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# 既昂贵又受罪

## 课文学习台 {#study}

### 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：当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。 其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。 看到的情景使他大吃一惊， 箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。此人被逮捕后，承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱子里的。他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程，因为他在那木箱里闷了18个多小时。此人被责令交付旅费 3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑！

* **a number of**：许多 / 大量 / 少量；a number of 说若干个；the number of 说数量本身，主谓一致要跟着变。

* **run away**：逃走；跑开；先说动作，再根据需要补出逃离对象。

* **been confined to**：局限于；to 后指出边界，复述时别把有限范围说成普遍结论。

#### 1. When a plane arrived, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which

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.

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

#### 3. It occurred 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.

#### 4. He was astonished.

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。

#### 5. A man was lying…

简单句，主谓结构.

#### 6. He was so surprised… that he did 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.

#### 7. After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before…

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.

#### 8. He had had a trip, for he had been confined…

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.

#### 9. The man was ordered to pay.

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 .

#### 10. The price is £2,000!

简单句，主系表结构.

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