use of the vocabulary mistake and hyperbole not only endowing figures with fresh image but also obtaining definite humorous effect. It’s a concrete display of the comedic writing style and at the same time it hints at the tragic fate of the protagonist.There is such a paragraph in the article:But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant d o o r the head waiter’s eye fell upon his frayed trousers and decadent shoes. Strong and ready hands turned him a b o u t and conveyed him in silence and haste to the sidewalk and averted the ignoble fate of the menaced mallard.Soapy’s f irst “long for being arrested” plan i s to eat extravagantly in a luxurious restaurant—“a roast duck is almost enough!” But as he sets foot inside the restaurant door, the head waiter’s eye falls upon h i s“decadent shoes”. Decadent is always used to d e s c r i b e life style or consciousness concept. The author uses it to describe Soapy’s broken shoes and exaggerates the actuality of that broken shoe to a laughable extent. Then the author also uses the humorous remarks “turn round that r o a s t duck’s nearly being killed fate “to indicate Soapy’s hope “to eat gratis is vanished.”Chapter3 Unique O-style ending methodO. Henry's trademark is the surprising ending that each of his stories contains. He sets a story moving in one direction, and just when the reader is convinced of the general direction of the narrative, the story will be completely reversed.This kind of expected but reasonable ending which called O.Henry’s ending may be a litt le sorrowful but it still gives the readers some hope,which is so-called “O.Henry’s humor(smile with tears)”And if we look back to the total story, the ending seems logical and plausible. As a “plot-maker”, and designer of incident, he is an amazing geniu s. No one can do better than him to holds the reader in “suspense”More than that, the reader scarcely knows that he is suspended until the very close of the story. Just as turns on the lights and the whole tale is revealed in its entirety. He uses this device of dramatic and humorous effect in the short story collection The Four Million which including “The Gift of the Magi ”, and “The Cop and the Anthem”“the Service of Love”“The last Leaf.”He often stresses on something important but not the most importan t in his works.The most important part always seems to write incidentally,which been the most circumscriptive reader may if more it.When the stories end in a totally unexpected but reasonable way ,we can do nothing but cheer for O.Henry’s literary talent.3.1 Improbable Coincidence (The Gift of the Magi)The novel“The Gift of the Magi” is about a young couple that is short of money but desperately wants to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unknown to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy platinum as the chain for Jim's watch; unknown to Della, Jim sells his most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair. In the end ,both gifts became useless——short-haired Della got a comb andJim got a chain for an already-sold watch. What a surprising coincidence! However, when we look back, we can find that O.Henry had already given us some suggestions.”Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair.” This description is related to how they got the money for gifts and what they bought for each other. The author used a casual and vague tone deliberately so that few people would think over its meaning before seeing the ending. So the ending turns out to be unexpected but reasonable.This coincidence is filled with complex emotions. People feel touched by the long lasting true love between the young couple and at the same time ,pity for them for their “unwise” gifts and their cruel bitter life.Though confronted with cruel reality and dull daily routine, Della and Jim can never change their eagerness toward love. To them the most valuable material possession is so slight and insignificant ,when compared with the spiritual possession of love romance.Perhaps the gifts were "unwise" as the author says, but, as he further writes, "let it be said that of all who give gifts, these two were the wisest.”In Th e Gift of the Magi , we feel so pity that Della has her precious long hair cut. But to our surprise ,Jim has sold the watch to buy the jeweled tortoise-shell combs for her wife’s hair. O.Henry does not end on the note of irony and surprise but gives to what he calls his uneventful coincidence of two foolish children the appearance of a little parable with a significant meaning. The magi , he reminds the reader ,were wise men who brought gifts to the Christ child. As for Jim and Della, the are the magi. This is the ending of the story with O.Henry’s own style.Chapter4 The Main Theme of O’Henry’s WorksIn his works, O.Henry presents the panorama of the American people to readers with ironic and humorous tone. O.Henry is sympathetic with the poor; he praises the human virtues and denounces human defeats. Humanity, as the eternal theme of O.Henry’s works, endows his works with perpetual artistic charm. Human being has many virtues from ancient times to the present. They are kind, brave, honest, hard-working, polite, thrifty, generous, and hospitable and so on. Some people pay a great deal in order to maintain these virtues, they sacrifice their own happiness even life for the lofty love and friendship; they help others without asking for rewards and regard it as a pleasure; they give up their own treasure and chance to others etc. Such people bring love and fine things to the world; they are the ones who endow the world with light and hope.Human beings have many defects, too. Sometimes t h e y are lazy, rapacious, gluttonous, officious, vain, arrogant, shameless, cowardly, impetuous etc. They benefit themselves at the expense of others, they never show mercy and sympathy to the poor in order to make money, they realize their own aims by hook or by crook etc. Their evil deeds make the world vicious. By exposing the human defects and the dark sides of the world, O.Henry wants to awaken p e o p l e’s conscience and deepest desire for all good things, so that people can use their efforts to save and cleanse the whole world.O. Henry creates a short stories which he could dominate the world , and the world as a whole is with light grey. O. Henry won't go to describe the upper-class life :a luxury and dissipation life.In contrary, he makes his writing focuse on a nobody wholives in the small world.From this world , O. Henry have created the world according to his own idea, in which expresses his sympathy as well as hate, reveals a "law of the jungle" in a capitalist society orthe rule of "the great fish eat the small one". All this, we can visit O. Henry's world from the point of O. Henry's works .Besides social deformities, O. Henry didn't forget to find a unique legend in that society. In a corner of the world, there are blooming love, friendship, lofty flowers with a spirit of sacrifice , beautiful soul and divine emotion interweaves the bright side of another society. This is mainly can be found in the part of his representative works. In The Gift of the Magi ,husband and wife be able to give up the things they proud - long hair and watch, for the Christmas gifts. Although ultimately failed to achieve, but the flower of love is brightly blossoming.For example:But on an unusually quiet corner Soapy came to a standstill. Here was an old church, quaint and rambling and gabled. Through one violet-stained window a soft light glowed, where, no doubt, the organist loitered over the keys, making sure of his mastery of the coming Sabbath anthem. For there drifted out to Soapy’s ears sweet music tha t caught and held him transfixed against the convolutions of the iron fench.<The Cop and the Anthem> The hymn of music brought homeless to restart the courage of life, which reflects the virtuous sideof societyChapter 5 ConclusionTotally speaking, in O. Henry’s works, the events of some short stories are arranged in the specific order which exceed reader’s normal expectation to the arrangement of those events in his works, make the ending unpredictable and strange. O. Henry deliberately designs the little tricks with words, for he is a master of language and not its slave. These unexpected but reasonable endings, in many conditions ,are the mos t remarkable parts in the novel. They also engage something profound in the human psyche and reflect social reality in that age . device that would become identified with his name. Wit, irony, cleverness, individuality and local color are also traditional earmarks of the typical O’Henry story. In addition, his warmth of human understanding and sympathy with the “underdog” give many of his stories poignancy. In memory of his great contribution to American literature, American literary circles set up Henry Award in 1918.References[1] Medrick, Fred. An introduction to American literature[M]. Henan University Press, 1985[2] Hudson, Long. O Henry The Man and His Work[C]. New Y ork:Russell and Russell, 1969[3] O, Henry, Heart of the West[M]. New Y ork: McClure, 1907[4] O, Henry, The Four Million[M]. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company. 1906[5] O, Henry, 欧亨利短篇小说[6] 李国宁欧亨利式结尾的艺术魅力[7] 赵书颖“含泪的笑”与“含笑的泪”浅析欧•亨利的主题[8] 赵丽，黄春妮欧亨利作品导读[M]. 武汉武汉大学出版社2003 P3[9] 欧亨利四百万[M]. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1988。
The Cop and the Anthem翻译赏析与对比
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down at his feet.
