英文简介最好用初二一下学过的单词偶尔有几个难的单词也可以不好意思
英文简介
最好用初二一下学过的单词偶尔有几个难的单词也可以
不好意思
英文简介最好用初二一下学过的单词偶尔有几个难的单词也可以不好意思
英文简介
最好用初二一下学过的单词偶尔有几个难的单词也可以
不好意思
In1903,AmericanseamanHenryAdams(GregoryPeck)isstrandedpennilessinEnglandandgetscaughtupinanunusualwagerbetweentwowealthy,eccentricbrothers,Oliver(RonaldSquire)andRoderickMontpelier(WilfridHyde-White).Theygetabanktoissueaonemillionpoundnote(£1,000,000),whichtheypresenttoAdamsinanenvelope(onlytellinghimthatitcontainssomemoney).Oliverbelievesthatthemereexistenceofthenotewillenablethepossessortoobtainwhateverheneeds,whileRoderickcontendsthatitwouldactuallyhavetobespentforittobeofanyuse.
OnceAdamsgetsovertheshockofdiscoveringhowmuchthenoteisworth(andthatitisgenuine),hetriestoreturnittothebrothers,butistoldthattheyhaveleftforamonth.Hethenfindsaletterintheenvelope,explainingthewagerandpromisinghimajobifhecanavoidspendingthenoteforthemonth.
Atfirst,everythinggoesasOliverhadpredicted.Adamsismistakenforaneccentricmillionaireandhasnotroublegettingfood,clothes,andahotelsuiteoncredit,justbyshowinghisnote.Thestoryofthenoteisreportedinthenewspapers.Adamsiswelcomedintoexclusivesocialcircles,meetingtheAmericanambassadorandEnglisharistocracy.HebecomesveryfriendlywithPortiaLansdowne(JaneGriffiths),thenieceoftheDuchessofCromarty.
Then,fellowAmericanLloydHastings(HartleyPower)askshimtobackabusinessventure.HastingstellsAdamsthathedoesnothavetoputupanymoneyhimself;themereassociationwillallowHastingstoraisethemoneyheneedstostartupagoldminebysellingshares.
TroubleariseswhentheDukeofFrognal(A.E.Matthews),whohadbeenunceremoniouslyevictedfromthesuiteAdamsnowoccupies,hidesthenoteasajoke.WhenAdamsisunabletoproducethenote,panicbreaksoutamongsttheshareholdersandAdams'creditors.Fortunately,allisstraightenedoutintheend,andAdamsisabletoreturnthenotetotheMontpelierbrothersattheendofthemonth.