Shadowing-Übung: 英文跟讀｜百萬英鎊｜聽故事學英文｜英文聽力練習｜睡前英文故事｜英文學習（初學者友好） - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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The million-pound banknote.
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Sometimes money can change the way people look at you.
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But what if you had a million-pound banknote and could not spend even one penny of it?
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Henry Adams was a young American who had gone to England to look for work.
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He had no family there and very little money.
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He had been unlucky for some time.
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And one day his situation became even worse.
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Henry had been walking around London for hours.
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He was tired and hungry.
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He had almost no money left in his pocket.
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He did not know where he would sleep that night or where his next meal would come from.
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As he walked through the busy streets, he began thinking about his life.
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I should never have come to London, he thought.
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What am I going to do now?
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At that moment, he saw two well-dressed old gentlemen sitting near a large window.
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They were watching the people outside.
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Henry did not know it, but these two men were brothers,
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and they were having a very unusual argument.
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One of the brothers believed that a poor man could not survive if he suddenly received a million-pound banknote.
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The other brother believed that a million-pound banknote would allow a man to do almost anything.
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They had been discussing this question for some time when they noticed Henry.
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The young American looked poor.
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His clothes were old and dirty.
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He looked tired and hungry.
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To the two brothers, he seemed like the perfect person for their strange experiment.
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One brother said that they should give Henry a million-pound banknote and watch what happened.
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The other agreed.
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They called Henry into the house.
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Henry was surprised.
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He had no idea why two rich gentlemen wanted to speak with him.
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They asked him about his life, his work, and his situation.
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Henry told them the truth.
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He had almost no money and was looking for a job.
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Then one of the brothers handed him an envelope.
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Please open this, he said.
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Henry opened the envelope.
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Inside was a banknote.
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He looked at it carefully.
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Then his eyes became wide.
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It was a million-pound banknote.
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Henry stared at the note in silence.
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He thought there must be some mistake.
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This cannot be real, he said.
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It is real, one of the brothers replied.
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Henry could hardly believe what he was hearing.
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Why are you giving this to me?" The brothers explained that they had made a bet.
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They wanted to know what would happen to a poor man if he possessed a million-pound banknote,
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but could not exchange it for smaller money.
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They gave Henry enough information to understand the situation,
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but they did not tell him everything.
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They also gave him a letter explaining that he was not to spend the banknote itself.
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He could keep it for 30 days.
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Henry did not know what to do.
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A million pounds sounded wonderful, but there was a serious problem.
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He could not use it.
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If he went into a shop and asked for a loaf of bread,
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he could not simply give the shopkeeper a million-pound note and ask for change.
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No ordinary shopkeeper would have that much money.
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Henry left the house with the banknote in his pocket.
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As he walked away, he kept touching his pocket to make sure the note was still there.
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He was now the richest-looking poor man in London.
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But he was still hungry.
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Soon he saw a small restaurant.
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Henry entered.
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The owner looked at his dirty clothes and immediately decided that he was probably very poor.
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Henry sat down and ordered a simple meal.
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He ate quickly because he was extremely hungry.
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When the meal was finished, the owner came to him and asked for the money.
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Henry reached into his pocket.
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Then he remembered the million-pound note.
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He slowly took it out.
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The restaurant owner looked at the note.
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His face changed immediately.
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He became pale.
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He stared at Henry.
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Then he looked at the note again.
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Sir, he said nervously, is this really yours?
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Yes, Henry answered.
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The owner suddenly became extremely polite. Of course, sir.
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There is no charge.
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Henry was confused.
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No charge?
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None at all, sir.
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The owner was afraid to accept the note because he knew that he could never give Henry the correct change.
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Henry smiled.
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Thank you.
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He stood up and left.
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he began to laugh.
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He had just eaten a meal without paying for it.
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The million-pound note was already changing his life.
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Henry soon discovered something even more interesting.
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People did not need to see him spend the money.
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They only needed to see the banknote.
