the cop and the anthem is a december 1904 short story by the united states author o. henry. it includes several of the classic elements of an o. henry story, including a setting in new york city, an empathetic look at the state of mind of a member of the lower class, and an ironic ending. soapy is homeless. he faces the urgent necessity of finding some sort of shelter for the winter. he is psychologically experienced in thinking of the local jail as a de facto homeless shelter. and the narrative shows him developing a series of tactics intended to encourage the police to classify him as a criminal and arrest him.

soapy's ploys include swindling a restaurant into serving him an expensive meal, vandalizing the plate-glass window of a luxury shop, repeating his eatery exploit at a humble diner, sexually harassing a young woman, pretending to be publicly intoxicated, and stealing another man's umbrella. however, all of these attempts are quickly exposed as failures.

as soapy listens to the church organ play an anthem, he experiences a spiritual epiphany in which he resolves to cease to be homeless, end his life as a tramp afflicted with unemployment, and regain his self-respect. soapy recalls that a successful businessman had once offered him a job. lost in a reverie, soapy decides that on the very next day he will seek out this potential mentor and apply for employment.

as soapy stands on the street and considers this plan for his future, however, a policeman taps him on the shoulder and asks him what he is doing. when soapy answers nothing, his fate is sealed: he has been arrested for loitering. in the magistratesquo;s court on the following day, he is convicted of a misdemeanor and is sentenced to three months in riker's island, the new york city jail.

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one hundred and sixty years ago, when charlotte bronte created jane eyre, she could have never thought that it would become eternal. as a matter of fact, in the world of today, there are tens of

thousands of jane eyre, each living in a reader’s heart, breathing with him the same air and sharing with him the same happiness and sorrow. her rich mental world has become an inexhaustible resource of spiritual power. from jane eyre, people who are timid and shy get confidence and self-respect; people who feel imprisoned get independence and freedom; people who are lonesome get love and care. however, what i get from jane eyre is the courage of inner questioning and self exploring.

who is jane eyre? as the story extends, more and more things are added to the answer. from the beginning, we know that jane is a young orphan raised by mrs. reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. from her experience at the lowood school, we found jane a plain-featured but intelligent and honest girl. her courage to fight with all the hardships, oppression and inequality makes a deep impression on us. when she meets rochester and st. john, jane shows us both her passion for love and her sticking to her principles of justice, human dignity and morality.

while we are getting to know more about jane eyre, she is also exploring herself. when she leaves gateshead, the little girl doesn’t know what to expect in the future. she has endured so much unfair treatment that all she desires is freedom. however, when jane gets freedom, she finds herself yearning for new experiences, which can change her life of loneliness and neglect. she follows her innermost feelings and accepts a governess position at a manor called thornfield, where she falls head over heels in love with her employer, rochester.

then it comes to the most important decision that jane has to make in her life. rochester already has a wife, but jane wonders how she could ever find another man who values her the way rochester does. to leave, or to stay, jane is caught in a dilemma. at this moment, jane closes her eyes and looks into her soul. i can well remember the words she says to herself: “i care for myself. the more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained i am, the more i will respect myself.” guided by her soul, she flees temptation and leaves thorfield. the second test comes when st. john urges jane to accompany him to india as his wife. in many ways, the proposal tempts her, but it also means sacrificing passion altogether and devoting herself wholly to principles. where to go? again, jane softly touches her innermost feelings. who am i? what am i longing for? is it pure freedom, or passion of love, or principles? from gateshead to the lowood, from the lowood to thorfield, from thorfield to moor house then to ferndean, jane has finally got the answer. having gone through all these years, jane no longer goes to extremes. what she is seeking for throughout her life is a kind of perfect balance between moral duty and earthly pleasure, between obligation to her spirit and attention to her body. jane knows herself well and thus can have the strength to hold her own bliss in hand.

jane eyre sets us a perfect model of inner questioning and self exploring. how about us?

looking back on the development of jane eyre’s character, we can see clearly the important role inner questioning and self exploring has played. “what you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.” self-knowledge is a hard process that everyone must go through. there are times when we are overwhelmed by all kinds of desires and lose ourselves in the crowded world. there are times when we

just follow what others are doing and abandon our own dreams. to be specific, when asked why you are at school, how many students can honestly say that their answer well reflects their soul?

actually, it is the question that my grandpa asked me one day. we were working together in the garden, talking about my school life. i told him that as senior three students, we often have to burn midnight oil. “you are working hard!” he smiled, and then looking me in the eye, he asked, “but do you know what you are studying for?” i stammered. at that moment, i was completely at a loss. what am i studying for? is it simply for getting a good score in exams or entering a good university and then finding a good job and leading a comfortable life? i feel confused. grandpa patted on my shoulder, “you know something? every brilliant life is different. what kind of life do you yearn for, my dear?”

i didn’t answer grandpa. only then did i realize how little i knew about myself. i have never before questioned myself what i really want. i thought about jane eyre. she is always exploring and questioning herself. that is why she is able to make her perfect life.

jane eyre gives me the strength. now it’s time for me to look into my soul to see who i am and what i am longing for. i will no longer wander around, the moment my soul answers me with her deepest voice. i will fix my eyes on the road ahead, my own road, and keep going. i will hold my brilliant life in hand.

