Expensive and uncomfortable 既昂贵又受罪

【课文】

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!

【课文翻译】

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。突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。 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!

【生词和短语】

unload v. 卸(货)

wooden adj. 木制的

extremely adv. 非常，极其

occur v. 发生

astonish v. 使惊讶

pile n. 堆

woollen n. 羊毛的

goods n. (常用复数)货物，商品

discover v. 发现

admit v. 承认

confine v. 关在(一个狭小的空间里)

normal adj. 正常的，通常的

【知识点讲解】

1 No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.

其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。

account做名词时的意思有：帐目, 报告, 估计理由, 利益, 根据, 好处

做动词时表示： 解释, 导致, 报账，把 ... 视为, 归咎(于)

account for vt.(在数量方面)占,... on account 记帐, 赊帐 deposit account 存款帐户

He could not account for his absence from school.

他无法说明他旷课的原因。

On that account, it is best to do so.

根据那一点,我们最好就这么做。

His illness accounts for his absence.

他因为生病，所以才缺席。

I'll give you 20 on account.

我先付你20英镑。

2 He was astonished at what he found.

他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊。

astonish，动词：使惊讶, 使吃惊，常用搭配是be astonished at……

I was astonished at the news of his escape.

听到他逃之夭夭的消息，我感到惊讶。

其它常和at搭配的动词还有：amuse, arrive(or in), astonish(ed)(or by),exclaim, glance, guess, knock

look, point(or to), shock(ed)(or by), stare, surprise(d)(or by), wonder(or about),work(or on)

对...感到有趣，到达，感到惊愕，惊叫，对...看一眼，猜测，敲，看，指向，感到震惊，盯着...看，感到惊讶，感到惊异，钻研

3 语法：一个句子跟在一个名词后，可以是：定语从句或同位语从句

(1)、同位语从句后的that是起解释说明的作用而定语从句是起修饰的作用

(2)、that在从句中做主语或宾语成分，则是定语从句

that在从句中不能做主语或宾语成分，则是同位语从句

No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.

这句话中that引导的是同位语从句。

Look at the girl that is in green dress.

这就话中that后引导的是定语从句，that在句中做主语。

4 After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding 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。

admit动词意思为：承认, 允许进入, 允许

常见短语有：admit to 许可进入, 承认 admit of 容许, 有 ... 的..

admit后可以接动名词，不可以接不定式。

I must admit, it's more difficult than I thought it would be.

我必须承认，这比我想象的要困难得多。

This sentence admits of several interpretations.

这个句子可以有多种解释。

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