新概念英语第三册课文及详解第7课

精品文档---下载后可任意编辑 新概念英语第三册课文及详解第7课 Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies*残钞鉴别组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 neednapos;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 moneyA recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fianc, 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 fiancapos;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 thereapos;s something to identify, we will give people their money back,apos; said a spokeswoman for the Bank. ‘Last year, we paid ￡1.5m on 21,000 claims.apos;* Damaged bank notes. The Queenapos;s head appears on English bank notes, and ‘ladyapos; refers to this.Language points（AttentionThe following points are not covered by the video. It is better for you to watch the video or listen to the MP3 first and try to take notes on your own. Then you may check here to get more details. ）1, 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段首或段尾运用疑问句提出问题的作用段首--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2, When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than whiterescue 救援，援救e.g. Hundreds of people went to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.这里rescue是一个大词，大词小用可以加强语气whiter than white 这里表示damaged, mutilated的意思，中文是损坏，残缺不全3，People who live in Britain neednapos;t despair when they make mistakes like this and a lot of people doneednapos;t despairneednapos;t feel despaired4，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 相当于luckily / happily for themdeal with sth. 处理make a claim for提出索赔,对（赔偿等）提出要求feedsth. to 把某物喂给...feed 的过去式和过去分词都是fed5，Dogs, it seems, love to chew up moneyit seems 似乎本句把dogs提前，加强了语气，本句可还原成 It seems that dogs love to chew up money6，A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fianc, John, runs a successful furniture business.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 aboutrun a factory, run a company 经营