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this book tells us a story of how a little girl dorothy goes back to her hometown when she is in another strange city. dorothy is a little girl who lived with her aunt and uncle in kansas. the weather there is very bad, sometimes there was a cyclone. when a cyclone came, people stayed under their houses. but one day a cyclone blows dorothy’s house, with dorothy and her dog toto in it, to a country called oz. in that city there are four witches and a very famous wizard—the wizard of oz. and dorothy’s house just fell on the bad witch of the east and killed her, so the people there were very happy. dorothy took the witch’s red shoes and wore them. she wanted to go home to kansas but she doesn’t know how to get there. so the witch of north told her to go to the emerald city to find the wizard of oz to help her. then dorothy met the scarecrow, the tin man, and the cowardly lion, but they need help too. the scarecrow wanted some brains, the tin man wanted a heard, and the cowardly lion wanted to be brave. so they all take the yellow brick road to the emerald city.

on the way to the emerald city they met some difficulties, but they solved them successfully. after they met the wizard of oz, the wizard gave them another challenge—to kill the bad witch of the west and they accept. during the way to the witch of the west’s house, they were caught by the witch and dorothy was requested to work for her. one day, when the witch tried to catch dorothy’s red shoes, dorothy threw some water on the witch by accident and the witch of the west disappeared. only water can kill her. so dorothy went back to the emerald city with her friends but they found the wizard of oz is not a real wizard, he is also a man came from kansas, and he is just a conjurer. he wanted to go back to kansas too. so he made a big balloon and prepared to go. but when the balloon is going to raise, dorothy’s dog toto jumped away to run after a cat, so dorothy had to get toto back and they were left in oz. then dorothy and toto went and find the witch of the south and the witch told them they can just use the red shoes on dorothy’s feet, they’re a pair of magic shoes, they could take anybody go back to their home as soon as she said‘east, west—home is the best!’after dorothy said goodbye to her friends, she went back to her new home with her dog. it’s really a wonderful risk.

yes, no matter where we are, home is always the best place for us to rest or study. there are our parents here; there are also our favorite things here. at home, we feel safe, we feel comfortable, and we can relax ourselves.

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today, one of the worlds ten most famous "treasure island" shows me a thrilling journey of treasure hunting.

treasure island is the famous work of 19 famous english writer robert luis stevenson. as the most widely circulated pirate adventure novel in the world, it mainly tells the story of a young man named jim hawkins, who discovered a treasure map, followed by the adventures of the people who sought adventure and treasure hunt. in the book of the figure, brave jim, silver, play a double game calm wisdom of the worthy doctor lee have left a deep impression on me. the plot of the novel is tortuous and full of adventure and fun, which gives me an unexpected and profound experience!

at the beginning of the expedition, jim was just a waiter in a hotel called "admiral bao", struggling to fight the enemy, then recapture the ship from the pirates and pretend to be the new captain. he is with courage and courage, by a timid and overcautious boy became a hero back the ship. although he was very impulsive, but he showed extraordinary courage and courage enough to admire me. think about ourselves, sometimes encounter problems, they stumble, instead of trying to find ways to become dejected and despondent, to solve the problem. just think, if we also have the spirit of jims courage to try and dare to explore, many problems can not be solved easily?

yes, as long as we dare to explore and meet difficulties, our life will be more colorful!

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sense and sensibility was the first jane austen published. though she initially called it elinor and marianne， austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written， but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. the story revolves around the dashwood sisters， elinor and marianne.

whereas the former is a sensible， rational creature， her younger sister is wildly romantica characteristic that offers austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. commenting on edward ferrars， a potential suitor for elinor‘s hand， marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly，" she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister. soon however， marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: mr. willoughby， a new neighbor. so swept away by passion is marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. then willoughby abandons her; meanwhile， elinor‘s growing affection for edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. how each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes， and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel.

though marianne‘s disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers， it is elinor whom austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage， she shows us， exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure.