脚。但他从不告发我，从来 不提镜子、用胡桃射狗其实
But he never told
都是我的鬼主意。P04
翻译分析
The Kite Runner 第一、二章
是整个故事的开端，介绍了故事发 生的背景，以及主要人物的身世
The Kite Runner
V1：追风筝的人
V2：追风筝的孩子
我们认为，译作追风筝的人更为合适。“追风筝”是作 为本书的线索贯穿全文，虽然这个事件是发生在本书主 人公儿童时代的事情，但是，从后面的情节可以得知， 正是因为“风筝”导致主人公背叛、并抛弃了自己儿时 的好友，导致了后来一系列悲剧的发生，主人公长大成 人后，回到阿富汗以向心中永恒的遗憾求得救赎，而这 则替代了前面“风筝”这个具体的意象，成为主人公再 次追寻的目标。V2译作“追风筝的孩子”则是将重点 放在主人公儿时的活动和记忆上，略显片面。
V1:但更主要的是， 这些欺辱对他来说毫 不见效
squat: short and wide
or fat, in a way that is not attractive矮而宽的； 矮胖的【牛津高阶英汉 双解词典】P1953
V1:他又矮又胖，头发 剃得很短，脸上还有黑 乎乎的胡茬。
V2:他是個矮胖的人， 理平頭，臉上有黑色的 鬍渣
V1对原文的翻译显得生动形象，使读者能轻易想象出那 人的外貌。
从字面上我们就能感觉到V1是遵照了原文的。V2 把它意译为惦念，不如心为母亲感到疼痛更能引 起读者的共鸣。
新标准大学英语(第二版)综合教程2 Unit 4 A篇练习答案及课文翻译
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Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. The vicinity was one that kept early hours. Now and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or of an all-night lunch counter; but the majority of the doors belonged to business places that had long since been closed.
Warming Up
In The Ransom of Red Chief, two men kidnap a boy of ten. The boy turns out to be so bratty and obnoxious that the desperate men ultimately pay the boy’s father $250 to take him back. The pattern of “The Ransom of Red Chief” is suggested by the first sentence of the story: “It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you.” The story is essentially ironic; in a series of comic reversals, the expected event is replaced by its opposite.
The Cop And The Anthen
The Cop And The AnthemFrom O. Henry’s most famous collection, The Four Million, we present a story entitled The Cop and the Anthem.NarratorCopSoapyGirl (Sally Miller)WaitressManager (of the restaurant)ManJudgeChoirNarrator: Why he was called “Soapy” nobody knew. It couldn’t have been because of the soap he used, for he didn’t use any at all. Now Soapy had a life he liked very much; he did exactly as he pleased and it pleased him to do nothing. Such a life was fine during spring, summer and autumn, but not so good in the winter. When November arrived, Soapy always disappeared. Many New Yorkers do this. They go to Florida and pay a lot of money to live where it is warm. Not Soapy. He had the warmth of Florida and three meals a day without paying one cent. His plan was a very simple one: he broke the law. He always made sure it was a law that would put him in jail for three months--no more, no less. Last autumn, when nights got too cold to sleep in the park, Soapy realized it was time to make arrangements for his annual winter trip. He knew exactly what he had to da. He walked over to Fifth Avenue and stopped in front of a big department store. From his pocket he took a stone and sent it crashing through one of the plate glass windows. Then he stood calmly by the window, waiting. Suddenly a policeman came running around the corner…SCENE 1Cop: What was that? Who broke that window? Soapy: I did.Cop: What? You? You broke the window?Soapy:Don’t you hear well, Officer? I just admitted that I did.Cop: I heard you all right.Soapy: Perhaps you doubt that I had anything to do with it, although it is obvious that I am the only person here. Do you see anyone else?Cop: Don’t get fresh with me! What do you think I am? Soapy: I think you’re a cop and that you should arrest me. I’m the one who broke the window.Cop: Listen! If you’d broken it you wouldn’t be standing here now. Get out of my way. I’ve got to find the person who really broke it.Soapy: But I tell you, I did it! I did it! (to himself) It’s no use. He’s gone. I guess I’ll have to try something else if I want to get arrested.(Soapy continued walking down Fifth Avenue. Soon he came to walk up to a young lady who was looking at oneof the displays.)Soapy: (to himself) There’s a cop looking this way. Excellent! (aloud) Good afternoon. Young lady. How would you like to join me for a nice cup of coffee? Girl: What? Are you talking to me?Soapy: Yes, my dear. I’m talking to you. Let’s go to that cafe over there and have some coffee.Girl: Coffee? With you?Soapy: That’s what I said.Girl: How nice! I’d love to!Soapy: You would?Girl: I was just thinking I’d like some coffee. My name is Sally—Sally Miller, from Pittsburgh. I came to New York to look for work and I don’t know anyone here. You’re the first person to say a kind word to me. I really appreciate it.( Poor Soapy! His second plan failed too. By now it was noon. He was near a restaurent so he decided to have lunch. The waitress hesitated as she looked at Soapy’s clothes. Then she led him to a table in the corner.)SCENE 2Waitress: Here’s an empty table, sir.Soapy: Not a very good location, but it will do. Waitress: Here’s the menu. I’ll be right back to take your order.Soapy: Fine. (to himself) Let’s see. I may as well have a good meal. I’m not going to pay for it anyway. There are some delicious things to choose from-raost beef, baked ham, fried chicken and broiled salmon. I must be sure to leave room for dessert. Good! There’s apple pie. Well, whatever happens, I intend to eat well today. Waitress: All right, sir. I’ll take your order now. What will you have?Soapy: First I’d like a bowl of vegetable soup. For the main course I’ll have a T-bone steak with French-fried potatoes.Waitress: How do you want the steak?Soapy: Medium rare, please. Not well-done. Waitress: You have a choice of a second vegetable. Soapy: Green beans. No, change that to asparagus. Waitress: Do you want a salad?Soapy: Yes. A lettuce and tomato salad with Russian dressing.Waitress: Coffee with the meal?Soapy: No, later. I’ll have coffee with dessert. Waitress: Excuse me, but this is a rather big meal and I…well, that is…Soapy: Yes, Miss?Waitress: What I mean is… do you have enough money to pay for all this?Soapy: I beg your pardon! Is it the custom in this restaurent to ask such questions?Waitress: I’m sorry, sir.Soapy: I have a good mind to call the manager. I’ve never been so insulted in my life!Waitress: Please forgive me, sir. I’ll bring your soup right away.