1、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。
2、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)
3、When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than
white?
whiter than white = damaged, mutilated
4、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.)
5、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…
6、Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money!
it seems 似乎
本句= It seems that dogs love to chew up money!
7、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…
8、Then he and Jane went horse-riding.
go horse-riding / go fishing / go hunting / go shopping
9、When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and
without realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well.
10、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
11、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
12、They examined the remain and John got all his money back.
13、'So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money
back,' said a spokes woman 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.
