Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
既昂貴又受罪
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What did the man in this story do?
When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport,
當(dāng)一架來自倫敦的飛機(jī)抵達(dá)悉尼機(jī)場(chǎng)時(shí)，
workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
工人們開始卸下裝有服裝的一批木箱。
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
其中有只箱子特別重，可誰(shuí)也弄不清是怎么回事。
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
突然一個(gè)工人想到打開箱子看看。
He was astonished at what he found.
看到的情景使他吃驚，
A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.
箱內(nèi)有一個(gè)人正躺在一堆毛織品之上。
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
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。
After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.
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。
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
他經(jīng)歷了一次漫長(zhǎng)而又難受的旅程，因?yàn)樗谀悄鞠淅飷灹?8個(gè)多小時(shí)。
The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip.
此人被責(zé)令交付旅費(fèi)3,500英鎊，
The normal price of a ticket is $2,000!
而正常票價(jià)是2,000英鎊！