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...
