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TheMillionPoundNote---Lusiya,Liz,Emma,DeliciaTheIntroductionTheMillionPoundNote(releasedasManwithaMillionaswellasBigMoneyintheU.S.)isa1954Britishcomedy,directedbyRonaldNeameandstarringGregoryPeck.ItisbasedontheMarkTwainshortstory,TheMillionPoundBankNote.TheBriefContentsApoorbuthonestman—HenryAdamscametoLondonbecausehisboatwassunk.Acouplebrothersgavehimamillionpoundnote-–butitwasannon-convertibleone,theymadeabetthatwhattheman’sendwiththisnoteafteramonth---livingwellorbeingsuspectedathief,andthentheywentabroad.•Duringthismonth,peopleregardedAdamsasamillionaire.Heneedn’tpayforanybillbecausethey“repected”himandnoonecouldgivehimthechanges.SoAdamsgotfreemeal,freeaccomadation,freeclothes….andevengotpeerage!Finally,hegotagoodwife,30thousandpoundsinterest,andhappylife.TopicofTheMillionPoundNote•Moneyworship1.WhatkindofpersonAdamsis2.People’sattitudetoAdams3.TheendofAdamsOtherfamousMarkTwain’sWorks1.TheGildedAge(HisFirstnovel)2.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(ThebooktoChildren)3.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn4.LifeontheMississippi(HislifeinMississippi)5.Autobiography(1924)MarkTwain•SamuelLanghorneClemens•Theoriginofthispenname(3versions)MarkTwain’sWritingCharaters1.Humorous:Heoftenusesveryexaggeratedwaystoshowhisirony.Heretocritisizepeople’smoneyworship,hemakeeveryone’sfacelikeacartoonpicture.(video2,3)2.Payattentiontothedarksideofthesociety(WhydidMarkTwainchoosethistopic?)MarkTwain•Hisexperiences:1.Colorblindness,poorfamily,toughchildhood,asanapprenticeinprintinghouse,deliveryboy,sailorandhelmsman,soldier.2.Threemonthsbeforehisbirth,oneofhisbrotherPleasantdied;hismotherdiedwhenhewas4;threeyearslaterhiselderbrotherBenjamingdied;hisfatherdiedwhenhewas11;hisonlybrotherdiedofshipexplosionwhenMarkTwainwas22;hisonlysondiedafterhewasborn19months.hiselderestdaughterSuise,youngestdaughterJeanandhiswifealldiedbeforehimItsaidthatuntilSuise’sdeath,hebecomegloomyandhiswifedeathmadeitworse.LocalColorism•Started1960sandthebeginningof1970s•Theeasternarea•BeforetheCivilWarFrontierHumorThankyousomuch!WPSOfficeMakePresentationmuchmorefun@WPS官方微博@kingsoftwps