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Wherever Henry went, people began treating him like an extremely important man.
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At first, Henry felt uncomfortable.
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He was still wearing the same old clothes.
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He still had almost no cash.
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He still did not know where he would sleep.
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But people saw only the banknote.
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They did not see the poor young man.
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They saw a millionaire.
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Henry soon found himself receiving invitations from people he had never met before.
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Hotels welcomed him.
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Hotels offered him rooms.
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Shopkeepers were happy to give him expensive clothes and goods on credit.
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They believed that a man who owned a million pounds could easily pay later.
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Henry discovered that he could eat at the best restaurants in London without paying immediately.
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He could stay at the best hotels.
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He could order beautiful clothes.
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He could even buy expensive things simply by saying that he would pay later.
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The strangest part was that nobody seemed to ask him to prove anything.
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His banknote was enough.
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Henry went to a fine hotel.
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When the hotel manager saw the note, he treated Henry with great respect.
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The manager immediately offered him a beautiful room.
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Henry was shocked. Are you sure?
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Certainly, sir.
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I don't have enough money to pay for it now.
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The manager smiled.
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That is not a problem, sir.
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Henry understood.
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The million-pound note had become his introduction.
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It told everyone that he was rich, even though he could not actually spend the money.
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Soon, Henry's life became completely different.
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People wanted to know him.
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Rich businessmen invited him to dinner.
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Important people wanted to speak with him.
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Anyone who would never have noticed him before suddenly found him interesting.
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Everywhere he went, people treated him with respect.
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Henry was amused by the whole situation.
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He knew the truth.
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He was not rich in the normal sense.
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He had one enormous banknote and almost no small money.
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But nobody else knew that.
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One day, Henry met two gentlemen who were talking about his wealth.
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They believed he was a very rich American.
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They spoke about him as if he were an important businessman.
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Henry almost laughed.
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He wanted to tell them the truth.
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But then he realized that if he explained everything,
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he might lose his room,
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his meals, and all the help he was receiving. So, he said nothing.
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As the days passed, Henry became more comfortable with his strange new life.
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He began making friends.
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One of the most important people he met was a young woman named Portia.
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She was intelligent, kind, and from a wealthy family.
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At first, Henry was surprised that she wanted to speak with him.
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But Portia liked him for more than his money.
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Henry was honest with her about many things,
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although he could not tell her the whole truth about the banknote.
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The more time they spent together, the more Henry liked her.
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For the first time since arriving in England, he felt that he was not alone.
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Meanwhile, the two brothers who had started the experiment continued watching what happened.
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They were very interested in Henry's progress.
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The brother who believed that money could change everything was becoming more confident.
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The other brother was also surprised.
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Henry had survived.
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In fact, he was doing extremely well.
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But there was still one big problem.
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Thirty days were passing quickly.
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Henry had to keep the million-pound note until the end of the experiment.
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He could not spend it.
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He could not exchange it.
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He could only show it when necessary.
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Yet, because everyone believed he was rich, he could live almost like a millionaire.
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The more successful Henry appeared, the more people believed he was successful.
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It was a strange circle.
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One day, Henry was invited to an expensive dinner.
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There were many important people there.
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Everyone wanted to sit near him.
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They asked about America.
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They asked about his business.
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They asked about his investments.
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Henry tried to answer carefully.
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He knew almost nothing about business, but nobody seemed to notice.
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They assumed that a rich man must understand money.
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Henry began to understand something about society.
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People did not always respect a person because of who he really was.
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Sometimes they respected the image of the person.
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The million-pound banknote had created that image for him.
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If Henry had walked into the same room wearing his old clothes without the note,
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nobody would have cared about him.
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But with the note in his pocket, he was suddenly important.
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This discovery made him think.
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Still, he enjoyed his new life.
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He ate good food.
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He wore fine clothes.
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He stayed in expensive places.
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He met interesting people.
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And most importantly, he met Portia.
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As the 30 days came closer to an end, Henry began to worry.
