一.課文內(nèi)容
Has it ever happened（d 沒讀 dt爆破） to you? Have you ever ｜put your（連讀） trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large～ bank note in your back pocket↑? When you （耶）rescued your（耶） trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white↑?People who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this and a lot of people do! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team ｜called停頓｜ 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 （跟show up 讀法想似）money!
A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had a very good day and put his wallet containing ￡3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane （連讀）went horse-riding. When they got home↑, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well. Imagine their dismay↑ when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet｜ and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! They examined the remains and John got all～ his money back. "So long as there's something to identify↑, we will give people their money back," said a spokeswoman for the Bank. "Last year, we paid ￡1.5 million on 21,000 claims. "
二. 小詞積累
1. 現(xiàn)金/支票：cash
紙幣：note
硬幣：corn
2. 可以多寫寫主動語態(tài) dogs，it seems，
3. claim 聲稱，奪取生命，取行李（ luggage carou'sel行李傳送帶（還有旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬的意思））
exclaim 大聲呼喊
三. 讀音糾正
1. 句子語調(diào)上揚：happened to you ↑ washing machine ↑輕微上揚起伏 in your back pocket↑ whiter than white↑ a large （延長時間以重讀）bank note
2. oven /?vn/
3. fiancé 未婚夫（法語讀法，重音在后）
fiancee 未婚妻
whose fiance whose很快帶過
4. When they got home↑ 這個語調(diào)可以帶入其他句子 when you are three years old↑
5. castle t 不發(fā)音
6. horse h?rs 不要讀成house
7. call 英美音注意區(qū)分
8. happened（d 沒讀 dt爆破） to you
9. put your（連讀） trousers
10. When you （耶）rescued your（耶r） trousers you 和 your 在這里
建議
1. 聽兒歌 聽韻律
2. call me baby call 多練習 所有例句多讀一遍
3. 把字寫在手上
4. 知道一件事，并不等于你會理解會利用，刻意練習，到達潛意識階段才能脫口而出，英美音的區(qū)分，加油哇
