Lesson 07 Mutilated ladies 殘鈔鑒別組
Text 課文
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?
斷首或斷尾運(yùn)用疑問句：
斷首--主要引起讀者的興趣和注意力。
斷尾--進(jìn)一步鞏固、加深與本段所涉及的內(nèi)容，并引起讀者的沉思。
When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket?
Rescued vt.援救, 營救
-- Hundreds of people went to rescue the plane 無效.
Rescue是一個大詞（大詞小用可以加強(qiáng)語氣）
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.隊(duì), 組（= Organization n.組織, 機(jī)構(gòu), 團(tuán)體）
called Mutilated Ladies = that called Mutilated Ladies
-- 這里采用分詞called是為了不和后面which引導(dǎo)的定語從句從復(fù)
deal with v.處理 （deal vi.處理, 應(yīng)付）
Claim n.(根據(jù)權(quán)利提出)要求, 索賠
-- make a claim for 對（賠償?shù)龋┨岢鲆?..
feed vt.vi.( fed , fed, feeding) 給吃, 喂
-- feed sth to… 把某物喂給…
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.
第二段充分的說明了約翰是怎么樣把錢從銀行里拿回來
concern vt.涉及到 （= is?about）
run a factory 開一家工廠 / run a company 開一家公司
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. 我今天過得很好。
I have a good time. 我玩得很高興。
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 用一種諷刺的口吻, 一種幽默
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…（表假設(shè)）
pay?money for… 為...付多少錢
-- We paid 80 dollars for the dictionary.
pay off 還清(債務(wù)等)付清
-- The couples have already paid their debts off
pay back
1> 把錢歸還回去 pay?money?back
2> 報(bào)復(fù)、報(bào)仇 pay?somebody?back
-- Don’t say that again or I will pay you back.
Text 課文
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?
斷首或斷尾運(yùn)用疑問句：
斷首--主要引起讀者的興趣和注意力。
斷尾--進(jìn)一步鞏固、加深與本段所涉及的內(nèi)容，并引起讀者的沉思。
When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket?
Rescued vt.援救, 營救
-- Hundreds of people went to rescue the plane 無效.
Rescue是一個大詞（大詞小用可以加強(qiáng)語氣）
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.隊(duì), 組（= Organization n.組織, 機(jī)構(gòu), 團(tuán)體）
called Mutilated Ladies = that called Mutilated Ladies
-- 這里采用分詞called是為了不和后面which引導(dǎo)的定語從句從復(fù)
deal with v.處理 （deal vi.處理, 應(yīng)付）
Claim n.(根據(jù)權(quán)利提出)要求, 索賠
-- make a claim for 對（賠償?shù)龋┨岢鲆?..
feed vt.vi.( fed , fed, feeding) 給吃, 喂
-- feed sth to… 把某物喂給…
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.
第二段充分的說明了約翰是怎么樣把錢從銀行里拿回來
concern vt.涉及到 （= is?about）
run a factory 開一家工廠 / run a company 開一家公司
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. 我今天過得很好。
I have a good time. 我玩得很高興。
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 用一種諷刺的口吻, 一種幽默
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…（表假設(shè)）
pay?money for… 為...付多少錢
-- We paid 80 dollars for the dictionary.
pay off 還清(債務(wù)等)付清
-- The couples have already paid their debts off
pay back
1> 把錢歸還回去 pay?money?back
2> 報(bào)復(fù)、報(bào)仇 pay?somebody?back
-- Don’t say that again or I will pay you back.