【正文】 l l …er …just on m om ent. Maggi e, l ook! ( the hostess scream s, the other custom ers look at her and she puts a hand to her m outh) Do you thi n it’s genui ne? H ostes: O h, dear, I don’t know. I sim pl y don’t know . O wner : Wel l, I di d hear that the Bank of England had issued two notes i n thi s am ount… Anyway, I don’t thi nk i t can be a fake. People woul d pay too nuch attenti on to a bank note of thi s am ount. N o thi ef woul d want that to happen. H ostess: But he’s i n rags! O wner: Perhaps he’s a very strange, ri ch m an. ( as if he has di scovered som ethi ng for the fi rst tim e) Why, yes! That m ust be i t! H ostess: (hi ts her husband’s arm ) And you put hi m i n the back of the restaurant! Go an see him at one. O wner: ( to H enry) I’m sorry, si r, so sorry, but I cannot change thi s bank note. H enry: But i t’s al I have on m e. O wner: O h, pl ease, don’t worry, si r. Doesn39。( after si tti ng down and putti ng the letter on the tabl e) I’d li ke some ham and egs and a nice bi g steak. Make i t extra thi ck. Wai ter: Ri ght, si r. I’m afrai d i t’l l cost a l arge am ount of m oney. H enry: I understand. And I’l l have a l arge gl ass of beer. Wai ter: O K. ( The wai ter l eaves and soon returns wi th al the fod.) H ostess: My goodness! Why, l ook at him. H e eats li ke a wol f. O wner: We’l l see i f he’s cel ver as a wol f, eh? H enry: ( havi ng just fi nished every bi t of food ) Ah, wai ter. ( waiter returns) Sam e thing agai n, pl ease. O h, and another beer. Wai ter: Agai n? Everythi ng ? H enry: Yes, that39。s ri ght. (sees the l ook on the wai ter’s face) Anythi ng wrong? Wai ter: N o, not at al l. (to the owner) He’s asked for m ore of the sam e. O wner: It’s wel l known that am eri cans l i ke to eat a l ot. Wel , we’l l have to take a chance. Go ahead and l et hi m have it. Wai ter: (readi ng the bi l after the m eal ) Al ri ght. That39。t m ater at al . We’re so very gl ad that you even entered our l ittle eati ng place. Indeed, si r, I hope you’l l e here whenever you l i ke. H enry: Wel l, that39。s very ni ce of you. O wner: O h, i t’s for US to thank you, si r and I do, si r, from the bottom of m y heart. (the owner, hostes and waiter al bow as Henry l eaves) Act Ⅱ , Scene 4 N arrator: at the end of the m onth, H enry was very ri ch and di dn39。 and then what’l l happen to us, with no way i n the worl d to earn a li vi ng? ( At the brothers’ hom e, the servant l ets them in. the two brothers are seated, wai ting.) H enry: God m orni ng, gentl em en . ( Rodri ck seem s very surpri sed to see Porti a) Porti a, these are the m en who hel ped m e. Portia: So vary ni ce to meet you, ki nd si rs. ( She gi ves Ol i ver a wink wi th one eye.) Roderi ck: Er…Portia, I … Ol iver: We’re both glad to hear it, for now we can deci de the bet whi ch Roderi ck and I m ade. If you’ve won for m e, you shal have any job as m y gi ft. H ave you got the mi li on pound bank note? H enry: H ere i t i s, si r. Ol i ver: I’ve won! N ow what do you say, Roderi ck? Roderi ck: I say that I’ve l ost twenty thousand pounds. I never woul d have beli eved it. Why, that i s am azi ng, m an! H enry: Com e, l et’s be goi ng now, Portia. Ol iver: But wait, wai t! The job, you know. I m ust gi ve you a job, as I promi sed. H enry: Wel , thank you very m uch, but I real l y don’t want one now. Porti a: Henry, I’m di sappoi nted i n you. You di dn39。t want anythi ng el se from you. H enry: (shocked) My dear, i s that your papa? Porti a: H e’s m y step father, and the dearest one that ever was. H enry: O h, m y dearest dear si r, I regret what I sai d. You have got a job open that I want. O li ver: N am e i t. H enry: Sonin law. Ol i ver: Wel l, wel l, wel ! But you’ve never had such a job before. H ow can i t be sure you can do i t successful l y? H enry: Try m e… oh, do, I beg of you! Gi ve m e 30 or 40 years , and … Ol i ver: Oh, wel , al ri ght. N arrator: Are Porti a and Henry happy? There are not enough word i n the bi ggest di cti onary to descri be i t. Di d the peopl e of London have a good ti m e with thi s bi t of news? Yes. Porti a’s stepfather took that bank note back to the Bank of Engl and and cashed i t. The bank note was then useless for m oney but was hi s wedding gi ft to the young coupl e. Yes, the bank note was worth mi l ions of dol lars, but not worth on tenthe as much as how H enry fel t about Porti a . Unit 4 H ow l ife began on the earth N o one knows exactl y how the earth began, as i t happened so l ong ago. H owever, accordi ng to a wi dely acepted theory, the uni verse began wi th a “ Bi g Bang “ that threw m atter i n al l directi ons. After that, atom s began to form and bi ng to create stars and other bodi es. For several bil li on years after the “ Bi g Bang “, the earth was stil l just a cloud of dust. What it was to be e was uncertai n until between 4. 5 and 3. 8 bi l ion years ago when the dust setl ed i nto a sol i d gl obe. The earthenware becam e so vi ol ent that i t was not cl ear whether the shape woul d l ast or not. It expl oded l oudly wi th fi re and rock. They were i n ti m e to produce carbon, nitrogen , water vapour and other gases , whi ch were to m ake the earth’s atm osphere. What i s even m ore im prtant i s that as the earth cool ed down, water began to appear on i ts surface. Water had al so appeared on other pl as l i ke Mars but, unl i ke the earth, i t had di sapeared l ater. It was not im m edi atel y obvi ous that water was to be fundam ental to the devel opm ent of l i fe. What m any sci enti sts bel i eve i s that the conti nued persence of water al l owed the earth to di ssol ve harm ful gases and aci ds i nto the oceans and seas. Thi s produced a chai n reacti on, whi ch m ade i t possi bl e for li fe to devel op. Many m il li ons of years later, the fi rst extrem el y sm al l pl ants began to appear on the s