Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNote Reading Thegreatesthumoristofthe19thcenturyinAmericanliteratureandoneofthegreatestwritersintheworld MarkTwain 1835 1910 Imagine Ifyouweregivenalargesumofmoneytospendasyoulike whatwouldyoudowithit Reading inthesummerof1903 LondonofBritain four Henry twobrothers RodericandOliver theservant James Henrycameacross afterhelandedin TheychoseHenrytomakea twobrothers London bet Skimming Scanning 1 WhereisHenry shometown A ParisB LondonC SanFrancisco2 WhydidHenrycometoLondon A TofindajobB HecameherebyaccidentC hewasonabusinesstrip C B 3 WhydidHenrylooksopoor A Helosthismoneyinabet B Helostmoneyintheaccident andheworkedasanunpaidhandintheshipwhichsavedhim C Hewastoolazytoworkandearnmoney 4 Whywouldthebrotherssay itisanadvantage forHenry A Theycangivehimmoneyandchecktoseewhowouldwinthebet B TheyarejustmakingfunofHenry C TheythinkHenrydeservesit B A 5 whatluck brother whatluck Inthissentence luck refersto A HenryisluckyashewillhaveamillionpoundB Thebrothersareluckyastheycancompletetheirbet C HenryisluckyashecangobacktoAmerica 6 WhatdidHenrygetfromthetwobrothers A Aletterwithmoneyinit B AcheckforonemillionC Somemoney B A FurtherThinking 1 HowdoesHenryfeelwhenhegetsaletterwithmoneyinit 2 WhydoyouthinkthetwobrotherschoseHenryfortheirbet Questions 1 ItwashisfirstvisittoLondonsonobodyknewhim 2 Hehadnomoneysohewouldhavetorelyonthebanknote 3 Theythoughthehadsomegoodqualties WhatgoodqualitiesdoesHenryhave CharacterAnalysis分析 qualitiesofHennry Well tobehonest Ihavenone nomoney Idon twantyourcharity Ijustwantanhonestjob honest Henryis hardworking learned honest direct Iearnedmypassagebyworkingasanunpaidhand Couldyouoffermesomekindofworkhere hard working hadworking learned honest direct Well itmayseemlucktoyoubutnottome 2 Ifthisisyourideaofsomekindofjoke Idon tthinkit sveryfunny direct Nomatterwhatdifficultieswemaymeet weshouldchoosetobehonestandhardworking hardworking learned honest direct sailing carried spotted passage lost called letter Summary unpaid Prediction Inyouropinion whatwillHenrydoafterhegotthemillionpoundbanknote Moneycanbuyahouse butnotahome Moneycanbuyabed butnotsleep Moneycanbuyaclock butnottime Moneycanbuyabook butnotknowledge Moneycanbuyyouaposition butnotrespect Moneycanbuyyoumedicine butnothealth Moneycanbuyafriend butnotlove Moneycanbuyyoublood butnotlife MoneyIsnoteverythin