New Concept English II - 46 (1/18/09)

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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