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the novel is rich in poetry, symbolism and metaphor. it does not fit easily into a definite pattern, being neither a novel of "manners" in the tradition of austen, or a straightforward gothic romance in the style of mrs radcliffe. what charlotte bronte did was to create a work which cleverly blends elements of the two styles, and which remains uniquely independent of them at the same time, since it addresses issues which were at the time rather controversial.

the novel is written in the first person, and thus magnifies the central character - the reader enters the world of jane eyre and is transported through her experiences at first hand. this at once makes the work subjective, especially since we know that charlottes brontes own life and experiences were so closely interwoven with the heroines. as well as this we learn only at the end of the novel that the events are being related to us ten years after the reconciliation with rochester - thus the narrative is retrospective (looking back). cb is clever in blending the narrative so that at times jane seems to be speaking as an adult with adult hindsight , while at others she she is "in the middle" of them, as a child or young woman. the indecision which is a central issue in the book, is heightened by this device. we never know, as readers, whether to be entirely trustful of janes actions and thoughts, because we are never sure wheher she is speaking impulsively or maturely.

this intensifies the readers dilemma as to what is "right" and "wrong" in the dramatic relationships which are part of jes life. can we believe what the heroine says, or is she deceiving herself? the novel is primarily a love story and a "romance" where wishes come true but only after trials and suffering. the supernatural has its place, as do dreams, portents and prophesies. the heroine begins poor and lonely and ends up rich and loved; the orphan finds a good family to replace the wicked one; all the basic ingredients of classic romantic fairytale are present.

the romantic element is present in two forms in jane eyre; the "family" aspect is dealt with in the gateshead, lowood and moor house episodes, which involve the exchanging of the wicked reed family for the benevolent rivers one; and the love romance is dealt with in the thornfield and ferndean episodes. both aspects are, of course linked and interwoven throughout the novel.

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一、备教材

教师在上课之前，首先要对教材有深刻的认识。分析教材内容和教学而目标，把握教材的重难点。只有充分地吃透教材，教师才对这课的教学下“良方”。

二、备学生

教学活动的对象是学生，每个学生都充满着丰富多彩的个性。要教育他们，就必须充分了解他们。因此教师在备课时要从学生原有的知识水平和学习兴趣出发，使每一个学生都能通过自己的教学活动得到全面发展。例如备课时，不能把教学内容备得过难或过于简单。太难，学生无法接受；太简单，学生则缺乏兴趣。备课的时候，教师还要多想些点子，如在课堂教学中加入音乐、游戏、歌谣等。让学生能学着乐，更要乐于学。

三、备老师

同一课的教学内容在不同的班级里会有不同的教学效果。这就要求教师在上课时不能千篇一律，一成不变，要有随机应变的能力。对于不同的班级学生要选择适合相应的教学方法进行教学，才能扬长避短，取得最好的教学效果；

四、反思

在写完教案之后，有一个特别重要的步骤，那就是写反思。通过反思，教师对自己的教学实践做出进一步的思考和总结，并不断地积极探索与解决教育实践中的一系列问题，从而进一步充实自己，提高教学水平。如果没有反思这个步骤，那么我们整个的备课是不完整的。

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一本好书会带给我一个有趣的故事，《金银岛》就是这样的好书。让我把心提着看完了它，替书里的人物捏把汗，紧张的都想冲进书里去，帮助正义的人打跑坏蛋。

?金银岛》这本书是世界流传最广的一部海盗探险小说，它自问世以来，就被翻译成各国文字广泛流传，也曾多次被改编成电影、电视剧，影响十分深远。

这本小说情节曲折，充满冒险乐趣，书中人物形象丰满、特点鲜明。机智勇敢的吉姆，两面三刀的西尔弗，冷静睿智的李沃西大夫，忠诚勇敢、随机应变拥有领导才能的船长都给我留下了深刻的印象。

看完这本书，正义、邪恶的人物形象栩栩如生，好像就在我眼前。我要学习他们的勇敢、机智、冷静、睿智、随机应变，在生活中遇到困难就能化险为夷。他们的探险精神让我钦佩，不过我不喜欢他们为了宝藏去冒险，为了钱财把自己置于那么危险的境地，让我提心吊胆地看完了这本书;我也不喜欢那种打打杀杀的日子。

老妈总说我是个小财迷，对于我这个小财迷她也毫无办法，但她经常会告诉我：“钱财都是身外之物，这世上真正属于自己的就是健康和快乐，别人的东西再好咱不稀罕，贪财是缺点，小时候不觉得，长大了这个缺点改不了，说不准会害了自己，只有靠自己的劳动赚来的钱花起来才会心安理得。”我听得似懂非懂，但我记住了贪财不好，只有靠自己的劳动赚来的钱，花起来才会心安理得，没有贪财之心，就不会有那么多贪得无厌的人。

那么这本书里的人物，不管是正义的还是邪恶的，他们都为了宝藏在争抢，好几次差点有性命之忧，最后虽然有一个圆满的结局，但我认为他们的贪财之心是不正确的。要是能用这笔宝藏来帮助有困难的人就好了，比如看不起病的穷人;上不起学的孩子;没饭吃的乞丐……

我的话：这本书暑假里我看了两遍，读后感早已写出来了，总觉得少了些什么?好像很理解书里的人物，又好像并不赞同他们的做法，这种思想一直很模糊，直到我想到妈妈说的话，一下子有一个清晰的思路，明白了我不赞同他们的做法，贪财之心不好，打打杀杀我不喜欢，这是我读完这本书真实的感悟。要不是有贪财之心，他们的海上之旅将是多么惬意的旅行呀!

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