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Expensive and uncomfortable新概念英语课程讲解

Expensive and uncomfortable新概念英语课程讲解

Expensive and uncomfortable既昂贵又受罪

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! 参考译文

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。其中有只箱子特殊重，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。看到的情景使惊讶，箱内有一个人正

躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人发觉而感到特别惊讶，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。

他经受了一次漫长而又难过的旅程，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！

unload v. 卸〔货〕

wooden adj. 木制的`

extremely adv. 特别，极其

occur v. 发生

astonish v. 使惊异

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pile n. 堆 woollen n. 羊毛的

goods n. 〔常用复数〕货物，商品 discover v. 发觉 admit v. 承认

confine v. 关在〔一个狭小的空间里〕 normal adj. 正常的，通常的

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

account for说明〔解释〕…缘由，证明 His illness accounts for his absence. 他因为生病, 所以才缺席。

Two things account for its occurrence. 发生这件事的缘由有两个。

How do you account for losing five games in a row? 你如何解释一连输了五场竞赛呢?

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

occur to…发生在

I hope no accident has occurred to him. 我盼望他没出什么事。 被想起〔到〕

No better plan occurred to them. 他们想不出更好的打算来。 It occurred to my mind. 我当时想到了这件事。

3.A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods. on top of在…上边, 在…上方

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Put this book on top of the others. 把这本书放在其他书的上边。 除…之外

He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him. 他失业了, 不仅如此, 他妻子也离开了他。

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