THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE
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Read this fun short story (=nouvelle) by Mark Twain and/or listen to the simplified audio version.
Then try to answer the questions embedded in the text in the slides below next to the paragraph where you can find the corresponding answer. |
Cette nouvelle de Mark Twain simplifiée lue en anglais vous permet de réviser le vocabulaire du commerce et les temps du passé en anglais.
Idéale pour étudier en vue du TOEIC tout en se distrayant. Répondez aux questions intégrées dans le nouvelle pour vous exercer et faites le quiz en ligne sur la nouvelle pour vérifier que vous avez bien retenu le vocabulaire. |
What is a bank note?
A bank note is an instrument of commerce. It is a piece of paper that constitutes a promise from a bank to pay sum of money to the person who possesses the note.
Whoever possesses that piece of paper can either obtain the amount of the note or obtain credit based on the value stated (written, indicated) on the letter.
That person is called the bearer (le porteur).
(to bear/bore/born à when were you born? I can’t bear being laughed at).
It is also a bill (un billet de banque).
So a bank note is money. Only it can't be redeemed for cash at the bank by a stranger when only two banknotes in that amount have been issued.
A bank note is an instrument of commerce. It is a piece of paper that constitutes a promise from a bank to pay sum of money to the person who possesses the note.
Whoever possesses that piece of paper can either obtain the amount of the note or obtain credit based on the value stated (written, indicated) on the letter.
That person is called the bearer (le porteur).
(to bear/bore/born à when were you born? I can’t bear being laughed at).
It is also a bill (un billet de banque).
So a bank note is money. Only it can't be redeemed for cash at the bank by a stranger when only two banknotes in that amount have been issued.
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The Million Pound Bank-Note
VOCABULARY QUIZ
THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE
THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE
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To go further:
Personal essay TOPICS: Do you think that story could happen in real life? Do you believe the outcome of the bet would be different nowadays (=de nos jours)? Are there things money can't buy? Mark Twain’s biography Watch a video about Mark Twain and answer the following questions: What are the two novels for which Mark Twain is best known? ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________ |
List of questions on the Million Pound Bank Note
Why does Henry hesitate to grab the pear? What was the bet between the brothers? How much money did the brothers bet? Why was Henry chosen to be the subject of the bet? What did Henry do first with the money? What happens when Henry is first given the note? Why does Henry return to the house? What happens after Henry realizes he can not return the note to the brothers? What would Henry get at the end of the 30 days if he still had the note? How did Miss Langham react when Henry told her the truth about the money? Why? What happened to the bank note? |