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1、百万英镑的英文简介In1903,AmericanseamanHenryAdams(GregoryPeck)isstrandedpennilessinEnglandandgetscaughtupinanunusualwagerbetweentwowealthy,eccentricbrothers,Oliver(RonaldSquire)andRoderickMontpelier(WilfridHyde-White).TheypersuadetheBankofEnglandtoissueaonemillionpoundbanknote,which
2、theypresenttoAdamsinanenvelope(onlytellinghimthatitcontainssomemoney).ThereasonforthisisthatOliverbelievesthatthemereexistenceofthenotewillenablethepossessortoobtainwhateverheneeds,whileRoderickcontendsthatitwouldactuallyhavetobespentforittobeofanyuse.OnceAdamsgetsoverthesh
3、ockofdiscoveringhowmuchthenoteisworth,hetriestoreturnittothebrothers,butistoldthattheyhaveleftforamonth.Hethenfindsaletterintheenvelope,explainingthewagerandpromisinghimajobifhecanavoidspendingthenoteforthemonth.Atfirst,everythinggoesasOliverhadpredicted.Adamsismistakenfora
4、neccentricmillionaireandhasnotroublegettingfood,clothesandahotelsuiteoncredit,justbyshowinghisnote.Thestoryofthenoteisreportedinthenewspapers.Adamsiswelcomedintoexclusivesocialcircles,meetingtheAmericanambassadorandEnglisharistocracy.HebecomesveryfriendlywithPortiaLansdowne
5、(JaneGriffiths),thenieceoftheDuchessofCromarty.Then,fellowAmericanLloydHastings(HartleyPower)askshimtobackabusinessventure.HastingstellsAdamsthathedoesnothavetoputupanymoneyhimself;themereassociationwillallowHastingstoraisethemoneyheneedstostartupagoldminebysellingshares.Tr
6、oubleariseswhentheDukeofFrognal(A.E.Matthews),whohadbeenunceremoniouslyevictedfromthesuiteAdamsnowoccupies,hidesthenoteasajoke.WhenAdamsisunabletoproducethenote,panicbreaksoutamongsttheshareholdersandAdams'creditors.Fortunately,allisstraightenedoutintheend,andAdamsisabletor
7、eturnthenotetotheMontpelierbrothersattheendofthemonth.
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