新概念英语第3册第7课

Lesson7MutilatedladiesLecturer:PatienceWangNewwordsandexpressionsReadthenewwordsandexpressionsonpage38.ListeningListentothetapeonceandthenanswerthequestionsbelow.WhatsortofbusinessdoesJohnButlinrun?Whatdidhedoattheendofaverygoodday?Whatdidheandhisfiancéedothen?WhatdidJanedoaftertheygothome?Whatweretheydismayedtofind?WhodidJohngoandsee?Whatdidthebankmanagerdo?Whathappenedafterthat?ListeningcomprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerstothequestionsonpage40.Lesson7Mutilatedladies(Ⅰ)Hasiteverhappenedtoyou?Haveyoueverputyourtrousersinthewashingmachineandthenrememberedtherewasalargebanknoteinyourbackpocket?Whenyourescuedyourtrousers,didnoteinyourbackpocket?Whenyourescuedyourtrousers,didyoufindthenotewaswhiterthanwhite?PeoplewholiveinBritainneedn'tdespairwhentheymademistakeslikethis(andalotofpeopledo)!Fortunatelyforthem,theBankofEnglandhasateamcalledMutilatedLadieswhichdealswithclaimsfrompeoplewhofedtheirmoneytoamachineortotheirdog.Dogs,itseems,lovetochewupmoney!

Lesson7Mutilatedladies(Ⅱ)

ArecentcaseconcernsJaneButlinwhosefiancé,John,runsasuccessfulfurniturebusiness.Johnhadverygooddayandputhiswalletcontaining$3,000intothemicrowaveovenforsafekeeping.ThenheandJanewenthorse-riding.Whentheygothome,Janecookedtheirdinnerinthemicrowaveovenandwithoutrealizingit,cookedherfiancé'swalletaswell.Imaginetheirdismaywhentheyfoundabeautifully-cookedwalletandnotesturnedtoash!JohnwenttoseehisbankmanagerwhosenttheremainsofwalletandthemoneytothespecialdepartmentoftheBankofEnglandinNewcastle:theMutilateLadies!TheyexaminedtheremainandJohngotallhismoneyback.'Solongasthere'ssomethingtoidentify,wewillgivepeopletheirmoneyback,'saidaspokeswomanfortheBank.'Lastyear,wepaid$1.5mon21,000claims.Damagedbanknotes.TheQueen'sheadappearsonEnglishbanknotes,and'lady'referstothis.

mutilatemutilate[‘mju:tileɪt]v.[vn]todamagesb’sbodyveryseverely,especiallybycuttingortearingoffpartofit使残废；使残缺不全；毁伤e.g.尸体被严重毁伤。

Thebodyhadbeenbadlymutilated.2.todamagesthverybadly严重损毁；毁坏e.g.他们毁坏了好几幅油画。

Theymutilatedseveralpaintings.n.mutilation[,mju:ti’leɪʃn]n.e.g.在炸弹爆炸事件中，数千人被炸死，或成为残废。

Thousandssuffereddeathormutilationinthebombblast.notenoten.[c]ashortpieceofwritingtohelpyouremembersth

笔记，记录e.g.请记下日期。

Pleasemakeanoteofthedates.2.[c]ashortinformationletter短笺；便条e.g.她在厨房的餐桌上给杰克留了个便条。

SheleftanoteforJackonthekitchentable.3.[c]apieceofpapermoney纸币e.g.一张面值为5英镑的纸币

a￡5notev.tomentionsthbecauseitisimportantorinteresting指出；特别提到e.g.值得指出的是最成功的公司价格最低。

Itisworthnotingthatthemostsuccessfulcompanieshadthelowestprices.rescuerescue[‘reskju:]v.~sb./sth.(fromsth/sb.)tosavesb./sth.fromadangerousorharmfulsituation营救；援救；抢救e.g.(1)我正感到尴尬，你为我解了围。