(Soapy had an excellent lunch. The best meal he’d had in months. After he’d finished, he ordered an expensive cigar and sat back to enjoy it.)Waitress: Was everything all right, sir?Soapy: The food was delicious. Perhaps the steak could have been a bit more tender, but other than that I haveno complaints.Waitress: I’m glad you enjoyed it. Here’s your bill, sir. Soapy: Oh yes, my bill. How much was it? Waitress: Six dollars and forty-five cents.Soapy: Let me see. Yes, everything seems to be in order. Now, Miss, would you call the manager, please? Waitress: Oh, sir! If it’s about what I asked when you ordered the meal, he’ll fire me for sure.Soapy: It has nothing to do with you. Now please call him.Waitress: Yes, sir.Soapy: (to himself) Certainly this will work. The manager will call a policeman and have me arrested when I tell him I can’t pay.Manager: The waitress said you wanted to see me. What can I do for you?Soapy: That is a question for you to answer. I’ve just had a lunch that cost six dollars and forty-five cents. It was delicious—the best lunch I’ve had in several months. Manager: Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Soapy: Now about the cost of this meal. I’ve checked the bill and everything is in order. However, I must nowinform you that I don’t have six dollars and forty-five cents. I suggest you call a policeman and have me arrested.Manager: I see. Will you come with me, please? Soapy:Of course. I appreciate that you don’t like to have the police arresting customers right here in the restaurant. Very bad for business.Manager: You’re quite right. Well, here we are. Soapy: But I don’t understand. This is the kitchen! Manager: You have excellent eyesight. You will also observe a big pile of dirty dishes. Now, I suggest you take off your coat and roll up your sleeves. You don’t want to get them wet.Soapy: But I told you to call a cop and have me arrested.Manager: I’ll handle the situation in my own way. Now get to work. And don’t stop until you’ve washed every one of those dishes!(Three hours later, exhausted from washing so many dishes, Soapy returned to the street again. Night had fallen. It was dark.)Soapy: Well, at least I had a good lunch. But what can Ido now? All I want is to go to jail. It’s never been this difficult before.(Soapy walked slowly down the street. As he passed a cigar store he noticed a man buying cigarettes. In order to take out his money the man had to put down his umbrella. Soapy entered the store and picked up the umbrella.)SCENE 3Man: Hey! That’s my umbrella you’re taking. Soapy: Oh, is it? Why don’t you call a cop then? There’s one on the corner. Go ahead. Call him. I’ll just tell him the umbrella is mine.Man: Well, as a matter of fact, I could be mistaken. Maybe the umbrella is yours. I picked it up in a cafe this morning. By mistake, of course, if youo recognize it, though, please take it.Soapy: I intend to.Man: Please don’t call a cop, though. I really didn’t know I was taking the wrong umbrella. I tell you it looks exactly like mine.(Soapy was desperate. He could no longer sleep in Central Park. The nights were too cold. He decided that this year it would be impossible to get into the jail, no matter how he tried. He wandered along the street until at last he found himself standing in front of a church. From inside came the sound of music. The choir was practicing a song for the following Sunday.)Soapy: Such beautiful singing. It makes me forget all my problems. What is the name of the antherm? We often sang it in church when I was a boy. It brings back such wonderful memories. How different my life was then. Where did I go wrong? What did I do to let myself sink so low? Once I showed great promise, but looke at me now? My only ambition is to get into jail. Well, I’ve got to change. I’m not an old man. There’s still time to begin a new life. Only last week I was offered a job as a truck driver. I’m sure I can still have the job if I want it. I’ll go see about it tomorrow morning. What a change has suddenly come over me! And all because of a choir singing a religious song.Cop: Hey you!Soapy: Me?Cop: Yes, you! What are you doing standing outside this church?Soapy: Nothing. Just listening to the antherm the choir is practicing.Cop: Listening to the anthem? Now I’ve heard everything.Soapy: I was walking by the church when I heard this song that we used to sing when I was a boy. I stopped to listen. That’s all.Cop: Oh,sure. Well, you’d better come with me. The judge will be very interested in your story.Soapy: It’s not a crime to listen to music, is it? Cop: No, not at all. If that’s all it is. But there have been some serious crime in this neighborhood lately. Say! Didn’t I see you earlier today? Of course! You’re the one who was standing near that broken window on Fifth Avenue. I think you broke it after all. Come with me. Soapy: But officer!Cop: Save your explanation for the judge. Come on. (Soapy, quite confused, followed the policeman, who took him to the night court.)SCENE 6Judge: All right. Next case.Cop: Your honor, I found this man outside St. Andrew’s Church an hour ago. He said he was listening to the choir. But there’s more to it than that. He’s the same man I found in front of a broken window on Fifth Avenue this morning.Judge: Does the accused have anything to say for himself?Soapy: Well, Your Honor, everything the officer says is true and I did break that window, there is nothing more to say. Prepare to spend the next three months in jail.。
The Cop and the Anthem 警察与赞美诗 欧亨利
It is the most remarkable characteristic of O. Henry’s short stories. The readers are often suspended and they scarcely know they are suspended until they come to the very close to the story.
The Cop and the Anthem
O. Henry
O. Henry
1862-1910
William Sidney Porter
• The Harrells, with whom Porter stayed in Austin,
had a cat named Henry that Porter would Play with. The cat would come running when Porter would shout “Oh, Henry!” • William Trevor writes that when Porter was in the Ohio State Penitentiary "there was a prison guard named Orrin Henry, whom William Sydney Porter . . . immortalized as O. Henry". • The writer and scholar Guy Davenport offers another explanation: "The pseudonym that he began to write under in prison is constructed from the first two letters of Ohio and the second and last two of penitentiary."
