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When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport,
当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时
workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
工人们开始卸下 装有服装的一批木箱
No one could account for the fact
其中有只箱子特别重
that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
可谁也弄不清是怎么回事
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看
He was astonished at what he found.
看到的情景使人吃惊
A man was lying in the box
箱内有一个人
on top of a pile of woolen goods.
正躺在一堆毛织品之上
He was so surprised at being discovered
他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊
that he did not even try to run away.
甚至都没有企图逃跑
After he was arrested,
此人被逮捕后
the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.
承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip,
他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程
for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
因为他在那木箱里闷了18个多小时
The man was ordered to pay 3,500 pounds
此人被责令
for the cost of the trip.
交付旅费3500英镑
The normal price of a ticket is 2,000 pounds!
而正常票价是2000英镑
