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 !
Lesson47 A thirsty ghost
A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr. Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub if he gives it away.
account for 占; 导致，解释 ;
account for the fact 解释。。。事实
extremely [ɪkˈstriːmli] 极其;极端;非常
occur [əˈkɜːr] 发生;出现;
occur to sb. ...被想到；出现在头脑中
astonish [əˈstɑːnɪʃ] 震惊;使十分惊讶;
admit [ədˈmɪt] 承认(过错、罪行);招认;
confine [kənˈfaɪn] 限制;限定; 监禁;禁闭;
ghost [ɡoʊst] 鬼
up for 准备;被提出
haunt [hɔːnt] 困扰; (鬼魂)出没; (不快的事情)萦绕于脑际，难以忘却
furniture[ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər] 家具
今天开始复习了昨天的两篇课文。重读一遍后发现，有些单词和词组还是不够熟练，需要多次记忆。明天继续。另外，现在我的朗读速度已经明显比音频还要快一些，相信是持续朗读的语感正在慢慢建立。
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