Lesson7MutilatedLadies残钞鉴别组Hasiteverhappenedtoyou?Haveyoueverputyourtrousersinthewashingmachineandthenrememberedtherewasalargebanknoteinyourbackpocket?Whenyourescuedyourtrousers,didyoufindthenotewaswhite?PeoplewholiveinBritainneedn’tdespairwhentheymakemistakeslikethis(andalotofpeopledo)!Fortunatelyforthem,theBankofEnglandhasateamcalledMutilatedLadieswhichdealswithclaimsfrompeoplewhofedtheirmoneytoamachineortotheirdog.Dogs,itseems,lovetochewupmoney!ArecentcaseconcernsJaneButlinwhosefiancé,Jane,runsasuccessfulfurniturebusiness.Johnhadaverygooddayandputhiswalletcontaining£3,000intothemicrowaveovenforsafekeeping.ThenheandJanewenthorse-riding.Whentheygothome,Janecookedtheirdinnerinthemicrowaveovenandwithoutrealizingit,cookedherfiancé’swalletaswalletaswell.Imaginetheirdismaywhentheyfoundabeautifully-cookedwalletandnotesturnedtoash!JohnwenttoseehisbankmanagerwhosenttheremainsofwalletandthemoneytothespecialdepartmentoftheBankofEnglandinNewcastle:theMutilatedLadies!TheyexaminedtheremainsandJohngotallhismoneyback.Solongasthere’ssomethingtoidentify,wewillgivepeopletheirmoneyback,’saidaspokeswomanfortheBank.’Lastyear,wepaid£1.5mon21,000claims.Damagedbanknotes.TheQueen’sheadappearsonEnglishbanknotes,and“lady”referstothis.Nowlearnthenewwords(1).mutilatev.使残缺不全(2).chewv.咀嚼(3).fiancén.未婚夫(4).microwaven.微波,微波炉(5).ovenn.炉灶(6).safekeepingn.妥善保管(7).Newcastlen.纽卡斯尔(英国港市)(8).identifyv.鉴定,鉴别(9).spokeswomann.女发言人Afterlearningthenewwords.Nowtrytoanswerthequestion,anddotheaskandanswer.(1).Doclothesputintoawashingmachinesometimescontainmoney?(Yes,theydo.)(2).Whathappenstobanknotesputintoawashingmachine?(Theyturnwhite.)(3).DopeopleinBritaindespairiftheymakethismistake?(No,theydon’t)(4).Whynot?(BecausetheBankofEnglandhasateamwhichdealswithclaims)(5).What’sthisteamcalled?(MutilatedLadies.)(6).Whatdoes‘lady’referto?(TheQueen’sheadwhichappearsonBritishbanknotes.)(7).WhatkindofbusinessdoesJohnrun?(Afurniturebusiness)(8).What’sthenameofhisfiancée?(JaneButlin)(9).WhatdidJohndowithhiswalletcontaining£3,000?(Heputitinthemicrowaveovenforsafekeeping)(10).Didhisfianceeknowaboutthis?(No,shedidn’t)(11).WhatdidJohnandJanedoafterJohncamehomefromwork?(Theywenthorse-riding)(12).WhatdidJanedowhentheyreturnedhome?(Shecookedtheirdinnerinthemicrowaveoven)(13).Whatelsedidshecook?(John’swallet)(14).Whathappenedtothenotes?(Theyturnedtoash)(15).Howdidtheybothfeelaboutthis?(Dismayed)(16).WhodidJohngoandsee?(Hisbankmanager)(17).Whatdidthebankmanagerdo?(HesenttheremainstotheMutilatedLadiesdepartmentinNewcastle)(18).DidJohngethismoneyback?