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What do you say on the following text? Dear native speakers of English what do you say about the following text? I mean the words usage and style. Is it looks odd or strange in some ways? -- Has it ever happened to you? 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 make 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 fiance, 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 went horse-riding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiance'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 £1.5m on 21,000 claims. ' Damaged bank notes. The Queen's head appears on English bank notes, and 'lady' refers to this.
2011年7月8日 17:54
回答 · 5
Well, I'm not a native speaker. This one is from a quite old textbook and beside that when I'm using phrases from it in my writing I get correction. So I decided to ask to be sure it isn't out of date.
2011年7月9日
Nice one ;)
2011年7月9日
Sounds ok and doesn't look odd at all
2011年7月8日
It looks like normal, correct, informal English.
2011年7月8日
Does it look odd or strange to you in any way?
2011年7月8日
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