新概念英语第二册第22课听力：A glass envelope 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.
我的女儿简从未想过会接到荷兰一位同龄姑娘的来信
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，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
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
Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post office.
现在这两位姑娘定期通信了。不过她们还是决定利用邮局
Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.
这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定是快得多了。
New words and Expressions生词和短语
dream
v. 做梦，梦想
age
n. 年龄
channel
n. 海峡
throw
v. 扔，抛
Notes on the text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是劝名词。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...。这是过去实行时的一种用法，用来叙述故事情节的背景。过去实行时描述背景，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)”。
