Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable 既昂贵又受罪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 wooden 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
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