Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies 残钞鉴别组

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

　　◆mutilate v. 使残缺不全

　　◆chew v. 咀嚼

　　◆fiancé n.未婚夫

　　◆microwave n. 微波，微波炉

　　◆oven n. 炉灶

　　◆safekeeping n. 妥善保管

　　◆Newcastle n. 纽卡斯尔（英国港市）

　　◆identify v. 鉴别，识别

　　◆spokeswoman n. 女发言人

　　

　　★mutilate v. 使残缺不全

　　vt. 经常用于被动语态

　　1，毁伤，残害。

　　 He was mutilated in the accdient, and now has only one leg.

　　 a multlated note

　　2, 把…搞砸了

　　 You‘ve already mutilated the novel by making such changes.

　　

　　$ dad president: 美国

　　mutilation n.

　　

　　★chew v. 咀嚼

　　A lot of people love chewing gums.

　　Don’t bite off more than one can chew.不要自不量力

　　chew the fat: 聊天

　　chewed up： （俚） 着急的，担心的

　　 Don‘t get chewed up / about your examination.

　　

　　★fiancé n.未婚夫

　　★microwave n. 微波，微波炉

　　micro- = tiny, very very small

　　microswitch, microfilm, microscope, microsecond, microphone, microbiology

　　反义前缀：macro- = great. large

　　

　　★oven n. 炉灶

　　★safekeeping n. 妥善保管

　　keep sth. safe

　　Please keep your ID card safe

　　do evil:干坏事

　　evil doing

　　make trouble => trouble making

　　

　　★Newcastle n. 纽卡斯尔（英国港市）

　　★identify v. 鉴别，识别

　　identify of sb. or sth.

　　He can’t identify the person.

　　identity: n.

　　So far thearcheologists have been unable to discover her identity.

　　identification n.命名，确认

　　

　　★spokeswoman n. 女发言人

　　

　　【Text】

　　§ Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies* 残钞鉴别组

　　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 you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn’t despair when they make mistakes like this (and a lot of peole 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 a 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 beautufully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank magnager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the secial department of the Band of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! They examined the remains 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 Band. ‘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.

　　

　　参考译文

　　 这种事情在你身上出现过吗？你有没有把裤子塞洗衣机，然后又想在裤子的后兜有一张大面值的纸币？当你把裤子抢救出来时，你有没有发现那张纸币已经变得比白纸还白？当英国人犯这种错误时，他们不必感到绝望（而许多国家的人都有这种绝望的感觉）。对英国人来说，值得庆幸的是英国银行有一个残钞鉴别组，负责理那些把钱塞进机器或塞给狗的人提出的索赔要求。看起来，狗很喜欢咀嚼钱币。

　　 最近的一个案例与简.巴特林有关，她的未婚夫约翰拥有一家生意兴隆家具店。有一天约翰的生意很好，他把一只装有3,000 英镑的钱包放进微波炉内保存。然后，他和简一起去骑马。回家后，简用微波炉煮了晚饭，无意中之中把她未婚夫的钱包也一起煮了。可以想像他们发现一只煮得很好看的钱包，钞票已化成灰时的沮丧心情。约翰去找银行经理，经理把约翰的钱包和纸币的残留物送到英国银行在纽卡斯尔的一个专门部门——残钞鉴别组。他们鉴定了这些残留物。约翰拿回了他损失的全部数额。“只要有东西可供识别，我们会把钱还给人家的，”银行的一位女发言人说。“去年，我们对21，000 起索赔要求支付了150万英镑。”

　　

　　【课文讲解】

　　段首或段尾运用疑问句提出问题

　　段首——主要要引起读者的兴趣和注意力

　　段尾——进一步巩固、加深与本段所涉及的内容，进一步引起读者的沉思

　　rescue 救援，援救

　　Hundreds of people went to rescue the plane crash.