欧.亨利(O.HERRY) --The Cop and the Anthem
The Cop and the AnthemSoapy moved uneasily on his bench In Madison square. it was a sign that winter was coming. A dead leaf fell onto Soapy‟s lap. Soapy‟s mind became heavy with thought of preparation for the coming season.Soapy did not aim very high with his plan for hibernation. He did not dream of Mediterranean cruises or going to the vesuvian bay. All he wanted was three month of peace and quiet, safe from cold winds and bluecoatsSoapy spent many winters on black-week‟s island. Just as his more fortunate fellow New Yorkers had bought their tickets to palm beach and the Riviera each winter , so soapy jad made his humble arrangements for his annual hegira to the island. And now the time had come. On the previous night, his usual duvet of newspapers had failed to keep him warm when he slept on his bench.There were many institutions in the city where he could find lodging and food in the name of charity. But soapy was too proud to receive the gifts of charity. He did not enjoy having to discuss his situation and private affairs with strangers. In Soapy‟s mind, being a guest of the law was a much better option, because a gentleman‟s private affairs would be left alone.Soapy, having decided to go to the island, set about accomplishinghis goal immediately. There were many easy ways of doing this. The best way was to dine luxuriously at some expensive restaurant, not pay the bill, and be handed over quietly to a policeman. A judge would the rest.Soapy left his bench and walked out of the square. Then he walked across the level sea of asphalt where Broadway meets with Fifth Avenue. He walked up Broadway and stopped at a glittering restaurant.Soapy was cleanly shaven and his coat was decent and clean. But he was dirty from the waist down. All he needed to do now was to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected.“T hen I would order a roasted mallard duck with a bottle of Chabis and a cigar, Soapy said to himself. “A one-dollar cigar would be enough. ”The important thing was to make sure that the total was not too high. The meal needed to be enough to keep him full for his journey to the Island, but not enough to make the restaurant employees too angry.But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, a waiter …s eye fell upon his dirty trousers and shoes. Soapy was thrown out immediately. Soapy needed to come up with a different plan.At a corner of and dashed it through a show window. People camerunning around the corner, followed by a policeman. Soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets and smiled at the policeman. “Who broke the shop window?” asked the policeman.“It was me，”said Soapy, still smiling.The policeman ignored Soapy completely. Men who smash windows do not stay around to turn themselves tn. They run. The policeman saw a man halfway down the block running to catch a taxi. The policeman drew his club and ran after him.On the opposite side of the street was a cheap restaurant. Soapy went inside and sat down at a table without being challenged. He ate beefsteak, pancakes, doughnuts and pie. And then he called a waiter and told him that he had no money.“Now, go ahead and call a cop,” said Soapy.“We don‟t need to call a cop for you,” said the waiter.The waiter called anther waiter. They were both big and strong. Together they lifted Soapy and threw him onto the pavement. Arrest felt like an impossible dream to Soapy.Soapy walked for another five blocks. Women in furs and menin coats moved happily in the wintry air. Soapy was worried. He feared that some strange spell had made him immune to arrest. Soapy panicked a little. That‟s when he noticed a policeman standing in front of a theater. Soapy decided to show the policeman some“disorderly conduct.”On the sidewalk, Soapy began to scream drunken gibberish at the top of his lungs. He danced and screamed as best as he could.To Soapy‟s surprise, the policeman turned his back to him and walked up to a passerby.“he must be one of them Yale lads,” the policeman said . “They‟re always getting drunk at this time of year. They‟re noisy, but they mean no harm. We‟ve been told to leave them alone.”Spoapy stopped dancing and screaming.“Will no policeman arrest me, ever?” Soapy said to himself. In his mind, the Island seemed like a fairy tale kingdom. The wind was getting colder. he buttoned up his thin coat.Soapy saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar inside a cigar store. He had set his silk umbrella by the door on entering. Soapy stepped inside, took the umbrella, and walked off with it slowly. The man quickly followed Soapy.“that‟s my umbrella,” the man said quietly.“Oh, really?” said Soapy. “Well, why don‟t you call a policeman?I took your umbrella! Why don‟t you call a cop? There‟s one, right there.” Soapy pointed to a policeman nearby.The policeman looked at the two men cyriously. The umbrella man seemed somewhat surprised by the appearance of thepoliceman.“I think I might have made a mistake,”he said. “if that‟s your umbrella, I hope you‟ll excuse me. I found it this morning in a restaurant. If it‟s yours, I apologize.”“O f course it‟s mine,” said Soapy.The umbrella man walked away. The policeman ran to help an elderly woman cross the street car that was approaching two blocks away.Soapy walked away with a sad face. He threw the umbrella angrily on the floor and muttered bitterly to himself. After some time, Soapy reached one of the avenues to the east. He turned his face toward Madison Square. It was strange how the homing instinct survives even when the home is a park bench.But on an unusually quiet corner, Soapy came to a standstill. There was a very old church. A soft light glowed through a violet-stained window. Soapy could hear the organist playing a hymn. The sweet music caught and held Soapy. He stood against the iron gates of the church with his eyes closed. He listened to the music without even flinching.The moon was high above. There were only a few vehicles and pedestrians in the streets. Sparrows twittered sleepily in the trees. For a little while, the scene might have been a country churchyard.And the anthem that the organist was playing held Soapy still against the iron gates. In the days when Soapy‟s life had such things as a mother and roses and ambitions and friends, he had known music. Soapy‟s mind became clearer. That, with the influence of the old church, brought about a sudden and wonderful change in his soul. He now realize how far he had fallen. He looked back on the days he had wasted away. He had wasted many days pursuing unworthy desires and dead hopes. It was time for a change.Soapy‟s heart responded thrillingly to this novel mood. An immediate and strong impulse moved him. He decide to fight and overcome his poor fate.