TOPIC: Suppose you were, Baron Hausberg, the millionaire. Explain how you got to know Hughie Erskine and what you did in return for the pound he gave you.
• Who you are and where you met Hughie
• How you felt when he gave you a pound.
• Why you gave him ten thousand pounds in return.
【正确答案】：
I’M BARON HAUSBERG. AS A MILLIONAIRE, I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE WHOLE OF LONDON. ONE DAY, I ASKED MY ARTIST FRIEND ALAN TREVOR TO PAINT ME AS A BEGGAR. AS HE WAS FINISHING THE PICTURE, A CHARMING YOUNG MAN WALKED INTO ALAN’S STUDIO. HE MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY SYMPATHETIC PERSON. SEEING SUCH A WRINKLE-FACED OLD MAN IN RAGS, HE PUT A POUND INTO MY HAND. I WAS STARTLED AT FIRST BUT SOON REALIZED THAT HE TOOK ME FOR A REAL BEGGAR.
LATER I LEARNED FROM ALAN ALL ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN’S STORY. HE WAS IN NEED OF MONEY BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND’S FATHER WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO MARRY IF HE DID NOT POSSESS TEN THOUSAND POUNDS. DEEPLY TOUCHED BY THE YOUNG MAN’S KINDNESS, I DECIDED TO HELP HIM. THE FOLLOWING DAY I HAD A CHECK FOR £10，000 DELIVERED TO HIM AS A WEDDING GIFT.
【题目解析】：
我是Hausberg男爵。作为一个百万富翁，我有足够的钱买下整个伦敦。有一天，我请我的艺术家朋友Alan Trevor把我画成一个乞丐。当他画完这幅画时，一个迷人的年轻人走进了Alan的画室。他一定是个很有同情心的人。看到这么一个满脸皱纹、衣衫褴褛的老人，他把一英镑塞到我手里。起初我很吃惊，但很快意识到他把我当成了一个真正的乞丐。
后来我从Alan那里了解了这个年轻人的故事。他需要钱，如果他没有一万英镑的话，他女朋友的父亲不允许他们结婚。这个年轻人的善良深深打动了我，我决定帮助他。第二天我用一万英镑的支票作为结婚礼物送给了他。