7 Mutilated ladies

Has it ever happened to you?

这种事情在你身上出现过吗?

Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket?

你有没有把裤子塞进洗衣机，然后又想起在裤子的后兜有一张大面值的纸币?

When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white?

当你把裤子抢救出来时，你有没有发现那张纸币已经变得比白纸还白?

People who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)!

当英国人犯这种错误时，他们不必感到绝望(而许多国家的人都有这种绝望的感觉)。

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.

对英国人来说，值得庆幸的是英国银行有一个残钞鉴别组，负责处理那些把钱塞进机器或塞给狗的人提出的索赔要求。

Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money!

看起来，狗很喜欢咀嚼钱币。