新概念英语第三册/Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies

新概念英语第三册

Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies 残钞鉴别组

课文

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

• 听录音，然后回答以下问题。
• 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.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

1. mutilate
   • v. 使残缺不全
2. chew
   • v. 咀嚼
3. microwave
   • n. 微波，微波炉
4. oven
   • n. 炉灶
5. safekeeping
   • n. 妥善保管
6. Newcastle
   • n. 纽卡斯尔（英国港市）
7. identify
   • v. 鉴定，识别
8. spokeswoman
   • n. 女发言人

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。”

笔记

New words and expression 生词和短语

Mutilate v.使残缺不全 / mutilation n.切断, 毁损

及物动词（经常用于被动语态）

1> 毁伤、残害

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

-- a mutilated note 一张残缺不全的钞票

2> 把...搞砸了

-- You've already mutilated the novel by making such changes.

Dollar = dad president 美元

chew v.咀嚼

-- A lot of people love chewing gums.（chewing gums口香糖）（gum n.树脂, 橡胶）

-- Don't bite off more than one can chew. 不要贪多嚼不烂。 Bite（n.咬）

chew the fat 聊天, 闲谈

chewed up 着急的、担心的 嚼碎, 毁坏, 消耗

-- Don't get worried about your examination.

-- Don't get chewed up about your examination.

Microwave n.微波，微波炉

Microswitch 微型开关

Microfilm 缩影胶片

Microscope 显微镜

Microsecond 一百万分之一秒, 微秒

Microphone 扩音器, 麦克风

Microbiology 微生物学

micro adj.极小的, 微小的 / macro adj.巨大的

oven n.炉灶

safekeeping n.妥善保管

keep something safe

-- Please keep your ID card safe. 妥善保管你的身份证。

干坏事： do evil (动词) / evil doing (名词)

惹麻烦： make trouble (动词) / trouble making (名词)

Newcastle n.纽卡斯尔（英国港市）

Identify v.鉴定, 识别（= prove identity of sb or sth）

-- He can't identify the person

identity n.身份

-- So far the archeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

 = So far the archeologists have been unable to identify her.

identification n.辨认, 鉴定, 证明

spokeswoman n.女发言人

trousers n.裤子, 长裤 Britain n.英国 despair n.绝望, 失望 vi.绝望

concern vt.涉及, 关系到 dismay n.沮丧, 惊慌 note n.纸币 ash n.灰, 灰烬

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 crash.

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

Special difficulties 难点

Interval n.间隔, 距离, 幕间休息

如何运用后缀（名词+后缀à动词）

1> less（表示：否定概念）

-- care（n.v.注意, 关心）à careless（adj.粗心的）

2> ful（表示：有, 充满了）

-- success（n.成功）à successful（adj.成功的）

-- hopeful（adj.怀有希望的） / careful（adj.小心的, 仔细的）

3> ly（形容词+ ly à 副词），（名词+ ly à 形容词）　

-- daily（adj.adv.每日的）/ weekly（adj.adv.每星期的）

-- yearly（adj.adv.每年的）/ hourly（adj.每小时的）

4> ic / pic

-- energetic（adj.精力充沛的, 积极的）

-- athlete（n.运动员, 运动选手）à athletic（adj.运动的, 体育的, 身体健壮的）

5> ish

-- fool（n.愚人）à foolish（adj.愚蠢的）

-- childish（adj.孩子气的）/ womanish（adj.像女人的）

Exercise：

1> painless（adj.无痛的, 不痛的）

2> beautiful

3> daily

4> childish（--ish的形容词具有贬义色彩）

5> athletic（adj.运动的, 体育的, 身体健壮的）

Multiple choice questions 多项选择

1.B正确 involve vt.包括, 使陷入

2.D正确　

-- identify à identifiable（adj.可以确认的）

-- return à returnable（adj.可退回的）

-- eat à eatable（adj.可以吃的）

3.B正确 unless = if not

4.A正确　 c) any large bank notes（any +复数）

5.C正确 真实的条件句

6.B正确　 一般来说, 如果表示某人的东西就用 's.

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。 -- Mary’s book = the book of Mary

7.C正确　　简单句, 选用一般过去式

8.A正确　　safety n.安全, 保险

9.A正确 -- in charge of 某人负责某物 -- in the charge of 某物由某人负责

10.D正确 -- become ash = turn to ash = turn into ash

11.B正确 send = dispatch（vt.送, 派遣, 发出）= deliver（vt.递送, 交付）

convey（vt.运输, 运送）　　fetch（vt.去取回来）

12.B正确　 provided（conj.倘若）= providing（conj.倘若）

-- Provided that you reduce the price, I'll take all the goods.

 假如你减价, 我会买下所有的货物。

c) supposed的形式不对, suppose和supposing都可以。

-- Suppose（conj.假使...结果会怎样）= supposing（conj.万一, 假使）