裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记 第四十六课 课文讲解.docVIP

裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记 第四十六课 课文讲解 老猴子学习交流 Expensive and uncomfortable 既昂贵又受罪 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! 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! 1. Expensive and uncomfortable 既昂贵又受罪 expensive [ikspensiv] adj.昂贵的, 花钱多的 反义词：cheap dirt cheap 贼便宜，特别便宜 reasonable [ri:zənəbl] adj.通情达理的, 合理的；适度的; 公道的 uncomfortable [ʌnkʌmfətəbəl, -kʌmftə-] adj.不舒服的；令人不舒服的;令人不舒适的；不安的;不自在的 unpleasant [ʌnplezənt] adj.使人不愉快的, 不合意的；讨厌的；不客气的 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，大量（后面跟名词复数） which 引导定语从句修饰boxes 3. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. account for 说明（理由等）；足以说明 (explain) eg. How can you account for the accident? 你如何解释这次事故呢？ eg. Her headache accounts for her bad humor. 头疼是她情绪不佳的原因。 humor [hju:mə] n.幽默,心情,诙谐 vt.迎合,牵就,顺应 the fact that…同位语从句 同位语从句：一般跟在某些表示抽象概念的名词后，用以说明名词的具体内容。 常跟同位语从句的名词有： idea, news, fact, promise, answer, belief, condition, doubt, fear, hope, problem, proof, question, reply, report, suggestion, through, truth eg. We heard the news that our team ha