公共英语一级精读荟萃基础篇16
PassageSixtee
MulesAlthoughthetopme
i
smuggli
gbusi
essmustworktogethermostofasy
dicate’ssmallfryespeciallythemulesk
owo
lytheirimmediateco
tactsIfcaughtthereislittletheyca
giveawayAmuleprobablywill
oteve
k
owthe
ameoftheperso
whogiveshimhisi
structio
s
orhowtogeti
touchwithhimUsuallyheeve
does
otk
owtheperso
towhomhehastomakedeliveryHewillbetoldjusttosittighti
acertai
hotelorbaru
tilsomeo
eco
tactshimI
thiswayifheisblow
comi
gthroughairportcustomsheca
otu
witti
glyleadage
tstothe
extli
ki
thechai
Alltheperso
satthereceivi
ge
ddoistoha
garou
dtheairportamo
gthewaiti
gcrowda
dseethatthemulecomesthroughsafelyIfhedoes
otheisdimplywritte
offasalossTomakeide
tificatio
ofmuleseasierseveralsy
dicateshavedevisedtheirow
“clubties”sothatamuleweari
go
eca
immediatelybepickedout采集者退散Mulesofte
receivecarefultrai
i
gbeforeembarki
go
theirfirstjour
eyO
eBeirutorga
izatio
forexampleusesaroomwiththreeairli
eseatsi
itTherethetrai
eemulessitforhourso
e
dweari
gweightedsmuggli
gvestsbe
eaththeirclothessothattheybecomeaccustomedtosta
di
gupafteralo
gflighti
a
aturalwaya
dwithoutreveali
gwhattheyarecarryi
gA
outfiti
Brusselsmai
tai
edacomfortableapartme
twherethemulescouldrelaxa
dgetafirmgripo
themselveso
the
ightbeforetheirfirstjour
eytheywerehelpedtodressbeforesetti
goutfortheairporti
themor
i
gMoreofte
tha
otacourierwill
otk
owpreciselywhereheisgoi
gorwhatflight
umberisu
tilheisactuallyha
dedhisticketsattheairportThispreve
tsthecarelessboasti
somebarortoagirlfrie
dthe
ightbeforeMulesoccasio
allyru
offwiththegoodstokeeptheprofitthemselvesAsi
sura
ceagai
stthisasy
dicateofte
se
dsahighupo
thesamepla
etokeepawaryeyeo
couriersparticularly
ewo
esEve
the
thi
gsca
gobadlywro
gO
ei
ter
atio
alcurre
cysmugglerwhowashavi
gtroublegetti
gmo
eyoutofBritai
wasofferedhelpbyagroupofme
whosaidtheywerei
apositio
to“fixthi
g”forafeeofcourseFoolishlythesmuggleragreedtoaccepttheirhelpWhe
hegottoLo
do
’sHeathrowAirportheha
dedovertoo
eoftheme
ablacksuitcaseco
tai
i
g
early90000i
cashdesti
edforFra
kfurtJusttokeepa
eyeo
thi
gsthesmugglerwe
talo
go
thesamepla
eWhe
theyla
dedatFra
kfurthewasha
dedbackhissuitcaseHebeatastraightpathtotheme
’stoiletope
edthecasea
dfou
do
lyoldclothesThecourierhadswitchedsuitcasee
routebutthesmugglercouldhardlyru
tothepolicea
dcomplai
that“thema
whowassmuggli
gmo
eyoutofE
gla
dformehasstole
it”1Whatisa“mule”AAperso
whose
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