Lesson46 Expensive anduncomfortable
When aplane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a numberof wooden boxes whichcontainedclothing. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes wasextremelyheavy. Itsuddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He wasastonishedat what hefound. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile ofwoolen goods.He was so surprised at beingdiscovered that he did not even try to run away. After he was arrested, the manadmitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had beenconfined 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 !
wɛn ə pleɪn frɒm ˈlʌndən əˈraɪvd æt ˈsɪdni ˈeəpɔːt, ˈwɜːkəz bɪˈgæn tuː ʌnˈləʊd ə ˈnʌmbər ɒv ˈwʊdn ˈbɒksɪz wɪʧ kənˈteɪnd ˈkləʊðɪŋ. nəʊ wʌn kʊd əˈkaʊnt fɔː ðə fækt ðæt wʌn ɒv ðə ˈbɒksɪz wɒz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈhɛvi. ɪt ˈsʌdnli əˈkɜːd tuː wʌn ɒv ðə ˈwɜːkəz tuː ˈəʊpən ʌp ðə bɒks. hiː wɒz əsˈtɒnɪʃt æt wɒt hiː faʊnd. ə mæn wɒz ˈlaɪɪŋ ɪn ðə bɒks ɒn tɒp ɒv ə paɪl ɒv ˈwʊlən gʊdz. hiː wɒz səʊ səˈpraɪzd æt ˈbiːɪŋ dɪsˈkʌvəd ðæt hiː dɪd nɒt ˈiːvən traɪ tuː rʌn əˈweɪ. ˈɑːftə hiː wɒz əˈrɛstɪd, ðə mæn ədˈmɪtɪd ˈhaɪdɪŋ ɪn ðə bɒks bɪˈfɔː ðə pleɪn lɛft ˈlʌndən. hiː hæd hæd ə lɒŋ ænd ʌnˈkʌmfətəbl trɪp, fɔː hiː hæd biːn kənˈfaɪnd tuː ðə ˈwʊdn bɒks fɔːr ˈəʊvər ˌeɪˈtiːn ˈaʊəz. ðə mæn wɒz ˈɔːdəd tuː peɪ
￡3,500 fɔː ðə kɒst ɒv ðə trɪp. ðə ˈnɔːməl praɪs ɒv ə ˈtɪkɪt ɪz￡2,000 !
