expensive and uncomfortable

馨月

When the plan from London arrived at Sydney airport,workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained cothing.No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.It suddenly occured one of the workers to open up the box.He was astonished at what he found.A man was lying 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 plan left London.He had had a long and uncomfortable trip,for he had been confined to the wooden box for over 18 hours.He was ordered to pay pounds 3500 for the cost of the trip.the normal price of ticket is pounds 2000!

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-11 15:19:41编辑过]

燕归来

I have learned the text which is one of the New concept English lessons.

I am enjoying the lesson,it is right for me

iwillwin2003

it is interesting but similar things really happen sometimes, this poor guy.....

馨月

以下是引用燕归来在2003-10-16 16:31:00的发言：
I have learned the text which is one of the New concept English lessons.

I am enjoying the lesson,it is right for me

It is from the New Concept English two.
I am learning the book now.[em13]