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Expensive and uncomfortable新概念英语课程讲解
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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!
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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。其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。看到的情景使吃惊，箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。此人被逮捕后，承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。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。此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑！
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
discover v. 发现
admit v. 承认
confine v. 关在（一个狭小的空间里）
normal adj. 正常的，通常的
1.No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
account for说明〔解释〕…原因，证明
His illness accounts for his absence.
他因为生病, 所以才缺席。
Two things account for its occurrence.
发生这件事的原因有两个。
How do you account for losing five games in a row?
你如何解释一连输了五场比赛呢?
2.It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
occur to…发生在
I hope no accident has occurred to him.
我希望他没出什么事。
被想起〔到〕
No better plan occurred to them.
他们想不出更好的计划来。
It occurred to my mind.
我当时想到了这件事。
3.A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods.
on top of在…上边, 在…上方
Put this book on top of the others.
把这本书放在其他书的上边。
除…之外
He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him.
他失业了, 不仅如此, 他妻子也离开了他。
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