[al:新概念英语（三）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:Mutilated Ladies] [by:更多学习内容，请到chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:01.50]Lesson 7 [00:03.40]Mutilated Ladies [00:12.02]Why did Jane cook John's wallet? [00:17.75]Has it ever happened to you? [00:20.19]Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine [00:23.28]and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? [00:27.98]When you rescued your trousers,did you find the note was whiter than white? [00:33.62]People who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this [00:38.93](and a lot of people do)! [00:41.33]Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies [00:47.13]which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. [00:53.22]Dogs,it seems,love to chew up money! [00:57.75]A recent case concerns Jane Butlin [01:01.34]whose fiance,John, runs a successful furniture business. [01:06.80]John had a very good day [01:09.08]and put his wallet containing `3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. [01:16.06]Then he and Jane went horse-riding. [01:20.05]When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven [01:24.28]and without realizing it,cooked her fiance's wallet as well. [01:29.86]Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet [01:33.88]and notes turned to ash! [01:37.06]John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money [01:41.85]to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle:the Mutilated Ladies! [01:47.89]They examined the remains and John got all his money back. [01:53.72]'So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,' [01:58.42]said a spokeswoman for the Bank. [02:00.87]'Last year,we paid `1.5 million on 21,000 claims.'