1、高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家原文标题:Lost Luggage Ends Up Here内容简介:在美国,每天都会无人认领的行李被留在机场。我们来一起了解下这些行李将何去何从。Hints: Unclaimed Baggage Center Egyptian pharaoh one-half Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, l
2、eather jackets, surfboards, even half-used tubes of toothpaste. Thats right, used toothpaste. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs - even a live rattlesnake - inside bags. The store has a little museum where some of the most unusual acquisitions have been preserved. They includ
3、e highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaohs tomb, and a medieval suit of armor. Less than one-half of 1% of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store. Still, thats a lot of toothpaste and wedding dresses that never made it home.店员们每天都会拿出7000件新玩意儿,有经验的买家便兴高采烈地来这儿淘宝。都能淘到些啥呢?从名贵的珠宝到曲棍球球棍,到皮夹克,冲浪板,甚至用了一半的牙膏,是的,用过的牙膏。 无人认领行李中心曾在旅客的包里找到过枪,违禁毒品,甚至活的响尾蛇。 这家小店还有个琐碎的博物馆,里面保存着他们找到过最不寻常的东西,包括苏格兰高地风笛,埃及法老墓里被埋葬的面具,和一套中世纪盔甲。 尽管航空公司负责运送的行李中只有不到0.5%的东西会再也找不到它们的主人,流落至这家小店,但仍有相当数量的牙膏和婚纱再也回不了主人的家了。2 版权所有高考资源网