Mutilated ladies 被残害的女性：指遭受身体或心理伤害的女性。
这里的lady是指英国纸币上印的女王头像，根据文章内容不应该翻译为“被残害的女性”而是“残缺的纸币”，进一步的根据内容优化标题即得到中文的题目：“残钞鉴别组”。
Has it ever happened to you? 简单句(疑问句)勾起读者兴趣(你想不想知道xxx?)
| happen to do 碰巧做某事 | Did you happen to be listening?你碰巧在听吗？ |
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| sth. happen to sb. 某事情发生在某人身上(to 是介词) | The lucky moment could happen to anyone.幸运的时刻可能发生在任何人身上。 |
| come up 出现了、发生了 | Has it ever come up to you? 替换 |
| sth. occur to sb. 某人想到了某事(非发生) |
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Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket?
| bank note / banknote / note 纸钞 | Henry didn't know it was a million-pound bank note.亨利不知道这是一张百万英镑的钞票。 |
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| bill n.帐单、钞票 | a fake / counterfeit $20 bill 一张$20假钞 |
| Bill / William 人名（比尔） | Bill Clinton （威廉 • 克林顿）、Bill Gates（比尔 • 盖茨） |
| coin 硬币 | a few loose coins. …几枚零钱。 |
| change 零钱(不可数) | I carry no change on me. 没带零钱 |
When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? 抓住读者眼球
| rescue / save 拯救、抢救 | When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave. NCE3-12 |
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| rescue from 从...中营救 | Vince is a fireman. Wow! Have you ever rescued anyone from a burning building before? |
| come / go to one's rescue n.营救 | When John was in trouble, everyone went to his rescue. |
| pick up sb. 救起某人(强调使用工具：轮船、汽车、吊车、飞机...) | The 'Antoinette' floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship. NCE3-20 |
| salvage ... from ... 从...救起(物品) |
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| savior / saviour 救命恩人 |
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People who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)!
鼻腔爆破 nasal explosion
| ［t] +［n］ | Britain、mutton、certain、mountain |
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| ［d］+ ［n］ | didn't、student |
| despair of sb. 对某人绝望 | The teachers began to despair of him. |
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| despair of (doing) sth. 对某事绝望 | Mike despaired of ever seeing her |
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in despair 绝望地(做某事) |
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| With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. | |
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.
| deal with ... 处理(麻烦、棘手的事) | He's happy that I deal with it myself.他对我自己处理这件事感到很满意。 |
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| attend to ... 应付、处理、解决 | You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. NCE3-33 |
| see to ...应付、处理、解决 | Don't worry about it. I'll see to it later. |
| handle ... vt. 处理 | 'Molly, I need your special talent for handling special matters.' 'Like what special matters?' |
| tackle ... v.处理 | Many schools are now trying to tackle the problem of drug abuse. |
| cope with ... 处理 | a seminar on 'coping with stress in the workplace' |
zeugma 轭式修辞
一个动词与多个名词搭配，表示不同的含义。
- Clothes that fit the man and the times. 合适且合时
- You're free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit. 执行法律、处死公民
| feed v.投、喂 | She fed two coins into the machine for a cup of coffee. |
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| feed sth. to sb. | I fed raw meat to the dog. 把生肉喂狗 |
| feed sb. on sth. | I fed the dog on raw meat. 给狗吃生肉 |
| Well-fed, well-bred.吃得饱，懂礼貌 | |
Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money! 插入语变次要信息
It seems that dogs love to chew up money. 重要信息应该在主句，而不是从句
- You may wonder why spiders are our friends. → Why, you may wonder,should spiders be our friends? NCE4-2 突出蜘蛛是好朋友
- Many of us believe that economic development is of paramount importance to China. 强调很多人相信 → Economic development, many of us believe, is of paramount importance to China. 强调经济发展