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英语故事欧亨利警察与赞美诗The Copand theAnthem/by O.Henryi•Soapy movedrestlessly on his seat in Madison Square.2•There arecertain signsto showthat winteris coming.3•Birds beginto flysouth.4•Women whowant nicenew warm coats becomevery kindtotheir husbands.5•And Soapymoves restlessly on his seatin the park.6•When yousee thesesigns,you knowthat winteris near.7•A deadleaf fellat Soapysfeet.8•That was a specialsign forhim thatwinter wascoming.9•It wastime forall wholived inMadison Squareto prepare.10•Soapys mindnow realizedthe fact.ii•The timehad come.12•He hadto findsome wayto takecare of himself duringthecold weather.•The young woman movedaway afew steps.110•Soapy followed.in•Standing besideher he said:112•Good evening,Bedelia!Dont youwant tocome andplaywith me113•The copwas stilllooking.114•The youngwoman hadonly tomove her hand,and Soapywould be onhis wayto theplace where he wantedto go.115•He was already thinkinghow warmhe would be.116•The youngwoman turnedto him.117•Putting outherhand,she tookhis arm.11811n•“Sure,Mike,she saidjoyfully,if youllbuy mesomething todrink.119•I would have spokento yousooner,but the cop waswatching.•With the youngwomanholding his arm,Soapy walkedpastthe cop.121•He wasfilled withsadness.122•He wasstill free.123•Was hegoing toremain freeforever124•At thenext cornerhe pulledhisarmaway,and ran.125•When hestopped,he wasnear severaltheaters.126•In thispart of the city,streets arebrighter and hearts aremorejoyful thanin otherparts.127•Women andmen inrich,warmcoatsmoved happilyin thewinterair.128•A suddenfear caughtSoapy.129•No copwas going to arresthim.130•Then hecame to another copstanding infront of a bigtheater.131•He thoughtof somethingelse totry.•He began to shoutas ifhed hadtoo muchto drink.133•His voicewas asloud as he couldmake it.134•He danced,he criedout135•And the cop turnedhis backto Soapy,and saidto amanstanding nearhim,136•Its oneof thosecollege boys.He wonthurt anything.We11had ordersto letthem shout.137•Soapy wasquiet.138•Was nocop going to touchhim139•He beganto think of the Island asif itwere as far away asheaven.140•He pulledhis thincoat aroundhim.141•The windwas verycold.142•Then he saw aman in the shopbuying anewspaper.143The mansumbrella stoodbeside thedoor.•Soapy steppedinside theshop,took the umbrella,andwalked slowlyaway.The manfollowed himquickly.145My umbrella,he said.146■Oh,is it said Soapy.147“Why dontyou calla cop148I tookit.149■Your umbrella!150Why dontyou calla cop151■1Theres onestanding atthe corner/152■153The manwalked moreslowly.154Soapy didthe same.■155But he had afeeling that he wasgoingtofail again.156The coplooked atthe twomen.■157n•I-”said theumbrella man-that is-you knowhow thesethingshappen-1-if thafsyour umbrellaPm verysorry-1-1found itthis morningin arestaurant-if yousay itsyours-1hope youll-15811•Its mine!cried Soapywith angerin hisvoice.159•The umbrellaman hurriedaway.160•The cophelped alady acrossthe street.161•Soapy walkedeast.162•He threwtheumbrellaasfarashecould throwit.163•He talkedto himselfabout copsand what he thoughtofthem.164•Because hewished to be arrested,they seemedto believehewas likea king,who coulddo nowrong.165•At lastSoapy came to oneof thequiet streetson theeastside of the city.166•He turnedhere andbegantowalk southtoward MadisonSquare.•He wasgoing home,although homewas only a seatin thepark.168•But ona veryquiet cornerSoapy stopped.169•There wasan old,old church.170•Through oneof thecolored-glass windowcame asoft light.171•Sweet musiccameto Soapys earsand seemedto holdhimthere.172•The moonwas above,peaceful andbright173•There werefew peoplepassing.174•He couldhear birdshigh abovehim.175•And theanthem thatcame fromthe churchheld Soapythere,for hehad knownit welllong ago.176•In thosedays his life containedsuch thingsas mothersandflowers andhigh hopesand friendsand cleanthoughts andcleanclothes.177•Soapys mindwas readyfor somethinglike this.•He had come to the oldchurch atthe righttime.179•There wasa suddenand wonderfulchange inhis soul.180•He sawwith sickfear howhehadfallen.181•He sawhis worthlessdays,his wrongdesires,his deadhopes,the lostpower ofhis mind.182•And alsoin amoment hisheart answeredthis changein hissoul.183•He wouldfight tochange hislife.184•He wouldpull himselfup,out ofthe mud.185•He would make aman ofhimself again.186•There wastime.187•He wasyoung enough.188•He would find his old purposein life,and followit.189•That sweetmusic hadchanged him.190Tomorrow he wouldfindwork.A manhad onceoffered hima job.192■He wouldfind thatman tomorrow.193He wouldbe somebodyin theworld.194He would-Soapy felta hand onhisarm.195■He lookedquickly aroundinto thebroad faceofa cop.196H11What areyou doinghanging aroundhere asked thecop.197■Nothing,said Soapy.19811You thinkI believethat said the cop.199Full ofhis newstrength,Soapy beganto argue.200■And itis notwise to argue witha NewYork cop.201nCome along,said thecop.202Three monthson theIsland,said theJudge toSoapy thenextmorning.