Yourescuedmefromanembarrassingsituation.(2)他们最后被直升机救走了。

Theywereeventuallyrescuedbyhelicopter.n.[u]救援；营救；抢救；获救e.g.我们那时已经放弃了获救的希望。

Wehadgivenuphopeofrescue.despairdespair[dis’pɛə]n.[u]thefeelingofhavinglostallhope绝望e.g.他绝望地放弃了斗争。

Hegaveupthestruggleindespair.bethedespairofsb.tomakesb.worriedorunhappy,becausetheycannothelp令某人担心（或绝望）e.g.我的字写得很差，使老师们感到十分失望。

Myhandwritingwasthedespairofmyteachers.v.~(ofsth./sb.)/~(ofdoingsth.)tostophavinganyhopethatasituationwillchangeorimprove绝望；失去希望；丧失信心e.g.我对他都绝望了，他做任何工作都不超过半年。

Idespairofhim;hecan’tkeepajobformorethansixmonths.despairingadj.showingorfeelingthelossofallhope表示绝望的；感到绝望的；没有希望的e.g.绝望的呼喊

adespairingcrydespairinglyadv.desperate[‘despərit]adj.[usuallybeforenoun](ofanaction)givinglittlehopeofsuccess;triedwheneverythingelsehasfailed.绝望的；孤注一掷的；铤而走险的e.g.不断增加的经济困难迫使他采取了铤而走险的方法。

Hisincreasingfinancialdifficultiesforcedhimtotakedesperatemeasures.desperatelyadv.极其，厉害e.g.病得厉害

desperatelyillfortunatefortunate[‘fɔ:tʃənit]adj.~(todosth.)/~(inhaving)/(forsb.)(that~)havingorbringinganadvantage,anopportunity,apieceofgoodluck,etc.幸运的；交好运的；吉利的(=lucky)e.g.(1)我很幸运去过世界很多地方。

Ihavebeenfortunateenoughtovisitmanypartsoftheworld.(2)我很幸运，有位好老师。

Iwasfortunateinhavingagoodteacher.adv.fortunatelyn.fortune[‘fɔ:tʃən][u]chanceorluck,especiallyinthewayitaffectspeople’slives(尤指影响人生的)机会，运气e.g.我有幸与一些优秀的同事共事。

Ihavehadthegoodfortunetoworkwithsomeexcellentcolleagues.2.[c]alargeamountofmoney大笔的钱，巨款e.g.(1)那个戒指肯定要值好多钱。

Thatringmustbeworthafortune.(2)她继承了家庭的一份财产。

Sheinheritedashareofthefamilyfortune.dealwithdealwithsb.totakeappropriateactioninaparticularsituationoraccordingtowhoyouaretalkingto,managing,etc.应付，对付，对待e.g.她已习惯于和工作中遇到的各种各样的人打交道。

Sheisusedtodealingwithallkindsofpeopleinherjob.dealwithsb./sth(todobusinesswithaperson,acompanyoranorganization)与~做生意dealwithsth.tosolveaproblem,carryoutatask,etc.解决，处理，应付e.g.(1)他善于应付压力。

Heisgoodatdealingwithpressure.(2)处理各种问题。

todealwithissues2.tobeaboutsth.涉及；论及；关于e.g.她的诗通常是关于死亡这一主题的。

Herpoemsoftendealwiththesubjectofdeath.claimclaimn.[c]~(that…)astatementthatsthistruealthoughithasnotbeenprovedandotherpeoplemaynotagreewithorbelieveit.声明；宣称；断言e.g.这位歌手已否认那家杂志有关她要离开乐队的说法。

Thesingerhasdeniedthemagazine’sclaimthatsheisleavingtheband.2.[c](~forsth)arequestforasumofmoneythatyoubelieveyouhavearightto,especiallyfromacompany,thegovernment,etc.(尤指向公司、政府等)索款，索赔e.g.你可按保单索赔。

Youcanmakeaclaimonyourinsurancepolicy.insurancepolicyn.awrittencontractbetweenapersonandaninsurancecompany保险单feedfeed[fi:d]v.(fed,fed)[~sb./sth.(on)sth]/(~sthtosb./sth)togivefoodtoapersonorananimal给(人或动物)食物，喂养，饲养e.g.(1)这些牛要喂大麦。

