练习材料：

L7(1)：Mutilated ladies

Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket？ When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white？People who live in Britain needn't despair when they made mistakes like this （and a lot of people do）！

Fortunately for them，the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems，love to chew up money！

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

hæv juː ˈɛvə pʊt jɔː ˈtraʊzəz ɪn ðə ˈwɒʃɪŋ məˈʃiːn ænd ðɛn rɪˈmɛmbəd ðeə wɒz ə lɑːʤ bæŋk nəʊt ɪn jɔː bæk ˈpɒkɪt？ wɛn juː ˈrɛskjuːd jɔː ˈtraʊzəz, dɪd juː faɪnd ðə nəʊt wɒz ˈwaɪtə ðæn waɪt？ˈpiːpl huː lɪv ɪn ˈbrɪtn niːdnt dɪsˈpeə wɛn ðeɪ meɪd mɪsˈteɪks laɪk ðɪs （ænd ə lɒt ɒv ˈpiːpl duː）！

ˈfɔːʧnɪtli fɔː ðɛm，ðə bæŋk ɒv ˈɪŋglənd hæz ə tiːm kɔːld ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd ˈleɪdɪz wɪʧ diːlz wɪð kleɪmz frɒm ˈpiːpl huː fɛd ðeə ˈmʌni tuː ə məˈʃiːn ɔː tuː ðeə dɒg. dɒgz, ɪt siːmz，lʌv tuː ʧuː ʌp ˈmʌni！

ə ˈriːsnt keɪs kənˈsɜːnz ʤeɪn Butlin huːz fiancé, ʤɒn, rʌnz ə səkˈsɛsfʊl ˈfɜːnɪʧə ˈbɪznɪs.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：mutilate 使残缺不全，肢解；trousers 裤子；despair 绝望；claim 索赔，提出，声称；

词组：deal with 对付，对待，处理；chew up 充分咀嚼，弄坏；a recent case 最近的一个例子

练习感悟：

今天这篇文章真的是……一个是熟词生义，一个是词组和句式让我首次觉得很难捋清楚结构，去网上查了句子成分的分析才解决的问题。

这种能力真的是要好好锻炼。