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Lesson46    Expensive and uncomfortable

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 !

ɪksˈpɛnsɪv ænd ʌnˈkʌmfətəbl

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 !

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、account for：占，导致，解释，说明，2、be confined to：被限于，被困于

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