Thecattlearefedonbarley.(2)这些牛要喂大麦。

Thecattlearefedbarley.(3)牛喂的是大麦。

Thebarleyisfedtothecattle.barley/’ba:li]n.[u]大麦2.toprovidefoodforafamilyorgroupofpeople养，养活(全家，一群人)e.g.他们要养活一大家人。

Theyhavealargefamilytofeed.3.togiveaplantaspecialsubstancetomakeitgrow.施(肥)等。e.g.每星期要给这些花草施一次肥。

Feedtheplantsonceaweek.

chewchew[tʃu:]v.~(at/on/throughsth)/~sth(up)tobitefoodintosmallpiecesinyourmouthwithyourteethtomakeiteasiertoswallow咀嚼，嚼碎e.g.他总是在嚼口香糖。

Heisalwayschewinggum.2.~(onsth)tobitesthcontinuously,forexamplebecauseyouarenervousortotasteit(因为紧张等)咬住，不停地啃；(为尝味道)不停地咀嚼e.g.(1)玛丽咬着嘴唇，眼睛盯着地板。

Marychewedonherlipandstaredatthefloor.(2)那只狗在一个劲地啃骨头。

Thedogwaschewingonabone.(3)啃指甲

tochewyournailschewsthover(tothinkaboutordiscusssthslowlyandcarefully)仔细考虑，深思熟虑；详细讨论n.1.anactofchewingsth

咀嚼

2.atypeofsweet/candythatyouchew口香糖，糖果chewinggum(alsogum)n.[u]口香糖concernconcernv.[oftenpassive]toaffectsb;toinvolvesb.影响，涉及，牵涉（某人）e.g.不要管与自己无关的事。

Don’tinterfereinwhatdoesn’tconcernyou.2.[vn](alsobeconcernedwithsth.)tobeaboutsth.与~有关，涉及e.g.这篇文章写的是一个被误抓入狱的人。

Thisarticleconcernsamanwhowaswronglyimprisoned.3.toworrysb.让(某人)担忧e.g.让我担心的是我们对事态的变化缺乏准备。

Whatconcernsmeisourlackofpreparationforthechange.n.1.[u,c]~(about/for/oversth./sb.)/~(that…)(尤指许多人共同的)担心，忧虑e.g.(1)人们对电视上的暴力内容日渐忧虑。

Thereisgrowingconcernaboutviolenceontelevision.(2)[c](对人、组织等)重要的事情e.g.作为一名作家，你主要关注的是哪些问题？

Whatareyourmainconcernsasawriter?fiancéfiancé[fi’ɔnsei]n.themanthatawomanisengagedto(=hasofficiallyagreedtomarry)未婚夫fiancée[fi’ɔnsei]n.thewomanthatamanisengagedto(=hasofficiallyagreedtomarry)未婚妻runrunv.[vn]tobeinchargeofabusiness,etc.管理，经营e.g.(1)经营一家旅店

torunahotel(2)他丝毫不懂企业管理。

Hehasnoideahowtorunabusiness.(3)别老想操纵我的生活。

Stoptryingtorunmylife(=organizeit)forme.2.[vn]tomakeaservice,courseofstudy,etc.availabletopeople提供，开设（服务、课程等）e.g.这所大学为外国学生开设暑期课程。

Thecollegerunssummercoursesforforeignstudents.3.~(onsth)tooperateorfunction;tomakesthdothis.(使)运转，运行，操作e.g.你来操作一会儿发动机好吗？

Couldyouruntheengineforamoment?businessbusinessn.[u]theactivityofmaking,buying,sellingorsupplyinggoodsorservicesformoney.商业，买卖，生意e.g.和你做买卖很愉快。

Ithasbeenapleasuretodobusinesswithyou.2.[u]workthatispartofyourjob商务，公事e.g.他出差去了。

