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Lesson 07 Mutilated ladies 残钞鉴别组

　　Text 课文

　　Why did Jane cook John‘s wallet?
　　Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and
　　then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket?
　　断首或断尾运用疑问句：
　　断首--主要引起读者的兴趣和注意力。
　　断尾--进一步巩固、加深与本段所涉及的内容，并引起读者的沉思。
　　
　　When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket?
　　Rescued vt.援救, 营救
　　-- Hundreds of people went to rescue the plane 无效.
　　Rescue是一个大词（大词小用可以加强语气）
　　
　　When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white?
　　whiter than white = damaged, mutilated
　　
　　People who live in Britain needn‘t despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of
　　people do)!
　　needn‘t despair(v.) = needn’t feel despaired(adj.)
　　
　　Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals
　　with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.
　　Fortunately for them = luckily for them = happily for them
　　Team n.队, 组（= Organization n.组织, 机构, 团体）
　　called Mutilated Ladies = that called Mutilated Ladies
　　-- 这里采用分词called是为了不和后面which引导的定语从句从复
　　deal with v.处理 （deal vi.处理, 应付）
　　Claim n.(根据权利提出)要求, 索赔
　　-- make a claim for 对（赔偿等）提出要求...
　　feed vt.vi.( fed , fed, feeding) 给吃, 喂
　　-- feed sth to… 把某物喂给…
　　
　　Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money!
　　it seems 似乎
　　本句= It seems that dogs love to chew up money!
　　
　　A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business.
　　第二段充分的说明了约翰是怎么样把钱从银行里拿回来
　　concern vt.涉及到 （= is?about）
　　run a factory 开一家工厂 / run a company 开一家公司
　　
　　John had a very good day and put his wallet containing $3,000 into the microwave oven for
　　safekeeping.
　　I have a very good day. 我今天过得很好。
　　I have a good time. 我玩得很高兴。
　　Fro safekeeping = to keep it safe
　　Wallet containing… = wallet which contained…
　　
　　Then he and Jane went horse-riding.
　　go horse-riding / go fishing / go hunting / go shopping
　　
　　When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing
　　it, cooked her fiancé‘s wallet as well.
　　
　　Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash!
　　beautifully-cooked?wallet 用一种讽刺的口吻, 一种幽默
　　turn to = turned into = become
　　
　　John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the
　　special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilate Ladies!
　　Who = bank manager
　　
　　They examined the remain and John got all his money back.
　　
　　‘So long as there‘s something to identify, we will give people their money back,‘ said a spokeswoman for the Bank. ‘Last year, we paid $1.5m on 21,000 claims.
　　so?long?as = as long as = on?condition?that 只要…（表假设）
　　pay?money for… 为...付多少钱
　　-- We paid 80 dollars for the dictionary.
　　pay off 还清(债务等)付清
　　-- The couples have already paid their debts off
　　pay back
　　1> 把钱归还回去　　pay?money?back
　　2> 报复、报仇　　　pay?somebody?back
　　-- Don’t say that again or I will pay you back.

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