Lesson 22 A glass envelope玻璃信封
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
How did Jane receive a letter from a stranger?
My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.
我的女兒簡從未想過會(huì)接到荷蘭一位同齡姑娘的來信
Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.
去年，當(dāng)我們橫渡英吉利海峽時(shí)，簡把寫有她姓名和住址的一張紙條裝進(jìn)了一只瓶子
She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
又將瓶子扔進(jìn)了大海。 此后她就再?zèng)]去想那只瓶子。但10個(gè)月以后，她收到了荷蘭一位姑娘的來信
Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post office.
現(xiàn)在這兩位姑娘定期通信了。然而她們還是決定利用郵局
Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.
這樣會(huì)稍微多花點(diǎn)錢，但肯定是快得多了。
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
dream
v. 做夢，夢想
age
n. 年齡
channel
n. 海峽
throw
v. 扔，拋
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 dreamed of receiving a letter，想到會(huì)收到一封信。dream of作、‘夢想”，“幻想”講;receiving是勸名詞。作介詞of的賓語。
2 last year, we were travelling across the Channel and...去年，當(dāng)我們橫渡英吉利海峽時(shí)...。這是過去進(jìn)行時(shí)的一種用法，用來敘述故事情節(jié)的背景。過去進(jìn)行時(shí)描述背景，由此引出一般過去時(shí)表示的新動(dòng)作。
3 with her name and address on it用來進(jìn)一步說明a piece of paper?？勺g作“寫有她姓名和地址的(一張紙條)”。