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What would happen when the experiment ended? Would he lose everything?
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Would people laugh at him?
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Would Portia stop liking him?
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Henry had become used to being treated as a rich man,
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but he knew that his position was built on a single piece of paper.
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Then something unexpected happened.
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The million-pound banknote became famous.
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People had heard about the strange American who carried an enormous banknote but never spent it.
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The story spread through London.
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Some people thought Henry was a clever businessman.
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Others thought he was a mysterious millionaire.
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Nobody imagined that he had started with almost nothing.
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Henry's life became even more comfortable.
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People trusted him more than ever.
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At last, the 30 days ended.
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Henry returned to the two brothers.
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He gave them back the million-pound banknote.
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The brothers were pleased.
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Their experiment had been a success.
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Henry had proved that a man could live very comfortably if people believed he was rich.
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even when he could not actually use the money.
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The brothers then gave him something far more useful than the million-pound note.
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They gave him real money.
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Henry was now truly wealthy.
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He could finally spend his own money.
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He could buy food without worrying.
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He could choose where to live.
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He could make his own plans.
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And, most importantly, he could stay with the people he had come to care about.
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Henry's life had begun with hunger, loneliness, and almost no hope.
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A single banknote had changed the way everyone looked at him.
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But in the end, the most important thing he gained was not the million-pound note.
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It was a new life.
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He had discovered friends, love, confidence, and a place in the world.
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And whenever he remembered those strange thirty days in London,
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he could not help thinking about how easily people could be fooled by money.
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A poor man with a million-pound note could be treated like a king,
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but a man without money could be ignored,
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even if he had the same heart,
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the same intelligence, and the same character.
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For Henry Adams, the million-pound note was more than a strange gift.
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It was the beginning of the most unusual adventure of his life.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau A2 basiert auf dem Video „英文跟讀｜百萬英鎊｜聽故事學英文｜英文聽力練習｜睡前英文故事｜英文學習（初學者友好）“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: Henry, pound, banknote, note, brother. Dieses Video enthält 233 Sätze und 1954 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 30:46. Der Sprecher spricht langsam, etwa 64 Wörter pro Minute, sodass genug Zeit bleibt, jeden Laut nachzuahmen. 89 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also leicht zu verfolgen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| cloth Substantiv | /klɒθ/ | Stoff, Tuch |
| meal Substantiv | /ˈmiːl/ | Mahlzeit, Essen |
| pocket Substantiv | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | Tasche, Sack |
| experiment Substantiv | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | Experiment, Versuch |
| hungry Adjektiv | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | hungrig, Hunger haben |
| discover Verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | entdecken |
| gentleman Substantiv | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | Herr |
| businessman Substantiv | /ˈbɪznəsmæn/ | Geschäftsmann, Unternehmer |
| millionaire Substantiv | /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ | Millionär, Millionärin |
| carefully Adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | vorsichtig |
| unusual Adjektiv | /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ | ungewöhnlich, unüblich |
| invite Verb | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | einladen |
| enormous Adjektiv | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | enorm, riesig |
| wealthy Adjektiv | /ˈwɛl.θi/ | wohlhabend, reich |
| stare Verb | /stɛɚ/ | starren, anstarren |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Bedeutung |
|---|---|
| sit down Verb | sich setzen |
| stand up Verb | aufstehen |
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | was finished · was shocked · was amused |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | have come · have noticed |
| Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sache | man who owned · Anyone who would |
| Past Continuous was/were + -ing – eine Handlung, die zu einem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit im Gange war | were watching · were having · was looking |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
- Die „th“-Laute: cloth /klɒθ/, thirty /ˈθɝti/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, shock /ʃɔk/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, shopkeeper /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, meanwhile /ˈmiːnwaɪl/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/, confused /kənˈfjuːzd/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, amuse /əˈmjuːz/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: businessman /ˈbɪznəsmæn/, banknote /ˈbæŋkˌnoʊ̯t/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie cloth, meal, pocket.
Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?
Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.