lesson 126书面练习（每日一读）

Lesson 46Expensive and uncomfortable既昂贵又受罪First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。

What did the man in this story do?

这个故事里的那个人做了什么？

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!

参考译文当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。突然一个工人想打开箱子看看。看到的情景使吃惊，箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，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。此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑！

New words and expressions 生词和短语unload v. 卸（货）

load v 装货wooden adj. 木制的extremely adv. 非常，极其

extremely 把一个形容词或副词推到了极限,达到了无以复加的程度

extremely beautifulI am tired. 我累了I am extremely tired. 我累极了occur v. 发生

happen vi. 发生 (不及物)What happened/occured ?It happened to me... 这件事发生在我身上

What happened to the clavichord?What's wrong with you? (以前我们会这么问)What happened to you? 什么事发生在你身上?It occured to me.... 我想起了一件事It occured to sb that....It occured to me that I didn't finish my homework. 我想起我还没完成作业I have a good idea.A good idea occured to me.sth occur to sbIt occurs to sb to do sth / It occurs to sb that...It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. 突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看sth occur to sb 某人突然想起某件事 (从后面往前面翻)astonish v. 使惊讶

如果一个动词跟人的情绪有关,则它的宾语是人, 其形容词有两个: 令人 -ing ; 感到 -edastonishing/astonishedsurprise/shock/astonish/astoundsurprise 最常用,但意思肤浅shock 不快的事情astonish 难以置信的事I am surprised.I am astonished.astound [əˈstaʊnd] vt.使惊骇, 使大吃一惊 (非常吃惊, 目瞪口呆)I am surprised.-->astonished-->astounded-->shocked 惊讶程度递增pile n. 堆woollen n. 羊毛的goods n. （常用复数）货物，商品discover v. 发现

discovery n探索

discovery [dɪˈskʌvəri] n.发现, 发明的东西admit v. 承认

deny sth/deny doingadmit sth/ admit doing sthI admit having lunch.confine v. 关在（一个狭小的空间里）

sb was confined to (一定会加 “to” )

sb was confined to the room.normal adj. 正常的，通常的