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Fortunately for themam called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.
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Before we begin the class, please answer this question:
What are Mutilated Ladies?
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Therefore, how do you understand Mutilated Ladies?
ladies? Damaged bank notes. A special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle which is responsible for damaged bank notes.
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chewing-gum
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★fiancé ['fi:ɔnsei]n.未婚夫: A man to whom a woman is engaged to be married.
I want to marry her.
fiancée['fi:ɔnsei] n.未婚妻
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★microwave ['maɪkrəweɪv] n. 微波，微波炉 macro-与micromacro-与micro-是一对意义相反的前缀，macro表示“宏、大”；micro-表示“微”。 例如： macroeconomics 宏观经济学 microeconomics微观经济学
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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 beautifullycooked wallet and notes turned to ash!
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•Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money! ≈ It seems that dogs love to chew up money! dogs 提前表强调
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• Structure:.过去分词短语“called Mutilated Ladies …”做定 语修饰“a team”,可以换成定语从句“which is called Mutilated Ladies …”.过去分词短语中又出现了“which”引 导的定语从句来修饰“Mutilated Ladies ”，定语从句中又出 现了“who”引导的定语从句来修饰“people”
n. mutilation
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Old Summer Palace
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Venus
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★chew v. 咀嚼;认真考虑 A lot of people love chewing gums. Don‟t bite off more than one can chew.不要 自不量力。 chew up: 嚼碎 eg. Dogs love to chew up money. chew the fat: 聊天 chew a problem over.仔细思考问题
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常用搭配： ① concern oneself with / in / about sth. “忙于某事 / 关心某 事 / 参与某事” She concerns herself with social welfare. 她从事社会福利工作。 ② as far as ....concerned“就某人 / 某物而言”。 As far as I'm concerned, I don't object to your decision. 就 我（个人）而言，我不反对你的决定。 ③ be concerned in / with sth. “与某物有牵连” 。 He was concerned with the crime. 他与那起罪案有关。 • be concerned about.. “关心……；担心……”。 I'm concerned that they may have got lost. 我担心他们可能迷路了.
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Analyzing
★mutilate ['mju:tileit] vt. 使残缺不全
mut(变化) +i + late 我变化的晚了
1. 毁伤，残害。(经常用于被动语态)
mutilated ladies a mutilated note He was mutilated in the accident, and now has only one leg.
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• fortunately for them =luckily / happily for them 固 定搭配 值得庆幸的是 • deal with 处理 • .claim n.&v. 索赔；主张，声称 a claim for compensation eg. The government’s claim to reduce taxes 政府主张减税 • feed sth. to 喂…吃…:= feed ...with sth ~ bread to the ducks =~ ducks with bread
you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white?
段首或段尾运用疑问句提出问题： 段首——主要要引起读者的兴趣和 注意力； 段尾——进一步巩固、加深与本段 所涉及的内容，进一步引起读者的 沉思。
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• happen to sb/sth： be the experience or fate of sb/sth 成为某人[某事物]的体验 或命运; 临到某人[某事物]头上: If anything happens to him, let me know. 万一他有什么不测, 请通知我。 Love never happens to me. occur to =come to mind, think of：想起，想到 • rescue v.& n.援救(不表结果) ←→save (sb‟s life)（表结果） Hundreds of people went to rescue the survivors the plane crash. rescue.. from ... Office software rescues people from tedious work to save a lot of time. 办公软件将人们从繁复的工作中解脱出来，从而节省了大量时间. rescue 大词小用所起到的目的——加强语气。 • whiter than white 比白纸还白
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★identify v. 鉴别，识别 He can‟t identify the person. identity: n. 身份 So far the archeologists have been unable to discover her identity. identification n.命名，确认
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John had a very good day and put his wallet containing ￡3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. • I have a very good day.—— I have earned a lot of money. • put his wallet containing——put his wallet which contained… 包含；容纳 • go horse-riding: go fishing/shopping/sightseeing
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ID card
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合成词
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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
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