新概念英语第二册

LESSON 46

Expensive and uncomfortable

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原文

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 18 hours.

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

译文

当一架从伦敦起飞的飞机抵达悉尼机场时,工人们开始卸下一些装有衣物的木箱。没有人能够解释其中一个箱子非常重这一事实。一名工人突然想到要打开盒子。他对自己的发现感到惊讶。

箱子里躺着一个男人,上面放着一堆羊毛制品。他对被发现感到非常惊讶,甚至没有试图逃跑。被捕后,该男子承认在飞机离开伦敦之前藏在箱子里。他经历了一次漫长而不舒服的旅行,因为他被关在木箱里超过了18个小时。

该男子被勒令支付 3,500 英镑的旅行费用。门票的正常价格是 2,000 英镑。