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Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies

mutilate

['mju:tileit]

v. 使残缺不全,毁坏

【例】

The bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine.

英国银行有一个残钞鉴别组,负责处理那些把钱塞进机器的人提出的索赔要求。

Intruders slashed and mutilated several paintings.

闯进来的人毁坏了好几幅油画。

chew

[tʃu:]

v. 咀嚼

【例】

Dogs love to chew up money.

狗很喜欢咀嚼钱币。

The dog was chewing on a bone.

那只狗在一个劲地啃骨头。

fiancé

[fi'ɑ:nsei]

n. 未婚夫

【例】

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

最近的一个案例与简有关,她的未婚夫约翰拥有一家生意兴隆的家具店。

Linda and her fiancé were there.

琳达和她的未婚夫在那里。

microwave

['maikrәweiv]

n. 微波,微波炉

【例】

He put his wallet into the microwave oven for safekeeping.

他把钱包放进微波炉内保存。

In a large microwave -proof dish, melt butter for 20 seconds.

让黄油在微波适用的大盘子里熔化20秒钟。

【记】

micro微,小+wave波→n.微波

oven

['ʌvn]

n. 炉灶

【例】

He put his wallet into the microwave oven for safekeeping.

他把钱包放进微波炉内保存。

She lit the oven , preparatory to putting the pie into it.

她把烤箱加热,准备把馅饼放进去。

safekeeping

['seif'ki:piŋ]

n. 妥善保管

【例】

He put his wallet into the microwave oven for safekeeping .

他把钱包放进微波炉内保存。

Those papers are in safekeeping with him.

那些文件由他妥善保管着。

Newcastle

['nju:'ka:sl]

n. 纽卡斯尔(英国港口城市)

【例】

The bank manager sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle .

银行经理把他的钱包和纸币的残留物送到英国银行在纽卡斯尔的一个专门部门。

They're all from Newcastle in the North East of England.

他们都来自英格兰东北部的纽卡斯尔。

identify

[ai'dentifai]

v. 鉴定,识别

【例】

So long as there is something to identify , we will give people their money back.

只要有东西可供识别,我们会把钱还给人家。

She was able to identify her attacker.

她认出了袭击她的人。

【记】

ident相同,识别+ify表动词→v.识别,鉴别,确定

spokeswoman

[ˈspoksˌwʊmәn]

n. 女发言人

【例】

A spokeswoman for the government denied the rumours.

一位政府女发言人否认了那些传言。

A spokeswoman said the agreement had been declared null and void.

女发言人称该协议已宣布无效。 eSnH+exDf1LpYLXNwSr7w7Xtd83naO6bDMvqPZBqQTTf6y/e71QVeacE+FTlbJFe

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