“I‟m going to pull myself out of this hole,” he thought. “I‟m going to make a man of myself again. I will conquer the evil that has possessed me for so long.There was tome. Soapy was still relatively young. He could still resurrect his old eager ambitions and pursue them successfully. Those solemn but sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in him “Tomorrow I‟ll go into the roaring downtown district, he said. “There, I‟ll find work.”A fur importer had once offered him a job as driver. Soapy would find him tomorrow and ask for the position. He would be somebody in the world again.Just then, Soapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.“What are you doing here?” asked the policeman. “Nothing,” said Soapy.“Then come with me,” said the policeman.“ Three months on the Island,” said a judge in the Police Court the next morning.。
The Cop and the Anthem译文
警察与赞美诗The Cop and the Anthem欧·亨利O·Henry 索比急躁不安地躺在麦迪逊广场的长凳上，辗转反侧。
每当雁群在夜空中引颈高歌，缺少海豹皮衣的女人对丈夫加倍的温存亲热，索比在街心公园的长凳上焦躁不安、翻来复去的时候，人们就明白，冬天已近在咫尺了。
一片枯叶落在索比的大腿上，那是杰克·弗洛斯特①的卡片。
杰克对麦迪逊广场的常住居民非常客气，每年来临之先，总要打一声招呼。
在十字街头，他把名片交给“户外大厦”的信使“北风”，好让住户们有个准备。
索比意识到，该是自己下决心的时候了，马上组织单人财务委员会，以便抵御即将临近的严寒，因此，他急躁不安地在长凳上辗转反侧。
索比越冬的抱负并不算最高，他不想在地中海巡游，也不想到南方去晒令人昏睡的太阳，更没想过到维苏威海湾漂泊。
他梦寐以求的只要在岛上待三个月就足够了。
整整三个月，有饭吃，有床睡，还有志趣相投的伙伴，而且不受“北风”和警察的侵扰。
对索比而言，这就是日思夜想的最大愿望。
多年来，好客的布莱克韦尔岛②的监狱一直是索比冬天的寓所。
正像福气比他好的纽约人每年冬天买票去棕榈滩③和里维埃拉④一样，索比也要为一年一度逃奔岛上作些必要的安排。
现在又到时候了。
昨天晚上，他睡在古老广场上喷水池旁的长凳上，用三张星期日的报纸分别垫在上衣里、包着脚踝、盖住大腿，也没能抵挡住严寒的袭击。
因此，在他的脑袋里，岛子的影象又即时而鲜明地浮现出来。
他诅咒那些以慈善名义对城镇穷苦人所设的布施。
在索比眼里，法律比救济更为宽厚。
他可以去的地方不少，有市政办的、救济机关办的各式各样的组织，他都可以去混吃、混住，勉强度日，但接受施舍，对索比这样一位灵魂高傲的人来讲，是一种不可忍受的折磨。
从慈善机构的手里接受任何一点好处，钱固然不必付，但你必须遭受精神上的屈辱来作为回报。
正如恺撒对待布鲁图一样⑤，凡事有利必有弊，要睡上慈善机构的床，先得让人押去洗个澡；要吃施舍的一片面包，得先交待清楚个人的来历和隐私。
The Cop And The Anthem
作品简介
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
流浪汉苏比在冬天来临之际，想方设 法到监狱过冬，他六次犯事，为非作歹， 可是都没有如愿，正当他听到教堂赞美诗， 决定重新做人时，却被莫名其妙逮捕了， 小说的矛头直指当时美国社会，真实的反 映了不明是非，颠倒黑白的社会的现实。
"No cop for you," said the waiter. "Hey!" In a moment Soapy found himself lying upon his left ear on the pavement. He arose with difficulty, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed a rosy dream. The Island seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drug store two doors away laughed and walked down the street. Soapy seemed to liberty. After another unsuccessful attempt to be arrested for persecution a young woman, Soapy went further toward the district of theatres. When he came upon a policeman standing in front of a glittering theatre, he caught at the straw of "disorderly conduct." On the sidewalk Soapy began to sing drunken songs at the top of his voice. He danced, howled, and otherwise disturbed the peace. The policeman turned his back to Soapy, and said to a citizen: "It is one of the Yale lads celebrating their football victory over the Hartford College. Noisy, but no harm. We have instructions not to arrest them." Sadly, Soapy stopped his useless singing and dancing. A sudden fear seized him. Was he immune to arrest? Would never a policeman lay hands on him? The Island seemed an unattainable Arcadia. He buttoned his thin coat against the north wind. In a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar. He had set his silk umbrella by the door, Soapy entered the store, took the umbrella, and went out with it slowly. The man with the cigar followed hastily. "My umbrella," he said. "Oh, is it?" said Soapy. "Well, why don't you call a policeman? I took it. Your umbrella! Why don't you call a cop? There stands one on the corner." The umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. The policeman looked at them curiously. "Of course," said the umbrella man, "that is - well, you know how these mistakes occur - I - if it's your umbrella I hope you'll excuse me - I picked it up this morning in a restaurant - if it is yours, why - I hope you'll -" "Of course it's mine," said Soapy. The ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to help a well-dressed woman across the street. Soapy walked eastward. He threw the umbrella angrily into a pit. He was angry with the men who wear helmets and carry clubs. Because he wanted to be arrested, they seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong. At last Soapy reached one of the avenues to the east where it was not so noisy. He went towards Madison Square, for the home instinct remains even when the home is a park bench. But on a quiet corner Soapy stopped before an old church. Through one window a soft light glowed, where, no doubt, the organist played a Sunday anthem. For there came to Soapy's ears sweet music that caught and held him at the iron fence. The moon was shining; cars and pedestrians were few; birds twittered sleepily under the roof. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends. The influence of the music and the old church produced a sudden and wonderful change in Soapy's soul. He saw with horror the pit into which he had fallen. He thought of his degraded days, dead hopes and wrecked faculties. And also in a moment a strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of this pit; he would make a man of himself again. There was time; he was young yet. Those sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would be somebody in the world. He would Soapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a policeman. "What are you doing here?" asked the policeman. "Nothing," said Soapy. "Then come along," said the policeman. "Three months on the Island," said the Magistrate in the Police Court the next morning.
The cop and the anthem警察和赞美诗
By O· Henry
Brief Introduction
Maupassant 莫泊桑
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
Chekhov 契科夫
O· Herny 欧· 亨利
Brief Introduction
《The Cop and the Anthem》 is one of the representative works of O. Henry. O. Henry's work was acclaimed as the "Encyclopedia of American life humor."
Brief Introduction
This novel describes a poor unemployed, homeless people. He wanted the prison to shelter himself, so he committed crime intentionally. But he met few troublemakers. So he failed to achieve his goal.
