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Unit Four O· Henry The Cop and The Anthem Key words and phrases: inhabitant :n.居民denizen：n.居住者，外籍居民，外来者；v.使归化，使入籍 annual：a.年度的，一年一次的 cognizant：a.认知的，知晓的 committee ：n.委员，委员会Mediterranean ：n.地中海（此词认识即可）cruise：n. vi.巡游、巡航 soporific：a.催眠的，令人昏昏欲睡的 crave：v.渴望 essence：n.本质，精华 provision：n.提供，供给；准备，未雨绸缪；条文，条款 in the name of：以。。。的名义；打着。。。旗号 philanthropy：n.慈善，仁慈（认识即可） encumber：v.妨碍，阻碍 insolvency：n.无力偿还，破产 supreme：a.最高的，至高无上的 fray：v.（被）磨损，破损 decadent：a.堕落的，颓废的 avert：v.防止，避免；转移，移开 ignoble：卑鄙的，不光彩的 cunning：a.狡猾的 conspicuous：a.明显的，显眼的，招摇的 sarcasm：n.讽刺、挖苦、嘲笑 pitch：v.投、掷；迫使。。。处于某种情况；定音调、音高 capture：n.vt.抓获、捕获 guise：n.外表、伪装 demeano（u）r: n.举止，行为，风度 despicable：a.可鄙的，卑鄙的contiguity：n.接触；邻近 conscientious ：a.一丝不苟的，认真的，尽责的shrink：v.缩水，缩小，退缩 impudent：a.放肆的，无礼的 contemptible：a.可鄙的 beckon：v.示意，召唤 companion：n.伙伴，同伙 vicious：a.恶毒的，有恶意的，凶恶的 hurl：扔，投掷；辱骂 wrathful：a.盛怒的，暴怒的 excavation：n.发掘，挖开，开凿；挖开的洞穴，发掘物 glitter：v.闪烁，闪光；n.光辉，魅力 turmoil ：n.混乱，骚乱immaculate：a.纯洁无暇的，无过失的；一尘不染的 falter：v.摇晃，蹒跚，颤抖；动摇，犹豫 Difficult sentences: That was Jack Frost’s card……so that the inhabitants thereof may make ready.; Three months on the island was……the essence of things desirable.: In Soapy’s opinion……the gifts of charity are encumbered.: Its crockery and atmosphere were thick; its soup and napery thin.(here a rhetoric device is used: transferred epithet 移就，转移修饰); Soapy straightened the lady……the impudent and contemptible litany of the “masher.”: 6.And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence……and immaculate thoughts and collars.(here a rhetoric device is used: zeugma): Notes: Jack Frost: here the write uses the word “Frost” to imply the cold winter. As Caesar had his Brutus: Caesar, a famous emperor of ancient Rome, and Brutus was his subject, but who later betrayed Caesar and intrigued to murder Caesar. This phrase means “Every coins has two sides, just like great man may also have mean and evil guys around him.” Thanksgiving Day: the fourth Thursday of November. An American festival for peo