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# 07 · 残钞鉴别组

### 第1段

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 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 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 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 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 Bank. "Last year, we paid £1.5m on 21,000 claims."

中文理解：你有没有遇到过这种事：把裤子扔进洗衣机后，才想起后兜里还有一张大面额钞票？赶紧把裤子捞出来，却发现钞票上的颜色已经洗得一干二净。在英国，犯了这种错误也不必绝望，而且这么做的人还真不少！幸好，英格兰银行有一个叫“残钞鉴别组”的部门，专门受理这类补偿申请：有人把钞票送进了机器，有人则让钞票进了自家狗的嘴。狗似乎特别爱啃钞票！
最近的一起案例涉及简·巴特林。她的未婚夫约翰经营着一家生意很不错的家具公司。一天生意格外好，约翰便把装有3,000英镑的钱包放进微波炉，觉得这样存放比较安全，然后和简一起出去骑马。回家后，简用微波炉做晚饭，无意中把未婚夫的钱包也一起“烹调”了。想想他们发现钱包已经“烤熟”、钞票化成灰烬时，会有多么懊丧！约翰找到银行经理，经理把钱包和钞票的残骸寄往英格兰银行设在纽卡斯尔的专门部门，也就是残钞鉴别组。工作人员检查后，约翰拿回了全部损失的钱。银行的一位女发言人说：“只要还有东西能够辨认，我们就会把钱补给失主。去年，我们受理了21,000笔申请，共支付150万英镑。”

* **Has it ever happened to you**：你有没有遇到过这种事；用现在完成时引出经历，再用过去时讲具体一次。

* **make mistakes**：犯错；make a mistake / make mistakes；不是 do mistakes。

* **deals with**：处理；应对；说明负责处理的事情，不要逐词译成交易。

* **chew up**：嚼碎；up 强调嚼坏、嚼碎的结果。

* **runs a successful furniture business**：经营一家生意兴隆的家具公司；run 表示经营；可替换行业但保留 run a business 的组合。

* **for safekeeping**：为妥善保管；交代存放目的，不代表存放处一定安全。

* **went horse-riding**：去骑马；go + 活动-ing：go swimming / go shopping。

* **without realizing it**：没有意识到；不知不觉地；without + doing；it 指上文的行为或事实，主语应与主句一致。

* **turned to ash**：化为灰烬；描述烧毁的结果，不是把灰倒转。

* **got all his money back**：拿回了全部钱款；替换物主代词来说明谁获得退款或赔偿。

* **So long as**：只要；给出条件，不是强调时间很长。

* **give people their money back**：把钱退还给人们；give + 人 + 钱 + back；不用 give back people money 的机械顺序。

#### 原文注释 · Has it ever happened to you?

注释：\[上版make mistakes 拼写有误，感谢读者微博@久頠同学指出20200201]①标题：lady 指英国纸币上印的女王头像。②happened = occurred。③remembered = recalled。④原文中的这个括号是本来有的，不是做定语哦！⑤Fortunately = Luckily。

\[语法符号讲解] \[1]本句there be 句型所接的句子作remembered 的宾语从句，这里省略了that，故我们在there 的前两个字母下面画宾语从句起始符号，在pocket 句末画下划线，表示宾语从句到此结束。下一句也是如此，find 后面也是省略了that 的宾语从句。

#### 原文注释 · A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business.

注释：①concerns = is about。②fiancé是未婚夫，而未婚妻是fiancée，读音一样。③ dismay = sadness。④the remains = what was left。⑤department = section。⑥examine 是动词，而exam=examination，是名词，考试。⑦1.5m = 1.5million。

#### Summary 摘要

John Butlin runs a successful furniture business and after a very good day, he put his wallet containing £3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and his fiancee, Jane, went horse-riding, after which Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven only to(却，不料) find to their dismay that the money had been destroyed. John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains to the Mutilated Ladies department who identified the remains and returned the money. (79 words)

#### Composition 作文

Jane opened the oven door and saw that her meal was ready to serve(准备就绪). She took the food out of the oven and in doing so, noticed something strange inside the oven which she couldn't recognize. So she went to find John and told him about it. In dismay(好悲催哦), John quickly explained that he had put his wallet containing the day's takings into the oven for safekeeping. They both rushed to the oven and saw that the money had been destroyed. At first, they didn't know what to do. John wanted to throw the money away, but Jane wouldn't let him. It's best not to disturb(句型，最好不要干某事) the wallet, Jane said. You can see all the money is there, even if it has been destroyed. Jane told John to go and see his bank manager for advice(寻求建议), so the next day John took the wallet and the ashes to the bank. (150 words)

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