Black Humor
"Black Humor" is an American trend in contemporary literature. American writer, Bruce Jay Friedman believes that "black humor" is a black thing in the thoughts and feelings on things and the combination of humor: it is humorous, but contains a gloomy thing; it is desperate, but in the will laughter.
the cop and the anthem课文及翻译
The cop and the anthem课文及翻译The Cop and the Anthem警察和赞美诗by O. Henry欧·亨利著On his bench in Madison Square Soapy moved uneasily. When wild geese honk high of nights, and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their husbands, and when Soapy moves uneasily on his bench in the park, you may know that winter is near at hand.索丕躺在麦迪逊广场的长凳上辗转不安。
当大雁高声嘎叫的夜晚,当没有海豹皮外衣的女人去偎近自己的丈夫的时候,当索丕在公园里的长凳上不安地来回翻转的时候,你或许知道这是冬天是近在咫尺了。
A dead leaf fell in Soapy's lap. That was Jack Frost's card. Jack is kind to the regular denizens of Madison Square, and gives fair warning of his annual call. At the corners of four streets he hands his pasteboard to the North Wind, footman of the mansion of All Outdoors, so that the inhabitants thereof may make ready.一片枯叶子落在了索丕的大腿上。
那就是杰克-弗洛斯特的名片。
杰克对麦迪逊广场的普通居民都十分友好,并给他们以一年一度的友好问候。
欧亨利简介及评价 (中英双语)
欧·亨利与法国的莫泊桑、俄国的契诃夫并称为世界三大短篇小说巨匠。
近百年来，欧·亨利的小说在全世界一版再版，始终拥有大量的读者，足见其作品的生命力。
1918年，美国设立一年一度的“欧·亨利纪念奖”，专门奖励短篇小说的成就。
欧·亨利的名字早已和短篇小说的创作，和小人物的悲喜连在了一起。
他是一位高产的作家，一生中留下了一部长篇小说和近三百篇的短篇小说。
他的短篇小说构思精巧，风格独特，以表现美国中下层人民的生活、语言幽默、结局出人意料（即“欧·亨利式结尾”）而闻名于世。
正面欧·亨利的成功主要在于他善于捕捉和把握生活中的典型场面，在一个个生活的片断里，处于两难中的主人公必须面对抉择，这时不仅能集中刻画人物心理，也能充分展示生活中固有的矛盾。
再加上欧·亨利具有把情节剪裁得恰到好处的本领，因而能在很短的篇幅内达到一种思想与艺术相结合的完美效果，给人以强烈的印象，而这也正是短篇小说成功的关键。
反面有的外国评论家曾说过：“（欧·亨利的小说）不要真实性，没有道德意识，没有人生哲理。
”——不过这种说法被多数评论家所否定。
当时有人批评他的“欧·亨利式结尾”读多了就没意思。
——不过这种说法也被多数评论家所否定。
有人认为他的小说写的浅薄。
有人说：“在欧·亨利的所有小说中，找不出一个写得真实的人物。
”欧·亨利对自己的小说也不满意，一次他在给一位朋友的信中说过：“我是个失败的人。
我的小说究竟如何呢？老实说，我并不满意。
我就害怕人们说我是什么‘名作家’。
”O.Henry, with Maupassant and Chekhov['tʃekɔf], were honored as the three masters of short stories in the world. Again and again, his works were published all over the world, and were enjoyed by many readers, which showed its strong vitality [vaɪ'tælɪtɪ].O.Henry was a high-producing writer who left a novel and nearly three hundreds short stories. Writing at the rate of more than one story per week, O. Henry published ten collections of stories. In 1919 the O. Henry Memorial Awards for the best American short stories published each year were founded by the Society of Arts and Sciences.William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 –June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.When you read his book, you will find the ending is always unexpected. For example, in the book The Cop[kɒp] and the Anthemf['ænθəm]，the hero Souby wanted to live in the prison for a settled life, so he caused some troubles, entertaining the intention of drawing the policeman’s attention. But unfortunately, things didn’t happen as he had wished. Later, Souby read an anthem by chance and decided to be a good guy. When readers, even Souby himself, believed that he would start a new life from then on, a policeman, who had once been longing for by Souby, was appeared and took Souby into the curt.The ending is out of blue, but you will find it is also resonable. It was this unique character made O.Henry’s works distinctive.O.Henry designed the ending as the soul of the whole book. He was good at writing the story dramatically and preparing the hints hidden in the unromantic and humor narration.As to O.Henry’s writing style, there exist two different sides. Some people give positivecomments about his works: O.Henry succeed by his perspective. He was able to catch a typical scene of everyday life and wrote it vividly in a short story, which achieved an artistic charm.However, there are also some critics hold an opposite view, for they think that his works was a little shallow—even O.Henry himself agreed that. He once said to one of his friends:”I am not satisfied with my works, and I’m afraid about being named as a ‘famous writer’.”Although the critic is reasonable to a certain degree, it can not be denied that O.Henry was a greatful writer. His works satirized the unfairness in that age powerfully and still have an influence.。
The Cop and the Anthem翻译赏析与对比
圈套在桨座的钉子上，身 子前冲，抵消桨片在水中 所遇到的阻力，在黑暗中 划出港去。P20 B2他把桨上绑着的绳子套 在船边的木拴上，身子前 倾推着划水的桨，渐渐的 划出了黑暗中的海港。P28
lean :to bend or move from a vertical position. 前俯或后仰仰 。lean forward:前俯，前倾。 lean against：to rest on or against sth for support 倚，靠。(牛津高阶英汉双解词典p1148)
译者简介
吴劳 上海翻译家协会会员 ，毕业於上海圣约翰大 学英国文学系。历任上 海译文出版社编辑，编 审，全国美国文学研究 会理事 朱莉萍——不详
Two Editions of the Book
吴劳版—B1
朱莉萍版—B2
译文对比
• He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and . In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their order in another boat…
Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated
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His attempts failed~~~
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He passed by a church and heard the Sabbath anthem . The influences about the old church wrought a sudden and wonderful change in his soul…
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Hymns music not only made him drunk, and when he was thinking of life and love, ambition, friends, pure thoughts and decent clothes these beautiful things ,but also he felt life is good. At this time in his soul seems to be constantly running, and find himself
The 3rd step
Soapy entered a little restaurant and ate steak and pie, then he told the waiter that he had no money. The waiter pushed Soapy into the street.
The 5th step
Soapy disguised as a drunkard to disturbed the peace, the policeman paid no attention to Soapy. Moreover the cop thought he was a college student celebrating a win in a football game.
