当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时,工人们开始卸下若干个装有衣物的木箱。
When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
没有人能解释其中一个箱子为什么极其沉重这一事实。
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
其中一名工人突然想到要打开这个箱子。
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
他对自己发现的东西感到震惊。
He was astonished at what he found.
一个男人正躺在箱子里,趴在一堆羊毛制品的上面。
A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.
他对被发现感到非常吃惊,甚至连逃跑都没有尝试。
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
被捕后,这名男子承认在飞机离开伦敦之前就藏在了箱子里。
After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.
他经历了一段漫长而难受的旅程,因为他被困在那个木箱子里超过了十八个小时。
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
这名男子被命令支付3,500英镑作为此次旅程的费用。
The man was ordered to pay £3,500 for the cost of the trip.
一张机票的正常价格是2,000英镑!
The normal price of a ticket is £2,000!