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46 Expensive and Uncomfortable

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(=the things that) he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen 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!

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。 其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。看到的情景使吃惊。 箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。 此人被逮捕后，承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。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。此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑。而正常票价是2,000英镑！

Words

  • account /əˈkaʊnt/ 解释
  • extremely /ɛkˈstrimli/ adv. 非常
    1. extremely tired/thirsty/heavy…(adj.)
    2. She is extremely tired/thirsty.
    3. She inquired about that extremely heavy box last night.（L39）
  • occurred /əˈkɝd/ 发生
  • astonished /əˈstɑnɪʃt/ v. 惊讶的
    1. be astonished at sth/was surprised/was shocked…
    2. In New York, visitors are astonished at high buildings.
    3. are/who…
    4. I was astonished at his stupidity.
  • lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ lie, 躺
  • pile /paɪl/ n. 许多
    1. I’ve got a pile of questions.
    2. The captain ordered his men to throw a pile of books out of the ship.（L43）
    3. You have to return this pile of woods to Leo.（L45）
  • woollen /ˈwʊlən/ n. 羊毛
    1. She bought a pile of wollen goods for her mom last month.
  • arrested /əˈrɛstɪd/ 逮捕
  • admitted /ədˈmɪtɪd/ 承认
  • confined /kənˈfaɪnd/ v. 限制
    1. He had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
    2. He was confined to the kitchen for an hour.
  • unload /ʌnˈlod/ v. 卸下
    1. They are unloading the boxes.（L2）
    2. The boxes are being unloaded.（L10）
    3. These boxes must have been unloaded yesterday afternoon.（L21）
    4. He used to unload boxes everyday.（L31）
    5. You needn’t have unloaded all the boxes.（L41）
  • wooden /ˈwʊdən/ adj. 木制的
    1. If they bought that wooden chair, I would give you one too.（L40）
    2. This wooden bridge needs mending.（L44）
    3. She finds this wooden chair beautiful.（L41）
  • goods /ɡʊdz/ 货物
  • discover /dɪˈskʌvɚ/ v. 发现
    1. Several new species of plants have recently been discovered.（L10）
    2. They discovered a new plant last month.
  • normal /ˈnɔrməl/ adj. 正常的
    1. I just want to live a normal life.
    2. He is just a normal guy.
    3. What’s the normal price?
    4. This is normal.
    5. Is this normal?
    6. It occurred to sb. that…
    7. It occurred to sb. to do sth.
    8. sb. admit that…

Expressions

  • account for 解释
  • open up 打开
  • be astonished at 对……惊讶
  • a pile of 一堆
  • be confined to 被限制在

同位语从句

一个(完整)的句子补充说明一个名词

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