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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

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。看到的情景使惊异，箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人觉察而感到

Expensive and uncomfortable既昂贵又受罪

特殊惊异，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

When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to

箱里的。他经受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。

unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could account

此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑！

for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred

unload v. 卸〔货〕

to one of the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found.

wooden adj. 木制的`

A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods. He was so surprised

extremely adv. 特殊，极其

at being discovered that he did not even try to run away. After he was arrested,

occur v. 发生

the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. He had had

astonish v. 使惊异

a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box

pile n. 堆

for over eighteen hours. The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of

woollen n. 羊毛的

the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $2,000!

goods n. 〔常用复数〕货物，商品

参考译文

discover v. 觉察

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。



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admit v. 承认

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

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

1.No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely No better plan occurred to them. heavy.

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

3.A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods. Two things account for its occurrence. on top of 发生这件事的缘由有两个。

Put this book on top of the others. 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. He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him. occur to…发生在

第 3 页他们想不出更好的准备来。 我当时想到了这件事。

在…上边, 在…上方 把这本书放在其他书的上边。 除…之外

他失业了, 不仅如此, 他妻子也离开了他。

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