新3 Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies

一.课文内容

Has it ever happened（d 没读 dt爆破） to you? Have you ever ｜put your（连读） trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large～ bank note in your back pocket↑? When you （耶）rescued your（耶） 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停顿｜ 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 （跟show up 读法想似）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 （连读）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 £1.5 million on 21,000 claims. "

二. 小词积累

1. 现金/支票：cash

纸币：note

硬币：corn

2. 可以多写写主动语态 dogs，it seems，

3. claim 声称，夺取生命，取行李（ luggage carou'sel行李传送带（还有旋转木马的意思））

exclaim 大声呼喊

三. 读音纠正

1. 句子语调上扬：happened to you ↑ washing machine ↑轻微上扬起伏 in your back pocket↑ whiter than white↑ a large （延长时间以重读）bank note

2. oven /ʌvn/

3. fiancé 未婚夫（法语读法，重音在后）

fiancee 未婚妻

whose fiance whose很快带过

4. When they got home↑ 这个语调可以带入其他句子 when you are three years old↑

5. castle t 不发音

6. horse hɔrs 不要读成house

7. call 英美音注意区分

8. happened（d 没读 dt爆破） to you

9. put your（连读） trousers

10. When you （耶）rescued your（耶r） trousers you 和 your 在这里

建议

1. 听儿歌 听韵律

2. call me baby call 多练习 所有例句多读一遍

3. 把字写在手上

4. 知道一件事，并不等于你会理解会利用，刻意练习，到达潜意识阶段才能脱口而出，英美音的区分，加油哇