全文 10 句(男女对话)· 12 个生词和短语(加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义)
作者1. When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload /ˌʌn'ləʊd/ v. 卸(货) a number of wooden /'wʊdn/ adj. 木制的 boxes which contained clothing.
作者2. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely /ɪk'striːmli/ adv. 非常,极其 heavy.
作者3. It suddenly occurred /ə'kɜːd/ v. 发生 to one of the workers to open up the box.
作者4. He was astonished /ə'stɒnɪʃt/ v. 使惊讶 at what he found.
作者5. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile /paɪl/ n. 堆 of woollen /'wʊlən/ adj. 羊毛的 goods /ɡʊdz/ n. (常用复数)货物,商品.
作者6. He was so surprised at being discovered /dɪ'skʌvəd/ v. 发现 that he did not even try to run away.
作者7. After he was arrested, the man admitted /əd'mɪtɪd/ v. 承认 hiding in the box before the plane left London.
作者8. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined /kən'faɪnd/ v. 关在(一个狭小的空间里) to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
作者9. The man was ordered to pay £3,500 for the cost of the trip.
作者10. The normal /'nɔːml/ adj. 正常的,通常的 price of a ticket is £2,000!
作者1. 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。
作者2. 其中有一只箱子特别重,谁也弄不清是怎么回事。
作者3. 突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。
作者4. 看到的情景使他吃惊。
作者5. 箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。
作者6. 他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊,甚至都没有企图逃跑。
作者7. 此人被逮捕后,承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。
作者8. 他经历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。
作者9. 此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑。
作者10. 而正常票价是2,000英镑!