木箱偷渡客：18小时憋屈之旅
类别：时事新闻
一架从伦敦飞抵悉尼的航班上，工人在卸货时发现一个异常沉重的木箱，打开后竟发现一名男子蜷缩在毛织品中。该男子承认在起飞前藏入箱内，经历了18小时憋闷的旅程。最终他被判支付3500英镑旅费，比正常票价高出1500英镑。
时长 86 秒 · 口音 英式 · 语速 105 wpm
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Lesson 46 Expensive and Uncomfortable When a plane from London arrived at Sydney Airport, 第46课 又贵又受罪
workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. 当一架从伦敦来的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下一些装着衣服的木箱子。
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. 谁也说不上来为什么其中一个箱子特别沉。
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. 突然有个工人想到把箱子打开看看。
He was astonished at what he found. 他一看里头的东西，惊呆了。
A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods. 箱子里躺着一个人，压在一堆毛织品上面。
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away. 他因为被发现而吓傻了，连跑都没想跑。
After he was arrested, 被捕之后，
the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. 那人承认自己是在飞机离开伦敦前就躲进箱子的。
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, 他这一路又漫长又难受，
for he had been confined to the wooden box for over 18 hours. 因为他在木箱里憋了超过18个小时。
The man was ordered to pay £3,500 for the cost of the trip. 他被判支付3500英镑的旅费。
The normal price of a ticket is £2,000. 正常票价才2000英镑。