Lesson 46 Expensive[iks'pensiv] and uncomfortable[ʌn'kʌmfətəbl]
既昂贵又受罪
When a plane from London arrive[ə'raiv]d at
Sydney['sidni]
airport['eəpɔ:t], workers
began to unload['ʌn'ləud]
a number of wooden boxes which
contained[kən'teind]
clothing. 当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉泥机场时,工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱就。
No one
could account[ə'kaunt]
for the fact[fækt] that one of
the boxes was extremely[iks'tri:mli] heavy['hi:vi].
其中有只箱子特别重,可谁也弄不清是怎么回事.
It suddenly occur[ə'kə:]red to one of
the workers to open up the box. 突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看.
He was astonished[ə'staniʃt] at what he found. 看到的情景使他吃惊,
A man
was lying['laiiŋ]
in the box on top of a
pile[pail]
of woollen goods. 箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上.
He was so surprised[sə'praizd] at being discover[dis'kʌvə]ed that he did not even try to run away. 他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊,甚至都没有企图逃跑.
After he was arrested[ə'restid], the man admitted[əd'mitid] hiding['haidiŋ] in the box before the plane left London. 此人被逮捕后,承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的.
He had
had a long and uncomfortable[ʌn'kʌmfətəbl] trip, for he
had been confined[kən'faind] to the wooden
box for over ten hours. 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.
The man was ordered['ɔ:də:d] to pay
￡3500 for the cost of the trip. The
normal['nɔ:məl]
price of a ticket is ￡2000 ! 此人被责令交付旅费3500英镑,而正常票价是2000英镑!
unload ['ʌn'ləud]
v. 卸货,摆脱...之负担,倾销
[ 名词unloader ]
contained [kən'teind]
v. 包含
vbl. 包含
could [kud]
can 的过去式
conj. 能够
extremely [iks'tri:mli]
ad. 极其,非常
lie [lai]
n. 谎言
v. 躺着,说谎,位于
[ 过去式lay 过去分词lain 现在分词lying ]
trip [trip]
n. 旅行,摔倒,差错
v. 跌倒,使...犯错,倾斜
[ 过去式tripped 过去分词tripped 现在分词tripping ]
￡=pound sterling [paund'stə:liŋ]
n. (英国货币)镑
顶