课文对话 · Expensive and uncomfortable 既昂贵又受罪（课本 Lesson 46，印刷页 206-209）
1When 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.
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。
2No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely /ɪk'striːmli/ adv. 非常，极其 heavy.
其中有一只箱子特别重，谁也弄不清是怎么回事。
3It suddenly occurred /ə'kɜːd/ v. 发生 to one of the workers to open up the box.
突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。
4He was astonished /ə'stɒnɪʃt/ v. 使惊讶 at what he found.
看到的情景使他吃惊。
5A 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.
箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。
6He was so surprised at being discovered /dɪ'skʌvəd/ v. 发现 that he did not even try to run away.
他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。
7After he was arrested, the man admitted /əd'mɪtɪd/ v. 承认 hiding in the box before the plane left London.
此人被逮捕后，承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。
8He 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.
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。
9The man was ordered to pay £3,500 for the cost of the trip.
此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑。
10The normal /'nɔːml/ adj. 正常的，通常的 price of a ticket is £2,000!
而正常票价是2,000英镑！
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