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Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚 The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! 机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。他们正期待从南非钻石的贵重包裹。几个小时前，有人告诉警察，小偷想偷钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一部分则等在停机坪。两个男人带着包裹下了飞机，进了海关。当两个侦探把住门口，另外两个打开包裹。令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！ 【New words and expressions】  detective [dɪ'tektɪv] n. 侦探 airport ['eəpɔt] n. 机场 expect [ɪk'spekt; ek-] v. 期待，等待 valuable ['væljʊb(ə)l] adj. 贵重的 parcel ['pɑ s(ə)l] n. 包裹 diamond n. 钻石 airfield ['eəfild] n. 飞机起落的场地 guard [gɑ：d] n. 警戒，守卫 precious ['preʃəs] ：珍贵的