Reading If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do?Have you ever heard of the story “The Million Pound Bank-note”? Do you know what happened to the bank-note, and what happened to the person who had the noted? the bet 英格兰银行出于特殊的需要发行了两张面值一百万的钞票，其中一张收回并作废，但还有一张却留在银行，两兄弟打赌，一个身无分文的人带着这张钞票会发生什么，兄弟 A 说会死去，兄弟 B 说他肯定能活一个月。他们物色了一个年轻人做试验，带着这张毫无使用价值的百万英镑钞票。Now let’s see what happened next. Here’s three main characters in the scene.Henry Adams: An American businessman, lost in London without money, friends or a job.Roderick and Oliver:Roderick and Oliver:Two rich brothers, who made a bet. Two rich brothers, who made a bet. Roderick believed that a man couldn’t survive Roderick believed that a man couldn’t survive in the city for a month with only a million in the city for a month with only a million pound bank-note. But Oliver believed he pound bank-note. But Oliver believed he could.could.See the film and then answer the following questions.1.How did Henry Adams come to England?2. Where did Henry work before? How much did he have?3. When can Henry open the letter?4. Why did they chose Henry? Please read Act One again, then discuss with your partner about the characteristic of Henry, and tell why.The characteristic of Henry: honest, hard-working, careless and directThe characteristics of Henry:It is my first trip here.Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money) Well, I can’t say that I have any plans. I don’t want your charity. I just want an honest job.honest:I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand.Could you...
