2022Expensiveanduncomfortable新概念英语课程讲解Expensiveanduncomfortable新概念英语课程讲解Expensiveanduncomfortable既昂贵又受罪WhenaplanefromLondonarrivedatSydneyairport,workersbegantounloadanumberofwoodenboxeswhichcontainedclothing.Noonecouldaccountforthefactthatoneoftheboxeswasextremelyheavy.Itsuddenlyoccurredtooneoftheworkerstoopenupthebox.Hewasastonishedatwhathefound.Amanwaslyingintheboxontopofa第1页共8页pileofwoolengoods.Hewassosurprisedatbeingdiscoveredthathedidnoteventrytorunaway.Afterhewasarrested,themanadmittedhidingintheboxbeforetheplaneleftLondon.Hehadhadalonganduncomfortabletrip,forhehadbeenconfinedtothewoodenboxforovereighteenhours.Themanwasorderedtopay$3,500forthecostofthetrip.Thenormalpriceofaticketis$2,000!参考译文当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们起先卸下装有服第2页共8页装的一批木箱。其中有只箱子特殊重，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。看到的情景使惊讶，箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人发觉而感到特别惊讶，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。他经验了一次漫长而又难过的旅程，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！unloadv.卸（货）woodenadj.木制的`extremelyadv.特别，极其第3页共8页occurv.发生astonishv.使惊异pilen.堆woollenn.羊毛的goodsn.（常用复数）货物，商品discoverv.发觉admitv.承认confinev.关在（一个狭小的空间里）normaladj.正常的，通常的第4页共8页1.Noonecouldaccountforthefactthatoneoftheboxeswasextremelyheavy.accountfor说明〔说明〕…缘由，证明Hisillnessaccountsforhisabsence.他因为生病,所以才缺席。Twothingsaccountforitsoccurrence.发生这件事的缘由有两个。Howdoyouaccountforlosingfivegamesinarow?你如何说明一连输了五场竞赛呢?第5页共8页2.Itsuddenlyoccurredtooneoftheworkerstoopenupthebox.occurto…发生在Ihopenoaccidenthasoccurredtohim.我希望他没出什么事。被想起〔到〕Nobetterplanoccurredtothem.他们想不出更好的安排来。Itoccurredtomymind.第6页共8页我当时想到了这件事。3.Amanwaslyingintheboxontopofapileofwoolengoods.ontopof在…上边,在…上方Putthisbookontopoftheothers.把这本书放在其他书的上边。除…之外Helosthisjobandontopofthathiswifelefthim.他失业了,不仅如此,他妻子也离开了他。第7页共8页本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第8页共8页
