Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE ACT 1， SCENE 3 Narrator：Two rich brothers， Roderick and Oliver， have made a bet①.Oliver believes that with a million-pound bank note a man could live a month in London.His brother Roderick doubts it.They see a poor young man walking outside their house.It is Henry Adams. Roderick：Young man， would you step inside a moment， please？ Henry：Who？ Me， sir？ Roderick：Yes， you. Servant②：（opening a door） Good morning， sir.Would you please come in？ （Henry enters the house.） Roderick：How do you do， Mr ...er ...？ Henry：Adams.Henry Adams. Oliver：Come and sit down， Mr Adams. Henry：Thank you. Roderick：You’re an American？ Henry：That’s right， from San Francisco. Roderick：May we ask what you’re doing in this country and what your plans are？ Henry：Well， I can’t say that I have any plans.As a matter of fact③ ， I landed in Britain by accident. Oliver：How is that possible？ Henry：Well， I had my own boat.[1]About a month ago， I was sailing④， and towards night I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.The next morning I was spotted⑤ by a ship. Oliver：[2]And it was the ship that brought you to England. Henry：Yes.I went to the American consulate⑥ to seek help， but ...Anyway， I didn’t dare⑦ to try again.（The brothers smile at each other.） Roderick：Well， you mustn’t worry about that.It’s an advantage. Henry：I’m afraid I don’t quite follow you， sir. [1]句中使用了“find＋宾语＋宾语补足语”的复合结构，过去分词短语carried out to sea by a strong wind作宾语补足语，用于补充说明宾语myself的情况。 [2]本句中it was ...that ...是强调句，强调主语the ship。 Roderick：Tell us， what sort⑧of work did you do in America？ Henry：I worked for a mining⑨ company.Could you offer me work here？ Roderick：Patience⑩.If you don’t mind， may I ask you how much money you have？ Henry：Well， to be honest ， I have none. Oliver：（happily） What luck！ Brother， what luck！ Henry：Well， it may seem lucky to you but not to me！ If this is your idea of some kind of joke， I don’t think it’s very funny.Now if you’ll excuse me， I ought to be on my way . Roderick：Please don’t go.You mustn’t think we don’t care about you.Oliver， give him the letter. Oliver： Yes， I was about to go get the letter.Wait！ （getting it from a desk and giving it to Henry） The letter. Henry：（taking it carefully） For me？ Roderick：For you.（Henry starts to open it.） Oh， no， you’d better not open it.[3]You can’t open it until two o’clock. Henry：Oh， this is silly. Roderick：Not silly.There’s money in it. Henry：Oh， no.I don’t want your charity.I just want a job that earns an honest income. Roderick：We know you’re hard-working.[4]That’s why we’ve given you the letter. （to the servant） Show Mr Adams out . Henry：Well， why don’t you explain what this is all about？ Roderick：You’ll soon know.In exactly an hour and a half. Servant：This way， sir. Roderick ... ...
