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.’

二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语

◆mutilate v. 使残缺不全新概念作文网

◆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.

★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

三、【课文精析】

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

Fortunately for them luckly / happily for them 固定搭配

team 组织

make a claim 提出索赔

feed sth. to

concern: 涉及到——is about

run a factory, run a company

I have a very good day. I have a good time

.

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

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