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1、百万英镑英文观后感 篇一:TheMillionPoundNote ThistimeIwanttotalkaboutaveryfamousshortstorywrittenbyMarkTwain---------“TheMillionPoundNote”.ReferringtoMarkTwain,youmustfeelfamiliar,becausewemusthavereadhisworksbefore.Istillrememberthearticle“TheBiteEventsontheTrai
2、n”inourtextbookwhenI’minthemiddleschool.Whattouchedmemostatthattimewerehisironicwords.Yes,heisagreathumorist,novelist,writerandoratorinAmericainnineteenthcentury.Duringhis40years’writingcareer,hecreateddozensofshortorlongstories. Thisstorytellsaboutapo
3、orbuthonestAmericanAdamHenry.WhenhewaswanderinginthestreetofLondon,hewasgivenbytwobillionairesaletter,inwhichhesurprisedlyfounda£1,000,000poundbank-note.Laterhegottoknowthatthetwobillionaireswhowerebrothershadmadeabetabouttheresultsafterhegotaonemillion-p
4、oundnoteatonce.Oneofthemthoughtthenotewoundcountfornothingtothepoormanbecausehecouldnotprovethatthemoneywashisownwhiletheotherconsideredjustastheopposite. Dramatically,theplotwentjustoutofmyexpectation.Herrywenttoarestauranttohavedinnerfirst.Themanager
5、wasmeantohimatthebeginningbuthisattitudechangedquicklywhenHerrytookoutthenoteandaskedforchange.Facedwithamillionaire,themanagerapologizedagainandagainandobsequiouslytoldHerrythathedidn’tneedtopayforthebillrightnow.SoHerrymanagedtohaveafreedinner.Thensimil
6、arly,Herrywenttoaclothingshopandgotasuitofclothescostinghimnothing. Liketheplotabove,peoplearecuriousofsucharichmanandtriedeverymeanstocozyuptohim,fromfreefood,freeclothestofreeaccommodation.Atthesametime,hissocialstatuswasbecominghigherandhigherandfin
7、allyhigherthanmostdukes.Apartfromthat,helatergotabeautifulwifeand200,000poundsofbankinterest.Icanimagineabrightfuturewaswaitingforhim. Thewritingstyleofthisstoryissohumorous.MarkTwainusedhyperboledescribinghowourherodefeatedsnobbishnessrepeatedly.WhatI
8、appreciatemostisthedetaileddescriptionofdifferentpeople’sridiculousactionsbeforeonemillionpounds,vivid,funny,ironicandhumorous,whichformsaCaricature. Intermsofthetheme,itisapparentthattheauthorwantedtodenouncethe