(Yes,hedid)(19).WhydidtheMutilatedLadiespaythemoneyback?(Becausetheycouldidentifythenotes.)(20).Theydon’tpayoutmoneyunlesstheycanidentifydamagednotes,dothey?(No,theydon’t)(21).Howmuchdidtheypayoutlastyears?(£1.5million)Text.课文讲解1.Hasiteverhappenedtoyou?副词ever常用来表示某种强调,含有“在任何时候”之意,其反义词是never.注意:(1).ever主要用于疑问句,否定句,条件状语从句,和含有否定意义的词,(如hardly,stop)的句中。Eg:Doyouevergototheopera?No,neverYes,sometimes.Eg:Mymotherhardlyevergoesout.我的母亲几年不出门I’mgoingtostophimeverdoingthatagain虽然否定句可由notever构成(如Ihaven’teverbeenthere)但通常用never来表示(如Ihaveneverbeenthere)(2).ever用在现在完成时,和过去完成时,可表示“直到现在的任何时候”和“直到过去某一时间点的任何时间”之意Eg:HaveyoueverbeentoParis?(3).ever可用于et比较级结构中的than之后,进行时间上的强调。Eg:Youlookmorebeautifulthanever.你比任何时候都漂亮。(4).ever有时也用于疑问句或假定句中,表示愤怒或惊讶Eg:Hasanyoneofyoueverheardsuchnonsense?你们有谁听到过这种废话吗?happened=occurred发生happento发生在某人身上。put放、安置put···onput···inputon穿上、戴上putupwith容忍、忍受2.Haveyoueverputyourtrousersinthewashingmachineandthenrememberedtherewasalargebanknoteinyourbackpocket?alargebanknote面额很大的纸币remembered=recalledremember记得、回想起=recallremember后既可以跟不定式又可以跟动词+ing形式、但意义不同eg:Irememberedtoposttheletters.我记住了要发信。eg:Irememberedpostingtheletters.我记得把信寄出去了。前一句表示没做post这个动词,而后一句则表示记得曾做过post这个动词。(3)代···问候eg:Pleaseremembermetoyourparents.请代我向你父母问好。3.Whenyourescuedyourtrousers,didyoufindthenotewaswhite?此处rescued用的是夸张的修辞方法,而不是took...out/got....out,Whiterthanwhite是英国有关洗衣粉的电视广告用语。4.PeoplewholiveinBritainneedn’tdespairwhentheymakemistakeslikethis(andalotofpeopledo)!need可作为完全变化动词,既实义动词,有时态和人称变化,也可作为特殊限定动词(无人称和时态的变化)即情态动词来使用。(1).作为完全动词使用,有时态,人称变化,与一般动词一样。Eg:Doyouneedanyhelp?(2).作为特殊限定动词,即情态动词使用时,后需使用不带to上午动词不定式,主要用于疑问句,否定句,和引导的从句中。Eg:NeedItypethisletter?IwonderifIneedtypethisletter(3).needn’t为must的否定式,意为不必。Eg:MustItypethisletter?No,youneedn’t(4).needn’t后如果接动词不定式的完成时态形式,表示没必要做,但已经做过的事情。Eg:Marytypedtheletteryesterday,andyouneedn’thavetypeditagain.5.Fortunatelyforthem,theBankofEnglandhasateamcalledMutilatedLadieswhichdealswithclaimsfrompeoplewhofedtheirmoneytoamachineortotheirdog.calledMutilatedLadies是后置定语,修饰team.Which和who又分别引导一个定语从句dealwith负责处理claim要求n.fortunately=luckily6.Dogs,itseems,lovetochewupmoney!Itseems是插入语,也可放在句尾,但放句子中或句尾,句子的中心就不大一样。做插入语的有:Ihope/think/guess/believe/suppose/wonder等;Yousee/know,don’tyouthink/know,itseemstome,itissaid,itissuggested,I’mafraid7.ArecentcaseconcernsJaneButlinwhosefiance,Jane,runsasuccessfulfurniturebusiness.concern与....有关,涉及到与不同的介词连用,意义不同。concernabout关心concernin参与concernwith与...有关beconcernedwith通常可表达动词concern的含义,与.....有关。runsuccessfulf