Lesson 22 A glass envelope
玻璃信封
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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.
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.
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.
Both girls write to each other regularly now.
However, they have decided to use the post office.
Letters will cost a little more,
but they will certainly travel faster.
生词和短语
dream v. 做梦，梦想
age n. 年龄
channel n. 海峡
throw v. 扔，抛
课文注释
1 dreamed of receiving a letter，想到会收到一封信。dream of作、‘梦想”，“幻想”讲; receiving是动名词，作介词of的宾语。
2 last year, we were travelling across the Channel and...去年，当我们横渡英吉利海峡时...。这是过去进行时的一种用法，用来叙述故事情节的背景。过去进行时描述背景，由此引出一般过去时表示的新动作。
3 with her name and address on it用来进一步说明a piece of paper。可译作“写有她姓名和地址的(一张纸条)”。
参考译文
我的女儿简从未想过会接到荷兰一位同龄姑娘的来信。去年，当我们横渡英吉利海峡时，简把写有她姓名和住址的一张纸条装进了一只瓶子，又将瓶子扔进了大海。此后她就再没去想那只瓶子。但10个月以后，她收到了荷兰一位姑娘的来信。现在这两位姑娘定期通信了。然而她们还是决定利用邮局。这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定是快得多了。
