New Concept English II - 46 (1/18/09)
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2009-01-18 08:53:46
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 occured 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
woollen 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!
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