Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
First listen and then answer the question
What did the man in this story do?
When a plane from London arrived at Sydeny 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 woollen goods,He was so surpried 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 3500 for the cost of the trip.The normal price of a ticket is 2000
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wɛn ə pleɪn frɒm ˈlʌndən əˈraɪvd æt ˈsɪdni ˈeəpɔːt, ˈwɜːkəz bɪˈgæn tuː ʌnˈləʊd ə ˈnʌmbər ɒv ˈwʊdn ˈbɒksɪz wɪʧ kənˈteɪndˈkləʊðɪŋ. nəʊ wʌn kʊd əˈkaʊnt fɔː ðə fækt ðæt wʌn ɒv ðə ˈbɒksɪz wɒz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈhɛvi. ɪt ˈsʌdnli əˈkɜːd tuː wʌn ɒv ðə ˈwɜːkəz tuːˈəʊpən ʌp ðə bɒks. hiː wɒz əsˈtɒnɪʃt æt wɒt hiː faʊnd. ə mæn wɒz ˈlaɪɪŋ ɪn ðə bɒks ɒn tɒp ɒv ə paɪl ɒv ˈwʊlən gʊdz. hiː wɒz səʊsəˈpraɪzd æt ˈbiːɪŋ dɪsˈkʌvəd ðæt hiː dɪd nɒt ˈiːvən traɪ tuː rʌn əˈweɪ. ˈɑːftə hiː wɒz əˈrɛstɪd, ðə mæn ədˈmɪtɪd ˈhaɪdɪŋ ɪn ðə bɒksbɪˈfɔː ðə pleɪn lɛft ˈlʌndən. hiː hæd hæd ə lɒŋ ænd ʌnˈkʌmfətəbl trɪp, fɔː hiː hæd biːn kənˈfaɪnd tuː ðə ˈwʊdn bɒks fɔːr ˈəʊvər ˌeɪˈtiːnˈaʊəz. ðə mæn wɒz ˈɔːdəd tuː peɪ ￡3,500 fɔː ðə kɒst ɒv ðə trɪp. ðə ˈnɔːməl praɪs ɒv ə ˈtɪkɪt ɪz￡2,000 !
训练任务：L0+L4
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