新概念英語第二冊(含lrc文本)Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
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When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away. After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours. The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $2,000!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
unload v. 卸（貨）
wooden adj. 木制的
extremely adv. 非常，極其
occur v. 發(fā)生
astonish v. 使驚訝
pile n. 堆
woollen n. 羊毛的
goods n. （常用復(fù)數(shù)）貨物，商品
discover v. 發(fā)現(xiàn)
admit v. 承認(rèn)
confine v. 關(guān)在（一個(gè)狹小的空間里）
normal adj. 正常的，通常的
當(dāng)一架來自倫敦的飛機(jī)抵達(dá)悉尼機(jī)場時(shí)，工人們開始卸下裝有服裝的一批木箱。其中有只箱子特別重，可誰也弄不清是怎么回事。突然一個(gè)工人想到打開箱子看看。看到的情景使吃驚，箱內(nèi)有一個(gè)人正躺在一堆毛織品之上。他由于被人發(fā)現(xiàn)而感到非常吃驚，甚至都沒有企圖逃跑。此人被逮捕后，承認(rèn)他是在飛機(jī)離開倫敦前躲進(jìn)箱里的。他經(jīng)歷了一次漫長而又難受的旅程，因?yàn)樗谀悄鞠淅飷灹?8個(gè)多小時(shí)。此人被責(zé)令交付旅費(fèi)3,500英鎊，而正常票價(jià)是2,000英鎊！
