全文 7 句（男女对话）· 13 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. The plane was late and detectives /dɪˈtektɪvz/ n. 侦探 were waiting at the airport /ˈeəpɔːt/ n. 机场 all morning.
作者2. They were expecting /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/ v. 期待，等待 a valuable /ˈvæljuəbl/ adj. 贵重的 parcel /ˈpɑːsl/ n. 包裹 of diamonds /ˈdaɪəməndz/ n. 钻石 from South Africa.
作者3. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal /stiːl/ v. 偷 the diamonds.
作者4. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main /meɪn/ adj. 主要的 building while others were waiting on the airfield /ˈeəfiːld/ n. 飞机起落的场地.
作者5. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House.
作者6. While two detectives were keeping guard /ɡɑːd/ n. 警戒，守卫 at the door, two others opened the parcel.
作者7. To their surprise, the precious /ˈpreʃəs/ adj. 珍贵的 parcel was full of stones /stəʊnz/ n. 石子 and sand /sænd/ n. 沙子!
作者1. 飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。
作者2. 他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹。
作者3. 几个小时前，有人告诉警方，小偷企图偷走这些钻石。
作者4. 当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些则守候在停机坪上。
作者5. 有两个人把包裹拿下飞机，提进了海关大楼。
作者6. 两个侦探在门口守卫，另外两个打开了包裹。
作者7. 令他们吃惊的是，那个贵重的包裹里装的全是石头和沙子！