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1、英语原文 TheCopandtheAnthem byO。Henry OnhisbenchinMadisonSquareSoapymoveduneasily.Whenwildgoosehonkhighofnights,andwhenwomenwithoutsealskincoatsgrowkindtotheirhusbands,andwhenSoapymovesuneasilyonhisbenchinthepark,youmayknowthatwinterisnearathand. AdeadleaffellinSoapy
2、’slap.ThatwasJackFrost’scard.JackiskindtotheregulardenizensofMadisonSquare,andgivesfairwarningofhisannualcall.AtthecornersoffourstreetshehandshispasteboardtotheNorthWind,footmanofthemansionofAllOutdoors,sothattheinhabitantsthereofmaymakeready. Soapy’smindbecamecognisan
3、tofthefactthatthetimehadcomeforhimtoresolvehimselfintoasingularCommitteeofWaysandMeanstoprovideagainstthecomingrigour.Andthereforehemoveduneasilyonhisbench. ThehibernatorialambitionsofSoapywerenotofthehighest.InthemwerenoconsiderationsofMediterraneancruises,ofsoporific
4、SouthernskiesordriftingintheVesuvianBay.ThreemonthsontheIslandwaswhathissoulcraved.Threemonthsofassuredboardandbedandcongenialcompany,safefromBoreasandbluecoats,seemedtoSoapytheessenceofthingsdesirable. ForyearsthehospitableBlackwell’shadbeenhiswinterquarters.Justashis
5、morefortunatefellowNewYorkershadboughttheirticketstoPalmBeachandtheRivieraeachwinter,soSoapyhadmadehishumblearrangementsforhisannualhegiratotheIsland.Andnowthetimewascome.OnthepreviousnightthreeSabbathnewspapers,distributedbeneathhiscoat,abouthisanklesandoverhislap,hadf
6、ailedtorepulsethecoldashesleptonhisbenchnearthespurtingfountainintheancientsquare.SotheIslandloomedlargeandtimelyinSoapy’smind.Hescornedtheprovisionsmadeinthenameofcharityforthecity’sdependents.InSoapy’sopiniontheLawwasmorebenignthanPhilanthropy.Therewasanendlessroundof
7、institutions,municipalandeleemosynary,onwhichhemightsetoutandreceivelodgingandfoodaccordantwiththesimplelife.ButtooneofSoapy’sproudspiritthegiftsofcharityareencumbered.Ifnotincoinyoumustpayinhumiliationofspiritforeverybenefitreceivedatthehandsofphilanthropy.AsCesarhadhi
8、sBrutus,everybedofcharitymusthaveitstollofabath,everyloafofbreaditscompensationofaprivateandpersonalinquisitio