　　

　　大词小用所起到的目的——加强语气

　　

　　whiter than white====damaged, mutilated.损坏，残缺不全

　　make mistakes like this

　　Fortunately for them luckly / happily for them 固定搭配

　　team 组织

　　make a claim 提出索赔

　　feed sth. to

　　it seems

　　第二段充分说明了约翰是怎么样把钱从银行里拿回来

　　concern: 涉及到——is about

　　run a factory, run a company

　　I have a very good day. I have a good tive

　　to keep it safe

　　put his wallet which contained….

　　go horse-riding, go fishing, go hunting, go shopping

　　dismay: 沮丧

　　beautifully-cooked wallet: 用一种讽刺的口吻

　　turned to turned into become

　　who ----band manager

　　so long as: on condition that 表假设，只要

　　pay for:为…付款

　　We paid 80 dollars for the dictionary.

　　on 强调对21000起索赔要求

　　pay off 还清，偿还

　　The couple have already paid their debts off.

　　pay back

　　1, 把钱归还回去 pay money back

　　2, 报仇，报复 pay somebody back

　　

　　【Special difficulties】

　　如何运用后缀

　　less 表示否定概念 care careless

　　ful 表示有、充满了 helpful careful

　　ly: 形容词+ ly = 副词，名词+ly = 形容词 daily

　　ic pic energetic 精力充沛的

　　ish childish womanish

　　

　　Exercise

　　Supply the missing words

　　1 You won’t feel any pain. The operation is completely .

　　2 I admired the beauty of the countryside. The countryside is so .

　　3 I visit my mother every day. My mother expects visits.

　　4 Don’t behave like a child. Don’t be so .

　　5 She’s a wonderful athlete. That explains why she’s so .

　　

　　Key : 1. painless 2. beautiful 3. daily 4. childish(-ish的形容词是贬义色彩) 5. athletic 强壮的，强健的

　　

　　【Multiple choice questions】多项选择题

　　Comprehension

　　1 They call the team in Mewcastle ‘Mutilated Ladies’ because .

　　a. their job involves mutilating bank notes

　　b. their job is to identify pictures of the Queen on mutilated bank notes

　　c. ladies are always mutilating bank notes by accident in the wash

　　d. only ladies have the patience for this difficult job

　　

　　1. B

　　

　　2 The Bank of England offers a special service to people who .

　　a. feed their money to the dog b. try to wash large bank notes

　　c. mutilate bank notes on purpose d. have damaged but identifiable bank notes

　　

　　2. D

　　identify => identifiable

　　return => returnable

　　eat => ratable

　　

　　3 You don’t get your money back unless _____ .

　　a. you go to Newcastle and see the Mutilated Ladies

　　b. there is enough evidence to prove your claim

　　c. your bank manager agrees to help you

　　c. you have done this sort of thing before

　　unless: if not

　　3. B

　　

　　Structure

　　4 Have you ever forgotten _____ in the pocket of your trousers…? (ll.1-3)

　　a. a large bank note b. large bank note c. any large bank note d. some large bank note

　　4. A

　　any large bank notes

　　

　　5. If you_____ in Britai, you needn’t despair. (ll.4-5)

　　a. do live b. are living c. live d. wer living

　　needn’t 真实条件句， 不是虚拟语气

　　live 动词是不用进行时态的

　　5． C

　　

　　6 John is _____ ,and runs a furniture business. (l.9)

　　a. fiancé of Jane Butlin b. Jane Butlin’s fiancé

　　c. Jane Butlin who’s fiancé d. Jane Butlin whose fiancé

　　6． B

　　一般来说，如果表示某人的，就用‘

　　如果采用介词of表示所属关系，被修饰名词前要出现定冠词

　　

　　7 The wallet _____ ￡3,000 from the day;s business. (l.10)

　　a. containing b. was containing c. contained d. content

　　简单句，选用一般过去式

　　7． C

　　

　　8 John put his wallet into the microwave oven _____ . (l.10)

　　a. to heep it safe b. for keeping safe c. for the safety d. tob safe keeping

　　to keep it safe

　　8. A

　　

　　Vocabulary

　　9 John runs a furniture business. He ____ the business. (l.9)

　　a. is in charge of b. is in the charge of c. charges d. bears the charges of

　　in charge of 负责

　　in the charge of 由某人来负责

　　9． A

　　

　　10 Jane discovered that the ￡3,000 had _____ ash. (ll.12-13)

　　a turned b. grown c. made d. become

　　turned to ash

　　10. D

　　

　　11 The remains were _____ to the Mutulated Ladies. (ll.13-14)

　　a. conveyed b. dispatched c. carried d. fetched

　　sent

　　dispatched 送，送达 deliver

　　convey:运输、传达

　　fetch:去取回来

　　11． B

　　

　　12 People can get their money back _____ there is something to identify. (ll.15-16)

　　a. depending b. provided c. supposed d. allowing

　　12． B

　　provided providing

　　Eg: Proveded that you reduce the price, I’ll take all the goods.

　　supposed 表假设 suppose , supposing

　　特别注意：结构以及词汇题