Heisawayonbusiness.3.[c]acommercialorganizationsuchasacompany,shop/storeorfactory.商业机构；企业；公司；商店；工厂e.g.(1)经营自己的企业

torunyourownbusiness(2)她在家族的企业工作。

Sheworksinthefamilybusiness.containcontain[kən’tein]v.[vn]ifsthcontainssthelse,ithasthatthinginsideitoraspartofit.包含；含有，容纳e.g.这种饮料不含任何酒精。

Thisdrinkdoesn’tcontainanyalcohol.2.(written)tokeepyourfeelingsundercontrol控制，克制，抑制（感情）e.g.她无法抑制内心的激动。

Shewasunabletocontainherexcitement.container[kən’teinə]n.abox,bottle,etc.inwhichsthcanbestoredortransported.容器集装箱，货柜e.g.集装箱船

acontainershipmicrowavemicrowave[‘maikrəweiv]n.(alsoformal;microwaveoven[‘ʌvən]烤箱，烤炉)atypeofoventhatcooksorheatsfoodveryquicklyusingelectromagneticwavesratherthanheat微波炉[i’lektrəʊmæg’netik]电磁的e.g.把汤放在微波炉里再热一热。

Reheatthesoupinthemicrowave.v.[vn]tocookorheatsthinamicrowavesafekeepingsafekeepingn.[u]thefactofsth.beinginasafeplacewhereitwillnotbelostordamaged妥善保管；存放在安全处e.g.为安全起见，她把手表放进了口袋。

Shehadputherwatchinherpocketforsafekeeping.2.thefactofsb./sth.beingtakencareofbysb.whocanbetrusted.(由可信之人的)安全照看，妥善照管e.g.那些文件由我们的律师妥善保管着。

Thedocumentsareinthesafekeepingofourlawyers.realizerealizev.tounderstandorbecomeawareofaparticularfactorsituation理解；领会；认识到；意识到e.g.(1)我没有察觉到你那么不开心。

Ididn’trealize(that)youweresounhappy.(2)我一看到她，就觉得不太对劲。

ThemomentIsawher,Irealizedsomethingwaswrong.(3)形势比他们最初意识到的更为复杂。

Thesituationwasmorecomplicatedthantheyhadatfirstrealized.2.[vn]toachievesth.importantthatyouverymuchwanttodo实现；将……变为现实e.g.(1)她从未能实现成为一名职业歌手的志向。

Sheneverrealizedherambitionofbecomingaprofessionalsinger.(2)我们努力帮助所有的学生充分发挥他们的潜力。

Wetrytohelpallstudentsrealizetheirfullpotential.realizationn.imagineimaginev.toformapictureinyourmindofwhatsth.mightbelike想像，设想e.g.(1)这房子正是她所想象的。

Thehousewasjustasshehadimaginedit.

(2)我现在无法设想没有了孩子们的生活。

Ican’timaginelifewithoutthechildrennow.2.tothinkthatsthisprobablytrue料想，认为e.g.我认为他们不会拒绝。Idon’timagine(that)theywillrefuse.imaginationn.[u.c]想象力；想像e.g.不难猜出她的意思。

Itdoesn’ttakemuchimaginationtoguesswhatshemeant.2.[u]想象的事物；幻想物e.g.她再也不能分清幻想和现实了。

Shewasnolongerabletodistinguishbetweenimaginationandreality.3.[u]创造力；创作力e.g.他的作品缺乏想象。

Hiswritinglacksimagination.dismaydismay[dis’mei]n.[u]aworried,sadfeelingafteryouhavereceivedanunpleasantsurprise诧异；惊愕；灰心；丧气e.g.(1)他诧异地看着她。

Helookedatherindismay.(2)使她难过的是，名单上没有她的名字。

Toherdismay,hernamewasnotonthelist.v.[vn]tomakesbfeelshockedanddisappointed.使诧异，使惊愕；使失望e.g.他们的反应使他感到惊愕。

Theirreactiondismayedhim.dismayedadj.