Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L7(1)：Mutilated ladies

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 needn't despair when they made 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 money！

A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business.

mutilate  [ˈmjuːtɪleɪt] 使残缺不全，严重损毁

lady在这里指英国纸币上女王的头像

a large bank note  面额很大的纸币

rescue [ˈreskjuː]   抢救

whiter than white  比白纸还白

despair  失望，绝望

claim  索款，索赔

it seems  似乎；看来

chew  [tʃuː] 咀嚼,    chew up 细细咀嚼;嚼得稀烂;毁坏

concern [kənˈsɜːrn] 涉及;影响，牵涉，与…有关;

fiance  [fɪ'ɑ:nseɪ] 未婚夫  （法语）

今天学习总是不太能集中注意力，读一两句思绪就飘走了。其实文章并不难。集中注意力多读吧。