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[00:10.04]7 残钞鉴别组
[00:20.09]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:23.21]听录音，然后回答以下问题.
[00:26.33]Why did Jane cook John’s wallet?
[00:32.07]为什么简把约翰的钱包给煮了?
[00:37.80]Has it ever happened to you?
[00:39.63]这种事情在你身上出现过吗?
[00:41.46]Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine
[00:43.98]你有没有把裤子塞进洗衣机,
[00:46.50]and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket?
[00:49.32]想起在裤子的后兜有一张大面值的纸币
[00:52.14]When you rescued your trousers
[00:54.11]当你把裤子抢救出来时，
[00:56.08]did you find the note was whiter than white?
[00:58.51]你有没有发现那张纸币已经变得比白纸还白?
[01:00.94]People who live in Britain needn’t despair
[01:03.12]英国人从不必绝望
[01:05.31]when they make mistakes like this
[01:07.19]当他们犯这种错误时,
[01:09.07](and a lot of people do)!
[01:10.90](而许多国家的人都有这种绝望感)!
[01:12.72]Fortunately for them,the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies
[01:16.50]对英国人来说,值得庆幸是英国银行有一个残钞鉴别组,
[01:20.27]which deals with claims from people
[01:22.16]负责处理那些
[01:24.04]who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.
[01:26.62]把钱塞进机器或塞给狗的人提出的索赔要求.
[01:29.21]Dogs,it seems,love to chew up money!
[01:31.69]看起来,狗很喜欢咀嚼钱币.
[01:34.17]A recent case concerns Jane Butlin
[01:35.44]最近的一个案例与简.巴特林有关,
[01:36.71]whose fiance,John,runs a successful furniture business.
[01:39.79]她的未婚夫约翰拥有一家生意兴隆的家具店
[01:42.87]John had a very good day
[01:44.95]有一天约翰的生意很好,
[01:47.02]and put his wallet containing 3,000
[01:49.81]他把一只装有3,000英镑的钱包
[01:52.59]into the microwave oven for safekeeping.
[01:54.87]放进微波炉内保存
[01:57.16]Then he and Jane went horse-riding.
[01:59.59]然后,他和简一起去骑马.
[02:02.02]When they got home,
[02:03.60]回家后,
[02:05.18]Jane cooked their dinnerin the microwave oven
[02:07.56]简用微波炉煮了晚饭,
[02:09.93]and without realizing it,cooked her fiance’s wallet as well.
[02:12.75]无意之中把她未婚夫的钱包也一起煮了.
[02:15.58]Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet
[02:18.61]可以想像他们发现一只煮得很好看的钱包
[02:21.64]and notes turned to ash!
[02:23.71]而其中的钞票已化成灰时的沮丧心情.
[02:25.79]John went to see his bank manager
[02:27.62]约翰去找银行经理经理
[02:29.45]who sent the remains of wallet and the money
[02:31.72]把约翰的钱包和纸币的残留物
[02:33.99]to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle:
[02:36.66]送到英国银行在纽卡斯尔的一个专门部
[02:39.32]the Mutilated Ladies!
[02:41.06]门残钞鉴别组.
[02:42.80]They examined the remains
[02:44.87]他们鉴定了这些残留物.
[02:46.95]and John got all his money back.
[02:49.38]约翰拿回了他损失的全部数额
[02:51.81]’So long as there’s something to identify,
[02:54.08]"只要有东西可供识别,
[02:56.35]we will give people their money back,’said a spokeswoman for the Bank.