Why did Jane cook John's wallet?
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?
这种事情是否曾发生在你身上？你是否曾经把裤子放进洗衣机，然后想起裤袋里有一张大额钞票？当你把裤子拯救出来，你是否发现钞票变得比白纸还白？
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!
当英国人犯了这样的错误（很多人犯过），他们不必绝望。他们很幸运，英格兰银行有一个残钞鉴别组，专门负责处理那些把钱塞放入了机器或塞给狗的人提出来的索赔要求。狗似乎很喜欢咀嚼钱币。
A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business.
最近一个案例与简·巴特林有关，她的未婚夫约翰是个成功的家具商人。
John had 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 fiancé's wallet as well.
约翰当天心情很好，他把装有3000英镑的钱包放在微波炉里保管。然后他就和简一起去骑马。当他们回到家，简用微波炉煮了晚饭，但没有意识到她连未婚夫的钱包也一起煮了。
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 Mutilate Ladies! They examined the remain 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.
可以想象当他们看到一个煮得如此完美的钱包和化成灰的钱币时的沮丧。约翰去找到他的银行经理，银行经理把钱包和钱币的残留物送到在纽卡斯尔的英格兰银行的特别部门——残币鉴别组。她们检查了这些钱包和钱币的残留物后，约翰成功地要回所有的钱。一位英格兰银行的女发言人说：“只要有可供识别的东西，我们都将把钱还给人们。去年，我们为21000人的索赔支付了150万英镑。”
