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发表于 2016-7-12 00:09:16
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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 wooden 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！
【课文讲解】
1、Expensive and uncomfortable
It is too expensive! 贵得令人不能接受
The book is dear. 这本书有点贵（dear adj.昂贵的, 亲爱的）
2、When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes
which contained clothing.
a number of… 许多，若干……
You've made a number of mistakes in typing this letter.
unload 的含义为"卸（货）"，它的反义词为load（装货）。 与 形 容词uncomfortable，unsmiling等相似，
有些动词加前缀un可以表示做相反的动作。
clothing服装的总称，不可数名词，在分类时强调衣服这一种类，可以包括鞋、帽等；clothes一般指衣
服，表示"衣服"的单数名词的复数形式, 表示许多衣服。
3、No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
No one could account for the fact that… 谁也弄不清楚……这样一个事实
No one knows… 没有人知道……
account for = explain= give the explanation 说明原因、作出说明（或解释），但也有区别，account 的解释必须是令人满意的，而 explain 却只要是一个解释就行
The bad weather in England accounts for Harrison's decision to leave the country.
How do you account for the battered car?
that后面的从句为fact的同位语从句，说明 fact的具体内容。
一个句子跟在一个名词后，可以是定语从句，也可以是同位语从句。两者的区别是同位语从句后的 that是起解释说明的作用，而定语从句是起修饰作用；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
My friend Lucy 同位语
He couldn't explain the fact that Mary's wallet was found in his room.
4、It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
sth. occurred to sb. 某人想起某事
open up 打开
When he received the gifts, he opened them up at once.
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