•And thereforehe movedrestlesslyonhis seat.14•Soapys hopesfor thewinter werenot veryhigh.15•He was not thinking of sailingaway ona ship.16•He wasnot thinkingof southernskies,or ofthe BayofNaples.17•Three monthsin theprison onBlackwelTs Island was whathewanted.18•Three monthsof foodevery dayand a bed everynight19•Three monthssafe fromthe coldnorth windand safefromcops.20•This seemedtoSoapythe mostdesirable thingin theworld.21•For yearsBlackwells Islandhad beenhis winterhome.22•Richer NewYorkers madetheir largeplans to go toFlorida orto the shoreoftheMediterranean Seaeach winter.23•Soapy madehis smallplans forgoingto theIsland.24•And nowthe timehadcome.•Three bignewspapers,some underhis coat and someoverhis legs,had notkept himwarm duringthe nightinthepark.26•So Soapywas thinkingoftheIsland.27•There wereplaces inthe citywherehecould go and askforfood andabed.28•These wouldbe givento him.29•He couldmove fromone buildingto another,andhewouldbe takencare ofthrough thewinter.30•But heliked BlackwellsIsland better.31•Soapys spiritwas proud.32•If hewent toany ofthese places,there werecertain thingshehad todo.33•In oneway oranother,hewouldhave topay forwhat theygavehim.34•They would not askhim formoney.35•But they wouldmake him washhis wholebody.•They wouldmakehimanswer questions;theywouldwant toknoweverything abouthislife.No.Prison wasbetter thanthat.37•The prisonhad rulesthat hewouldhaveto follow.38•But inprison agentlemans own life wasstill hisownlife.39•Soapy,having decidedtogototheIsland,at oncebegan tomovetoward hisdesire.40•There weremany easyways ofdoing this.41•The mostpleasant waywas togoandhave agood dinneratsome finerestaurant.42•Then hewould saythat hehad nomoney topay.43•And thena copwouldbecalled.44•It wouldall bedone veryquietly.45•The copwould arresthim.He wouldbe takentoajudge.Thejudge woulddo therest.46•Soapy lefthisseat and walkedout ofMadisonSquareto theplacewhere thegreat streetcalled Broadwayand FifthAvenuemeet.•He wentacross thiswide spaceand startednorth onBroadway.48•He stoppedatalarge andbrightly lightedrestaurant.49•This waswhere thebest foodand thebest peopleinthebestclothes appearedevery evening.50•Soapy believedthat abovehis legshe lookedall right.51•His facewas clean.His coatwas goodenough.52•If hecould gettoa table,he believedthat successwould behis.53•The partofhimthat wouldbe seenabove thetable wouldlookall right.54•The waiterwould bringhim whathe askedfor.55•He beganthinkingofwhathewould liketo eat.56•In hismind hecould seethe wholedinner.57•The costwould notbe toohigh.58He didnot wantthe restaurantpeople to feel anyreal anger.•But thedinner wouldleave himfilled andhappy forthejourney tohis winterhome.60•But asSoapy puthis footinside therestaurant door,61•the headwaiter sawhis brokenold shoes and tornclothesthat coveredhis legs.62•Strong andready handsturned Soapyaround andmovedhim quietlyand quicklyoutside again.63•Soapy turnedoff Broadway.64•It seemedthat thiseasy,this mostdesirable waytotheIslandwas notto behis.65•He mustthinkofsome otherway ofgetting there.66•At acorner ofSixth Avenuewasashop witha wideglasswindow,bright withelectric lights.67•Soapy pickedup a big stoneand threwit throughthe glass.68•People camerunning aroundthe corner.69A copwas thefirst amongthem.Soapy stoodstill andsmiled whenhesawthecop.71■“Wheres theman thatdid thataskedthecop.72H“Dont youthink thatI mighthave doneitsaid Soapy.73He wasfriendly andhappy.74■What hewanted wascoming towardhim.75But the cops mindwouldnotconsider Soapy.76■Men whobreak windowsdo notstop thereto talkto cops.77They runawayasfast asthey can.78The copsaw aman furtheralong thestreet,running.79■He ranafter him.80And Soapy,sick atheart,walked slowlyaway.81■He hadfailed twotimes.82■Across thestreet wasanother restaurant83It wasnot sofine asthe oneon Broadway.84The peoplewho wentthere werenot sorich.•Its foodwasnotso good.86•Into this,Soapy tookhisoldshoesandhis tornclothes,andno onestopped him.87•He satdown atatableandwassoon eatingabigdinner.88•When hehad finished,hesaidthat heand moneywerestrangers.89•Get busyand callacop,”saidSoapy.90•And dontkeep agentleman waiting.911•No cop for you/saidthewaiter.92•He calledanother waiter.93•The twowaiters threwSoapy uponhis leftear onthe hardstreetoutside.94•He stoodup slowly,one partatatime,and beatthe dustfromhis clothes.95•Prison seemedonlyahappy dream.96•The Islandseemed veryfar away.•A copwho wasstanding nearlaughed andwalked away.98•Soapy traveledalmost halfa milebefore hetried again.99•This timehe feltvery certainthathewouldbesuccessful.100•A nice-looking youngwoman wasstanding beforea shopwindowlooking atthe objectsinside.z101•Very nearstood alarge cop.102•Soapys planwas to speak totheyoungwoman.103•She seemedtobea verynice younglady,who wouldnotwant astrange mantospeakto her.104•She wouldask thecopforhelp.105•And thenSoapy wouldbe happytofeelthecopshandonhisarm.106•He wouldbe onhis waytotheIsland.107•He wentnear her.108He couldsee thatthecopwasalreadywatching him.。