THE MILLION POUND BANKNOTE

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THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE

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Mark Twain
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Mark Twain(whose real name was Samuel Clemens)
was born in Missouri in 1835 and grew up close to
the banks of the Mississippi River. Clemens
started out as a printer, setting type in Iowa,
New York City, Philadelphia, and other cities.
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Clemens then turned to piloting a steamboat on
the Mississippi River until the American Civil
War.          In 1861, Clemens served briefly as
a soldier in the Confederate army. Later that
year, Clemens moved to Nevada and began writing
articles as a newspaper reporter.
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In 1863, Clemens began signing his articles with
the pseudonym(pen name) Mark Twain. In 1865,
Twain finished his first story, The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County??????????,
which became an instant hit. Twains masterpiece
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1884)????.????
? remains an icon(??) of American literature.
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In his later years, Twain became a
celebrity(famous person), becoming known for
wearing white suits wherever he went. Although
known mainly as a humorist during his life,
scholars now regard his work as some of the best
and most authentic(worthy of trust) in American
literature. His portraits of pre-civil war
America, and his use of spoken language in his
novels dominate Twain's legacy. 
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When you are reading, try to find out the answers
to the following questions. 1.When and where was
Mark Twain born? 2.What was his first story, what
was his masterpiece? 3.Where was the ?1,000,000
Bank-note from? Why did brothers give it to a
stranger? 4.What happened to the young man with
the ?1,000,000 bank-note?
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The Bank of England once issued two notes of a
million pounds each, to be used for a special
purpose connected with some public transaction
(??)with a foreign country. For some reason or
other only one of these had been used and
canceled the other still lay in the vaults of
the Bank.
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Well, the brothers, chatting along, happened to
get to wondering what might be the fate of a
perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who
should be turned adrift(???) in London without a
friend, and with no money but that million-pound
bank-note, and no way to account for (??)his
being in possession of it. Brother A said he
would starve to death Brother B said he
wouldn't. Brother A said he couldn't offer it at
a bank
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wouldn't. Brother A said he couldn't offer it at
a bank or anywhere else, because he would be
arrested on the spot. So they
or anywhere else, because he would be arrested on
the spot. So they went on disputing till Brother
B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that
the man would live thirty days. They thought "me"
to be the right person,  a poor, honest and
intelligent stranger. They handed me an envelope
that contained ?1,000,000 Bank-note. .
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"I", dressed in rag, with nothing but a
bank-note,got into an eating house. "I" took the
bank-note to pay for the bill and asked for the
change, the boss who looked down upon me at first
changed his attitude completely.   he  flattered
me that  I could have anything I wanted, any time
I chose, and let the account run as long as I
pleased. They all treated me as a honoured guest.
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Then "I" got into a tailor's shop, the same thing
happened. "I "drifted naturally into buying
whatever I wanted, and asking for change. "I"
owned  the respect and fell in love with a girl ,
Portria. Everything went well having ?1,000,000
bank-note on " me".
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After a month, Brothers returned , to my
surprise,  one of them was My Portia's papa ,He
took that friendly and hospitable bill back to
the Bank of England and cashed it then the Bank
canceled it and made him a present of it, and he
gave it to us at our wedding.
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Imagine you win a million American dollars! What
will you do with it? Will you keep it all? Give
some of it away? Give it all away? Stop working?
Stop studying? Go on a holiday? Buy a castle?
Start a business? Put it in the bank? Or under
your mattress?
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A Word Game
Mark Twain bow jealous restaurant silly bank-note
scream businessman make a bet scene
servant Henry Adams stare at play
(n.) confident go ahead honest wolf permit envelop
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