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百万英镑英文观后感

篇一：TheMillionPoundNote

ThistimeIwanttotalkaboutaveryfamousshortstorywrittenbyMarkTwain---------“TheMillionPoundNote”.ReferringtoMarkTwain,youmustfeelfamiliar,becausewemusthavereadhisworksbefore.Istillrememberthearticle“TheBiteEventsontheTrain”inourtextbookwhenI’minthemiddleschool.Whattouchedmemostatthattimewerehisironicwords.Yes,heisagreathumorist,novelist,writerandoratorinAmericainnineteenthcentury.Duringhis40years’writingcareer,hecreateddozensofshortorlongstories.

ThisstorytellsaboutapoorbuthonestAmericanAdamHenry.WhenhewaswanderinginthestreetofLondon,hewasgivenbytwobillionairesaletter,inwhichhesurprisedlyfounda￡1,000,000poundbank-note.Laterhegottoknowthatthetwobillionaireswhowerebrothershadmadeabetabouttheresultsafterhegotaonemillion-poundnoteatonce.Oneofthemthoughtthenotewoundcountfornothingtothepoormanbecausehecouldnotprovethatthemoneywashisownwhiletheotherconsideredjustastheopposite.

Dramatically,theplotwentjustoutofmyexpectation.Herrywenttoarestauranttohavedinnerfirst.ThemanagerwasmeantohimatthebeginningbuthisattitudechangedquicklywhenHerrytookoutthenoteandaskedforchange.Facedwithamillionaire,themanagerapologizedagainandagainandobsequiouslytoldHerrythathedidn’tneedtopayforthebillrightnow.SoHerrymanagedtohaveafreedinner.Thensimilarly,Herrywenttoaclothingshopandgotasuitofclothescostinghimnothing.

Liketheplotabove,peoplearecuriousofsucharichmanandtriedeverymeanstocozyuptohim,fromfreefood，freeclothestofreeaccommodation.Atthesametime,hissocialstatuswasbecominghigherandhigherandfinallyhigherthanmostdukes.Apartfromthat,helatergotabeautifulwifeand200,000poundsofbankinterest.Icanimagineabrightfuturewasw