在英语学习领域，新概念英语第二册凭借系统化的教学理念和丰富实用的课程材料，为广大英语学习者搭建起坚实的语言基石。今日，我们将聚焦于“既昂贵又受罪”这一课题，希望通过这一真实而实用的场景，为大家带来富有深度的学习素材和有价值的参考资料！

【课文】

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!

当一架从伦敦起飞的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工作人员开始卸载装有衣物的多个木箱。没有人能说清其中一个箱子为何异常沉重。突然，一名工作人员想到要打开这个箱子。他被箱内的景象惊呆了。一个男人正躺在羊毛制品堆上，藏在箱子里。他发现自己被发现后惊讶不已，甚至都没有试图逃跑。被捕后，该男子承认是在飞机离开伦敦前就藏在了箱子里。他的旅程漫长而难受，因为他被禁闭在木箱里超过了18个小时。该男子被勒令支付3500美元的旅行费用。而一张正常的机票价格是2000美元！

【生词】

unload v. 卸(货)

wooden adj. 木制的

extremely adv. 非常，极其

occur v. 发生

astonish v. 使惊讶

pile n. 堆

woollen n. 羊毛的

goods n. (常用复数)货物，商品

discover v. 发现

admit v. 承认

confine v. 关在(一个狭小的空间里)

normal adj. 正常的，通常的

以上就是“新概念英语第二册：既昂贵又受罪”的内容，希望对大家有所帮助!