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OneMillionPoundBank-Note百万英镑旁白：Oneday,twooldbrothers,chattingalong,happenedtogettowonderingwhatmightbethefateofaperfectlyhonestandintelligentstrangerwhoshouldbeturnedadriftinLondonwithoutafriend,andwithnomoneybutthatmillion-poundbank-note,andnowaytoaccountforhisbeinginpossessionofit.Thebrothershadbeenhavingaprettyhotargumentacoupleofdaysbefore,andhadendedbyagreeingtodecideitbyabet,whichistheEnglishwayofsettlingeverything.JustthenHenrycamealong.BrotherA:Youngman,comehere,please.BrotherB:CouldIaskyousomequestions?Henry:Ofcourse,sir.A:Whatdoyoudo?Henry:I’mamining-broker'sclerkinSanFrancisco.B:Whyareyoustayinghere?Henry:Mytimewasmyownaftertheafternoonboard,Saturdays,andIwasaccustomedtoputitinonalittlesail-boatonthebay.OnedayIventuredtoofar,andwascarriedouttosea.Justatnightfall,whenhopewasaboutgone,IwaspickedupbyasmallbrigwhichwasboundforLondon.Andnow,Ihavenothinginmypocket.A:Great!Henry:great?Ican’tunderstandyou,sir.B:I’msureyouwillunderstandverysoon.Hereisanenvelope.Henry:what’sthis?(说着我就要打开)B:no,no,no,thereissomemoney,butyouwouldn’topenituntil2:00pm.Henry:CouldIhavesome?A:ofcourse.oh,sorry.It’sempty.(他在袋子里吹了口气,然后砸烂。—确实空了。)Thisway,please.旁白：Theclerkpickupasmallshopclothes.（店员挑了一件很小的衣服）I:Pleasetakecareofyou,Ihadafewdaysinthere-payment.Ihadnobeltchange.我：请你们照顾一下，我过几天在再付款。我身上没有带零钱。Clerk2:Oh,youdonotbringchange?Yes,ofcourse,broughtyouthiswaylikeit?Iimaginethatagentlemanlikeyouwhowillbringgreattickets.店员2：噢，你没有带零钱？对了，当然，你这样子像带了的？我想象得到，像你这样的绅士身上只会带大票子。Company:afriend,youcannotalwaysrecognizeonlytheclothesandoutsidersdonotrecognizepeople.Wefullypaidthemoneyfromthissuit,wejustdonotwantyouasagrownupcannotfindticketsforthedifficulttoopen.同伴：朋友，你对外地人不能总是只认衣衫不认人。我们完全付的起这套衣服的钱，我们只是不想让你因为找不开一长大票子而为难。Clerk1:Wedonothurtpeople'smeans,butthingsthecontrary,wefindtheopen.店员1：我们没有伤害人的意思，不过，事情恰恰相反，我们找的开。I:Oh,good,Iapologizetoyou.我：噢，太好了，我向你们道歉。旁白：Hetookoutamillion-dollarbill.andthebosscome.他掏出了一张一百万的钞票。然后老板过来了。Boss:standfor?老板：站着干什么？Clerk2:ThePresidentandsodoesthisgivechange?店员2：这位先生等这找钱呢？Boss:Thenlookingtofastforhim.老板：那就快找给他呀。Clerk2:Lookatityourself!店员2：你自己看吧！旁白：Theboss'sfacesolidification.老板脸上的表情凝固了。Boss:Yeah,Yeah,Imean,whatstupidpeoplewillstandtogetherwithagentlemanashamedoftheirownunseemliness?However,Idonotcare,andthegloryofmetoforgethisstandwithyouhowhumble,and(pointingtostaff)evenifyoudonotentertainsuchalargecustomer'sexperience,awrongcannotbeblurredtosuchanclothesah!老板：是呀是呀，我是说，哪个人会傻到跟一个绅士站在一起自惭形愧呢？不过，我不在乎了，这份光荣让我忘却了自己跟您站在一起是多么的拙陋了，指着店员）即使你没有招待这样特大客户的经验，也不能眼花到拿错了这样一件衣服呀！I:No,Ithinkthisgood.我：不，我觉得这很好了。Company：Yes，wethinkitisnice.同伴：是的，我们觉得很好。旁白：Thebossisveryembarrassingbuthestilltostay.老板很尴尬，但还是硬着头皮往下说。Boss:Look,againbearingthefaceofsuchagentlemanwouldfeelintolerableerrorisangry,andyoucooldown,I'llshowyou,comefastuponthisbodybrokenoffit,willhethrownintothetrash,oratorchheburned,no,orkeepitwithmeforamillionrichcarriesthroughitonce,oh,soproud,letmetake,Oh,look,morethanagoodfigure,whattoweararefit,look,Batmancape,right?老板：看，再有风度的绅士面对这样不可容忍的错误也是会感到气恼的，您消气，我带你去看，来，快脱下身上这身破烂吧，将他扔进垃圾堆，或者一把火把他烧掉，不，还是留着它，让我供着，一个怀揣百万的富豪曾经穿过它，噢，太荣幸了，让我量量，噢，看看，多好的身材，穿什么衣服都合身，来看看，蝙蝠侠披风，不好？Clerk1:TangSengwearcassock?Or...Well,thedinosaurleathershirt?Maradonastillhavetopassthroughthejersey?店员1：唐僧穿的袈裟？还是…那，恐龙皮制的衬衫？还是要马拉多纳穿过的球衣？Company：No，allofthemarenotgood.同伴：不，他们都不是很好。Clerk2:Notgood?That,that...toseeournewvarietiesofit.店员2：都不好？那，那…来看看我们的新品种吧——（拿出一套乞丐装）。Clerk1:Oh,thatisthecase,althoughyouliketojoke,justlikethedressIliketopatronizetheshop,itseemsthatyouwanttowearclothesordecent.店员1：噢，原来是这样，虽然您喜欢开玩笑，就像刚才穿着那样来光顾我的小店，看来您要的衣服还是正经场合穿的。Clerk2:Lookatthishand-madeclothes,Elizabeth,wholegendintheworldonlyonepassthrough,andIstoreitasfamilyheirloom,itseemsthatonlyyoucanwearthisgradewiththeclothesonherewedoindeedspoiltheit.店员2：看这件伊丽莎白亲手作的衣服，传说世界上曾经只有一个人穿过，我小店把它当传家之宝，看来只有您才能配穿这种档次的衣服，放在我们这儿，也的确糟踏了它了。Clerk1:Trytosee,morefitting,morelikeacustom-madeforyou,like,tooperfect,likeagentlemanlikeyouhavetoparticipateinalotofdance,ofcoursewearadecent,ifso.Wealsofollowthehonoroftheshop.店员1：试试，看，多合身，多象是为您定做的一样，太完美了，想您这样的绅士一定要参加很多的舞会，自然是要穿的体面的，如果这样。我们小店也就跟着荣耀了。I:Ididnothavechange!我：可我没有零钱呀！Boss:Oh,lookatyousay,dependingonyourwealth,smallshopslikeours,aremorethanenoughtoopen100ah!老板：噢，看您说的，依你的财富，像我们这样的小店，开100都绰绰有余呀！Clerk1:Nomoney,thenitdoesnotmatter,evenifforgotten,isdoesnotmatter,couldseeagentlemanlikeyou,Ilivethelifetherewouldbenoregrets.店员1：没有带钱的话那没有关系，就算忘了，也是不要紧的，能看见您这样的绅士，我活了一生也就没有遗憾了。Boss:come,Ihelpyoutogo,walking,forlivingwell.老板：来，我扶您出去，来，慢走，走好。Thanks!