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# 46 · 既昂贵又受罪

### 第1段

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!

中文理解：一架从伦敦飞来的飞机抵达悉尼机场后，工人们开始卸下装着衣服的木箱。其中一只箱子重得出奇，谁也说不清为什么。 一名工人突然想到，不如把箱子打开看看。眼前的情景让他大吃一惊。 箱子里竟然躺着一个男人，身下是一堆毛织品。他被发现时太惊讶了，甚至没想逃跑。 被捕后，他承认自己在飞机离开伦敦前就藏进了箱子。他被困在木箱里十八个多小时，这趟旅程又漫长又难受。 他被勒令支付三千五百英镑的旅费，而正常票价只要两千英镑！

* **account for**：解释……的原因；本课指作出解释；不是财务账户，也不表示照顾。

* **occurred to**：突然被想到；主语常是想法；也可用it occurred to me to do。

* **astonished at**：对……惊讶；at引出惊讶原因；也可接to do说明发现。

* **on top of**：在……上面；强调位于顶部或叠在上面，不是笼统的above。

* **admitted hiding**：承认藏过；admit后接动名词，不说admit to hide。

* **been confined to**：一直被限制在；被困在；说明活动受到限制；不要把有限范围复述成普遍情况。

#### When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.

contained clothing.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，动词不定式作宾语，句首是when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构；最后是which 引导的定语从句，主谓宾结构.

本课的标题翻译非常棒，意思正确，还押韵了.

\[关键句型] 本课复习后面跟介词to, at, for 和with 的动词的使用，本句为arrived at.

#### No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，that 引导的同位语从句，主系表结构，同位语从句的引导词that 不可省略，且不充当成分.

\[关键句型] 本句为account for 需要留意.

#### It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.

简单句，it 形式主语，后面to open 动词不定式短语作真正的主语，主谓结构.

#### He was astonished at what he found.

简单句，主系表结构，后面是介词短语作状语，不过这个介词短语里面有一个what 引导的宾语从句作介词at 的宾语，我们在状语这个成分中作额外的细分，该从句中 what 作 found 的宾语，he 是主语，found 是谓语，因此内部是主谓宾结构。

#### A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods.

简单句，主谓结构.

#### He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.

复合句，主句主系表结构，so…that 结构，后面 that 引导结果状语从句，核心是 he did not even try to run away，不能漏掉 not；try 后接不定式，run away 本身没有直接宾语。 句中at being discovered 本身是介词短语作状语，不过在这个成分之中，being discovered 又作介词at 的宾语，这里是被动语态，被发现要用being.

#### After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，句首是after 引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构；后面是 before 引导的时间状语从句，主谓宾结构.

#### He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.

并列句，for 为并列连词，前句为主谓宾结构；后句为主谓结构. confine sb. / sth. to sth. 这里的to 是介词，后面跟名词性词语，意思是 to keep sb. / sth. inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc. 限制；限定.

#### The man was ordered to pay £3,500 for the cost of the trip.

简单句，主谓 + 主语补语，这里使用了被动语态，如果转为主动语态，则主语补语将转成宾补，主动语态是order the man .

#### The normal price of a ticket is £2,000!

简单句，主系表结构.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《既昂贵又受罪》：一只箱子特别重 → 工人决定开箱 → 箱里竟然躺着人 → 躲了十八个多小时 → 省下的票变得更贵。再借一个结构讲自己的事：先用短句介绍本课一个对象，再用关系从句补上识别它的重要细节。

[Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-2/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/)

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