新概念第二册 Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable

　　Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable

　　既昂贵又受罪

　　First listen and then answer the question.

　　听录音，然后回答以下问题。

　　What did the man in this story do?

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

　　New words and expressions 生词和短语

　　unload v. 卸（货）

　　wooden adj. 木制的

　　extremely adv. 非常，极其

　　occur v. 发生

　　astonish v. 使惊讶

　　pile n. 堆

　　woollen n. 羊毛的

　　goods n. （常用复数）货物，商品

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