Expensive and uncomfortable
原文
What did the man in this story do?
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 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!
译文
这个故事里的男人做了什么？
当一架从伦敦起飞的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，
工人们开始卸下许多装有衣物的木箱。
没有人能够解释为什么其中一个箱子会异常地重。
突然，其中一个工人想到应该打开那个箱子。
他对自己的发现感到非常惊讶。
一个男人躺在箱子里，躺在一堆羊毛制品的上面。
他发现自己被发现了，惊讶得连逃跑的念头都没有。
在他被逮捕之后，
那名男子承认在飞机离开伦敦之前躲在了那个箱子里。
他经历了一段漫长而令人不适的旅程。
因为他已经被关在那个木箱里超过十八个小时了。
这名男子被责令支付3,500英镑的旅费。
而一张普通机票的价格才2,000英镑！