Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable

既昂贵又受罪

First listen and then answer the question: What did the man in this story do?

When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.

当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时,工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。

No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.

其中有只箱子特别重,可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。

It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.

突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。

He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.

看到的情景使他吃惊,箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。

He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.

他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊,甚至都没有企图逃跑。

After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.

此人被逮捕后,承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。

He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.

他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程,因为他在那木箱里闷了 18 个多小时。

The man was ordered to pay £3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is £2,000!

此人被责令交付旅费 3,500 英镑,而正常票价是 2,000 英镑!

同位语从句

单词列表

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unload

/ ˌʌnˈləʊd /v. 卸(货)

wooden

/ ˈwʊdn /adj. 木制的

extremely

/ ɪkˈstriːmli /adv. 非常,极其

occur *

/ əˈkɜː(r) /v. 发生

astonish

/ əˈstɒnɪʃ /v. 使惊讶

pile

/ paɪl /n. 堆

woollen

/ ˈwʊlən /n. 羊毛的

goods

/ ɡʊdz /n. (常用复数)货物,商品

discover

/ dɪˈskʌvə(r) /v. 发现

admit *

/ ədˈmɪt /v. 承认

confine *

/ kənˈfaɪn /v. 关在(一个狭小的空间里)

normal

/ ˈnɔːm(ə)l /adj. 正常的,通常的