练习材料:
Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
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 !
ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ænd ənˈkʌmfərtəbəl
wɛn ə pleɪn frʌm ˈlʌndən əˈraɪvd æt ˈsɪdni ˈɛrˌpɔrt, ˈwɜrkərz bɪˈgæn tu ənˈloʊd əˈnʌmbər ʌv ˈwʊdən ˈbɑksɪz wɪʧ kənˈteɪnd ˈkloʊðɪŋ. noʊ wʌn kʊd əˈkaʊnt fɔr ðə fækt ðæt wʌn ʌv ðəˈbɑksɪz wʌz ɛkˈstrimli ˈhɛvi. ɪt ˈsʌdənli əˈkɜrd tu wʌn ʌv ðəˈwɜrkərz tu ˈoʊpən ʌp ðə bɑks. hi wʌz əˈstɑnɪʃt æt wʌt hi faʊnd. ə mæn wʌz ˈlaɪɪŋɪn ðə bɑks ɑn tɑp ʌv ə paɪl ʌv ˈwʊlən gʊdz. hi wʌz soʊ sərˈpraɪzd æt ˈbiɪŋ dɪˈskʌvərd ðæt hi dɪd nɑt ˈivɪn traɪ tu rʌn əˈweɪ. ˈæftər hi wʌz əˈrɛstɪd, ðə mæn ədˈmɪtɪd ˈhaɪdɪŋɪn ðə bɑks bɪˈfɔr ðə pleɪn lɛft ˈlʌndən. hi hæd hæd ə lɔŋænd ənˈkʌmfərtəbəl trɪp, fɔr hi hæd bɪn kənˈfaɪnd tu ðəˈwʊdən bɑks fɔr ˈoʊvər eɪˈtin ˈaʊərz. ðə mæn wʌz ˈɔrdərd tu peɪ£3,500 fɔr ðə kɑst ʌv ðə trɪp. ðəˈnɔrməl praɪs ʌv əˈtɪkɪt ɪz£2,000 !
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:
unload 卸下
astonish 使……震惊
pile 堆
hide 隐藏;躲藏
it occurs to sb. to do sth. 某人突然想到做某事
account for 解释;负责
练习感悟:
之后要找时间重新搞清楚数字的读法,已经忘光光了。