[al:新概念英语(二)] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版(美音)] [ti:Expensive and Uncomfortable] [by:更多学习内容,请到yingyu.chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:11.39]What did the man in this story do? [00:16.15]When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, [00:20.66]workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. [00:27.95]No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. [00:35.42]It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. [00:41.62]He was astonished at what he found. [00:45.57]A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods. [00:52.41]He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away. [01:00.85]After he was arrested, [01:03.10]the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. [01:10.06]He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, [01:14.62]for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours. [01:21.89]The man was ordered to pay £3, 500 for the cost of the trip. [01:29.89]The normal price of a ticket is £2, 000!