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Lesson 7
Mutilated ladies
殘鈔鑒別組
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語(yǔ)
★mutilate
v. 使殘缺不全
及物動(dòng)詞－－經(jīng)常用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)
1.毀傷、殘害
He was mutilated in the accident,and now has only one leg
a mutilated note
2.把...搞砸了
You've already mutilated the novel by making such changes.
dad president: 美元
mutilation n.
★chew
v. 咀嚼
a lot of people love chewing gums.
Don't bite off more than one can chew.
chew the fat: 聊天
chewed up: 著(zhù)急的、擔心的
Don't get worried about your examination.
Don't get chewed up about your examination.
★microwave
n. 微波，微波爐
microswitch
microfilm
microscope
microsecond
microphone
microbiology
macro 大的
★oven
n. 爐灶
★safekeeping
n. 妥善保管
keep something safe
Please keep your ID card safe.
do evil: 干壞事
evil doing
make trouble--trouble making
Newcastle
n. ★紐卡斯爾（英國港市）
★identify
v. 鑒定，識別
identity of somebody or something
He can't identify the person
identity
So far the archeologists have been unable to discover her identity.
identification 確認，
★spokeswoman
n. 女發(fā)言人
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
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? When you rescued your trousers,
did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did
you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain
needn't despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of
people do)! 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. Dogs, it seems, love to
chew up money!
A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé,
John, runs a successful furniture business. John had very good day
and put his wallet containing $3,000 into the microwave oven for
safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. 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! 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! 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. Damaged bank notes. The
Queen's head appears on English bank notes, and 'lady' refers to
this.
參考譯文
這種事情在你身上出現過(guò)嗎？你有沒(méi)有把褲子塞洗衣機，然后又想在褲子的后兜有一張大面值的紙幣？當你把褲子搶救出來(lái)時(shí)，你有沒(méi)有發(fā)現那張紙幣已經(jīng)變得比白紙還白？當英國人犯這種錯誤時(shí)，他們不必感到絕望（而許多國家的人都有這種絕望的感覺(jué)）。對英國人來(lái)說(shuō)，值得慶幸的是英國銀行有一個(gè)
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