The cop and the anthem
The cop and the anthem (警察与赞美诗)1.In Madison Square(N: Narrator S: Soapy)N: When wild goose honk high of nights,and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their husbands,and when Soapy moves uneasily on his bench in the park,you may know that winter is near at hand.S: Oh,damned winter.N: Soapy’s mind became cognisant of the fact that the time had come for him to resolve himself into a singular Committee of Ways and Means to provide against the coming rigour. And therefore he moved uneasily on his bench.S: I am gonna stay on the Blackwell Island for three months and have a pleasant winter,with assured board and bed and congenial company.Now, I’d like to have a biiig meeeal.2.In a Restaurant(W: waitress S: Soapy)W: Good morning, sir!S: Good morning!W: Sit down, please. Here’s the menu. What will you have?S: At first, I’d like a bowl of vegetable soup.W: A bowl of vegetable soup.S: Then I’ll have some steak and chicken. At last, I’ll have a cup of coffee and a cigar.W: Steak, chicken, coffee and a cigar. Er, excuse me, but this is a very big meal. Do you have enough money?S: What?! What did you say? Do you often ask such questions?W: I’m sorry. I’ll bring your food right away.N: Later, the thief eats up all his foodW: Was everything all right, sir?S: The food was very nice. I like it very much.W: Thank you, sir. Here’s your bill, sir. Twenty dollars, please.S: Very well, but now, I want to tell you that I haven’t twenty dollars. I don’t even have forty cents.W: I see, will you come with me, please?S: (standing up and following the waitress) Of course. The policeman is waiting for me, isn’t he ?S: I… I… don’t understand , Who are they?“ We are the people you are waiting for ! ”3.Outside a shop(S: Soapy P:Policeman)S: Oh, here’s a shop. The shop window is large and bright. I know what to do.P1: Hey! What’s happening? Who broke the window?S: I did!P2: What? You? You broke the window?S: Yes, of course, my dear policeman, I broke the window a minute ago.P2: Go away! What do you think I am?S: I think you are a policeman and you should catch me! I am the one who broke the window.P1: If you had broken it, you wouldn’t be standing here now! Get out of my way!S: But I did it ! I did it! Oh, he is gone. It’s no use. I have to try again.4.Near the chair in a park(S: Soapy M: Man)M: Hey! What are you doing? That’s my umbrella!S: Yes, your umbrella . Now it’s in my hand, I took your umbrella.Go and tell the policeman!There is a cop just at the corner.M: Ah……yeah,of course, that is—well,you know how these mistakes occur—I—if it’s your umbrella I hope you’ll excuse me—I picked it up this morning in a restaurant—If you recognise it as yours,why—I hope you’ll—S: Of course it is mine!S: Oh my god,who can take me to the Blackwell Island!5.On the street(S: Soapy W: Woman )N: Obviously,Soapy is going to act as a nasty rogue.S: Aha, Bedelia,my sweet heart~ Don’t you want to come and play in my yard?”W: Sure,Mike, if you’ll blow me to a pail of suds. It is so hot today.The cop was watching,let’s go and find a place to do something,darling~6.In front of a churchN:The moon was above, vehicles and pedestrains were few; sparrows twittered sleepily in the eaves—for a little while the scene might have been a country churchyard.S: What beautiful music! I often listened to it when I was a boy. Ah! How different my life is! But look at me now! What am I? Who am I?N: In a moment his heart responded thrillingly to this novel mood. An instantaneous and strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate.S: I would conquer the evil that had taken possession of me. There was time; I was comparatively young yet; I would resurrect my old eager ambitions and pursue them without faltering. Those solemn but sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in me. Tomorrow I would go into the roaring down-town district and find work. A fur importer had once offered me a place as driver. I would find him tomorrow and ask for the position. I would be somebody in the world. I would—P3: Hey! You! What are you doing here?S: Nothing, just listening to the music.P2: Listening to the music?S: Yes, I’m just standing here and listening to the music.P2: Oh, no. Didn’t I see you this morning? Of course! You are the one who was standing near that broken window. I think you broke the window after all!S: But officer! I’ not a thief now! I don’t want to be a thief any more! I’m a good man now ! I’m a good man!7.In the court(S: Soapy J: Judge)N: The next morning,in the police court.J: Next!What’s your name?S: You know.J: Please answer the questions, your name?S: Soapy.J: You were accused to make a disturbance in public.S: No, I did not ,I was just listening to the hymns near the church .J: I declare,because of disturbing the public order, Mr.Soapy is sentenced for three months in the Blackwell Island.S: I did not do, I would like to do a mighty figure,I ......J: Blackwell Island for three months! Next!Over。
Realism in The Cop and the Anthem
题目：Realism in The Cop and the Anthem院（部）：外国语学院专业：英语班级：2015级1班姓名：刘婕学号：20158338指导教师：马冬梅完成日期：2019-05-14Contents1. Introduction---------------------------------------------------------------------12. Realism---------------------------------------------------------------------------2 2.1. Definition of Realism----------------------------------------------------------------------22.2. The Origin of Realism----------------------------------------------------------------------22.3. Characteristics of Realism-----------------------------------------------------------------32.3.1 .Authentic Details-------------------------------------------------------------------------32.3.2. Typical Characters in Typical Environment-------------------------------------------42.3.3. Revealing and Criticizing the Society-------------------------------------------------43. Expression of Realism in The Cop and the Anthem-----------------------5 3.1. Humorous Writing Style-------------------------------------------------------------------5 3.1.1. Funny Plot-design------------------------------------------------------------------------5 3.1.2. Humorous Language---------------------------------------------------------------------6 3.2. The Description of Unimportant Persons-----------------------------------------------63.3. Artful Ending----------------------------------------------------------------------------84. Conclusion----------------------------------------------------------------------9AbstractThe Cop and The Anthem is one of the representative works of O . Henry who is famous as a realistic writer in America. This paper explores the expression of realism in The Cop and The Anthem. This paper introduces realism through three aspects. The first is definition. The causes will be analyzed in the second part. The rapid development of mechanization and massive accumulation of treasure in America provide fertile soil. The third section is the introduction of three characters: authentic details, typical characters in typical environment and revealing and criticizing the society. As a kind of artistic technique, there is a lot of means of expression in realism. This thesis will probe the expression of realism in The Cop and the Anthem from three angles. Humorous writing style makes the story vivid and funny; the description to the tramp Soapy reflects bitterness and helplessness of nobody; the reasonable but unexpected ending makes people think.Key words: The Cop and the Anthem；realism；writing style摘要《警察与赞美诗》是美国现实主义作家欧亨利的代表作之一，本文探究了现实主义在此篇小说中的体现。
