Hello students. I’m proud of you for completing years 1 and 2 of our American English course. In order for you to become a strong intermediate American English learner, you need to be able to read, understand, and discuss abridged American English short stories. In this lesson, throughout Year 3 of your studies, you will read, listen to, and write about popular American English short stories. Please follow the directions below closely.
- Study the American English vocabulary below.
Words in This Story
restlessly – adv. done while feeling nervous or bored and tending to move around a lot
coat(s) – n. an outer piece of clothing that can be long or short and that is worn to keep warm or dry
park – n. a piece of public land in or near a city that is kept free of houses and other buildings and can be used for pleasure and exercise
cop(s) – n. a person whose job is to enforce laws, investigate crimes, and make arrests
avenue – n. a wide street
waiter – n. a man who serves food or drinks to people in a restaurant
umbrella – n. a device that is used for protection from the rain and sun
anthem – n. a formal song of loyalty, praise, or happiness
- Listen to the story.
- Watch the video and read along.
- Take the short story quiz.
Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/3367983/p1.html?isEmbedded=True
- Write a summary of the short story you just read and listened to in the comments section below. Click here to read an article that teaches you how to summarize a story. Remember to let us know who the characters of the story are, what they do, and what the story is about.
Lesson 3.45.2: Year 3
American story
The name of the story is,” The Cop and the Anthem” written by Henry.
In the quiz of this story, I got 75%.
lesson 3.45.2 year 3
American story.
” The Cope and The Anthem” written by Henry.
The story is about a homeless young man, Nickname is Soapy to get himself arrested. The story begins on the park bench in Madison square in New York. When a dead leaf falls into soap’s lap, he realizes that the winter is around the corner and the weather is going to grow much colder. he plans to get himself arrested and thrown into a jail, ‘ The Island.’ first he plans to dine at a cafe and then announces he can’t pay the bill, but the head waiter turns down his plan. Next, he throws a stone through a shop window and waits for a policeman (Cope) to arrive. but again, he fails to make the cope to arrest him. So, he goes and dines in a restaurant but when he announces he can’t pay for the food. he is simply thrown out by the waiter, who refuses to call the cope. next soapy try to threaten a woman, but again fails in his plan. Stealing a man’s umbrella also fails.
Finally, Soapy comes to an old church and hear an organ playing religious heart touching music, ‘The Anthem’. He is struck by an inspiration of the sound of Anthem and resolves to turn life around, starting by going into town the following day to find work. but just he is thinking to enter his new life, a cope appears and arrests him for loitering, the next morning, soapy is sentences to three months in jail lock up ‘ on the island.’ The story reminds me a very impressive quote…
” Man proposes, God disposes.”