[al:新概念英语(二)]
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[ti:Expensive and Uncomfortable]
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[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!