the £1,000,000 bank note 百万英镑分析.doc
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Part One: From San Francisco to London
When I was 27 years old, I worked in an office in San Francisco. I did my
job well and my future was promising①. I was alone in the world and I was
②
happy. On Saturday afternoons I didnt work. I sailed my little sailboat on
San Francisco Bay. One Saturday afternoon, I sailed out too far. The strong
afternoon wind pushed my sailboat out of the bay, into the Pacific Ocean.
That night, when I had lost all hope, a small British brig③ saw me and
took me on board. The brig was sailing to London. The voyage was long and
stormy. I worked as a sailor to pay for my trip.
When I arrived in London, my clothes were old and dirty. I had only one
dollar in my pocket. With this dollar, I ate and slept for the first twenty-four
hours. During the next twenty-four hours, I didnt eat and I didnt sleep.
At about ten oclock the following morning, I went to Portland Place. I saw
a child walking past, holding a big pear. The child ate one small piece and
then threw the pear onto the street.
I stopped and looked at it. I was very hungry and I really wanted that pear.
But every time I tried to get it, someone passed by and looked at me. I
quickly turned in the other direction and waited for the person to pass by. I
tried again and again to get that pear, but the same thing happened. I was
desperate④. I decided to get the pear and not to worry about the people who
saw me. At that moment, a gentleman opened a window behind me and said,
Come in here, please.
① promising: (此处指)有前途的。
② sailboat:(小)帆船。
③ brig:(双桅)帆船。
④ desperate: 绝望的。
honest and intelligent, but they were not poor enough①. Other faces were
honest, intelligent and poor, but they were not strangers.
When they saw me from the window, they thought I was the right
man. They asked me questi
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