The Cop and the Anthem警察与赞美诗读后感
The Cop and the AnthemThe Cop and the Anthem is one of O.Henry's representative works. O.Henry is one of the most famous American critical realist short story writer, and one of the world's top three masters of the short stories. He is known as the father of modern American short story. O. Henry's short stories are famous for their surprise endings. The ending of his story is not only reasonable, but also in unexpected. His literary works is original in conception, and his language is humorous. He is good at describing American society, especially the living in New York City. As his interesting characters description, he is hailed as the humor Encyclopedia of American life.The Cop and the Anthem is a ridiculous story about Soapy, a tramp living in New York City. This story happens in a late fall in the early of the twentieth century. As winter is coming, Soapy faces the urgent necessity of finding some sort of shelter. The hibernator ambitions of he is not of the highest. He just expects to be arrested so that he could live in the warm prison during the cold season as in previous years. To spend three months on the Blackwell Island is what his soul craved. As the result, he does every effort to commit crime on purpose so that he can be put into prison in winter, only to find that is not as easy as it used to be.The first time, Soapy plans to set foot inside a restaurant for a free meal but he fails in a waiter’s sharp eyes. The waiter has driven him away because the waiter saw his frayed trousers and decadent shoes.The second time, he dashes a cobblestone into a glass. The policeman refuses to accept he even as a clue because men who smash windows do not remain to parley with the law’s minions.The third time, he successfully has a big meal in a restaurant which is of no great pretentious yet he is just beaten instead of being sent to the prison. Although a policeman stands before a drug store two doors away, he just laughs and walks down the street.The fourth time, he even lures a woman in order to be arrested by the policeman, but the woman is a prostitute. And he does not shake off his companion until passing a corner.The fifth time, he begins to yell drunken gibberish at the top of his harsh voice but the policeman disregarded him as a Yale student and forgive him. He fails one more time.The sixth time, in a cigar store he takes a man’s umbrella in public yet the man is not the true owner of it, too. The umbrella is ill gotten originally and the man retreats quickly. Obviously, the addition problem is that he breaks the law for six times, he does not act like a criminal. As he stands on the street, with an anthem flies into his ears from the church, he decides to start a clean slate and plans his future. Ridiculously, Soapy,who does not want something for nothing and goes to a great deal to get thrown into prison, finally does get thrown into prison for doing precisely nothing, in the end.I like this essay because the surprise ending is totally contrary to our expectations and I enjoy the surprise that it given me. As can be seen from the essay, Soapy is not the one who wants to live a parasitic life. He even scorned the provisions made in the name of charity for the city’s dependents. He has a proud spirit as the gifts of charity are unacceptable to him. In his opinion, the law is more benign than philanthropy. Therefore, it is not strange that he tries every means in order to enter the prison in winter. He does every effort but he fail. When he is in the church anthem music influence, and decides to give up the past life, he is caught by the police. He will be sent to prison for three months, as his original idea.It can not deny that it is a big sarcasm. For example, Soapy has free meal in the restaurant, dashes a cobble stone into a glass, lures a woman, yell drunken gibberish and steal thing, but it is inconceivable that the policeman is tolerate these illegal act and do not punish him.While he give up his original idea, the tolerance policeman arrests him, who commits no crime and even does not do anything. However, it is a fault made by society. Soapy is not the one to be blamed.Nonetheless, as a matter of fact, they just hide their dirty acts under a beautiful veil and a small sign can indicate a great trend, we can learn that the so called noble upper class goes more serious than the two. These plots reveals awful mood of that capitalist society.In addition, the conflict between the irrationality of his behavior and the rationality of the policeman's judgment is one of the important reasons for his misfortune.It is the accident that mirrors confusion of truth and falsehood.In this essay, O.Henry used a relaxed and humorous style describing a tramp makes ridiculous attempt to achieve his own ridiculous purposes. He used a quantity of comparison and humor to fully display the character's wretched fate and cruelty of capitalist society.After reading this essay, I enjoy O.Henry’s language and story extremely. The phenomenon he describing is still existence now, so he is a real outstanding writer. A good writer is whose literary works look as new. And I can imagine the life of the poor people in those days. I know I must treasure the life I own now.。
The Cop and the Anthem翻译赏析与对比
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The Kite Runner
Brief introduction on the author
Khaled Hosseini 卡勒德·胡赛尼 （1965~今）
1965年3月4日出生于阿富 汗喀布尔市，后随父亲移 居美国。胡赛尼毕业于加 代表作品：州大学圣地亚哥医学系。
The Kite Runner （2006） A Thousand Splendid Suns （2007）
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欧·亨利作品在中国的译介与影响
欧·亨利作品在中国的译介与影响摘要:欧·亨利是中国读者最熟悉、最喜欢的美国著名作家之一,他的作品在中国被译介的数量之多和影响之大都令人叹为观止,《麦琪的礼物》就是其中之一。
然而,进一步的研究却发现《麦琪的礼物》是个由来已久的误译,这个“美丽的错误”在我国持续了半个多世纪,由此即可窥见欧·亨利及其作品在中国的深远影响,同时也暴露出在作品译介中存在的问题。
关键词:欧·亨利;“麦琪”;译介;影响一今年是美国现代短篇小说创始人欧·亨利逝世一百周年,我们在一次问卷调查中发现,欧·亨利不仅是曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父,而且也是中国读者最熟悉、最喜欢的美国著名作家。
他常常以出人意料的结尾而闻名遐迩,文学界称之为“欧·亨利式的结尾”。
他总是把小说的灵魂全都凝聚在结尾部分,让读者在前面似乎平淡无奇而又诙谐风趣的描述中,不知不觉地进入作者精心设置的迷宫。
他还利用别出心裁的手法表现失意落魄的小人物的命运和复杂的感情,捕捉生活中令人啼笑皆非而富于哲理的戏剧性场景,用漫画般的笔触勾勒出人物的特点。
欧·亨利在小说里刻画的多数都是被社会遗忘的小人物,但他们都有着伟大的理想抱负和自我牺牲、无私奉献的精神,其作品中表现的相互关爱、和谐共处、不甘沉沦、永不屈服、勇敢面对生活等主题与中国的传统文化不谋而合,这也许就是欧·亨利及其作品在中国备受关注的主要原因。
在中国,欧·亨利的作品被译介和研究的历史超过半个多世纪,他也成为中国读者最熟悉、最喜欢的美国作家之一。
他那充满传奇的一生和脍炙人口的作品更使大家耳熟能详。
他的一生大起大落:既当过药店学徒和西部牧人,也当过大都市的新闻记者和银行职员;既当过逃犯,又蹲过监狱。
在48年短暂的生涯中,他有过穷困潦倒,也有过大红大紫。
名声大噪时他曾挥金如土,弥留之际却又身无分文,真可谓命运坎坷、经历曲折。