A glass envelope 玻璃信封
【課文】
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.
【課文翻譯】
我的女兒簡從未想過會接到荷蘭一位同 齡姑娘的來信。去年，當我們橫渡英吉利海峽時，簡把寫有她姓名和住址的一張紙條裝進了一只瓶子，又將瓶子扔進了大海。 此后她就再沒去想那只瓶子。但10個月以后，她收到了荷蘭一位姑娘的來信�，F在這兩位姑娘定期通信了。然而她們還是決定利用郵局。這樣會稍微多花點錢，但肯定是快得多了。
【生詞和短語】
dream v. 做夢，夢想
age n. 年齡
channel n. 海峽
throw v. 扔，拋
【知識點講解】
1 dream [動詞]夢見，夢想
一般用法為dream + that 從句，或dream of doing sth.
其過去式和過去分詞均有兩種，dreamed或dreamt。
I never dream of buying a house in Hangzhou.
我從沒想過在杭州買套房子。
2 we were travelling across the Channel.
這里的the Channel 特指英吉利海峽。
3 throw [動詞]投，擲，拋出
throw的過去式為threw，過去分詞為thrown。
throw sth. into sth. 把某物扔進某處
throw sth. to sb. 把某物扔向某人，其目的在于“傳遞”，介詞to表示行為方向，動機是善意的。
throw sth. at sb. 把某物打向某人，其目的在于“打”，介詞at表示動作在于企圖攻擊的目標，動機是惡意的。
短語拓展：throw oneself into 積極從事 throw away 扔掉 throw about 亂丟;亂扔 throw up 嘔吐
It's very dangerous to throw stones to the cars on the expressway.
對高速公路上的車扔石塊是很危險的。
4 think of 想到，考慮，設想。打算
如果think和of之間加入不同的詞，整體意思也會有一些區(qū)別，如：
think much of 重視，贊揚 think better of 改變主意，重新考慮 think little of 輕視
think nothing of 不把……放在心里，輕視 think well of 高度評價 think highly of 對……高度評價，尊重
I never thought of encountering my high school classmate at the airport.
我從沒想過在機場遇到我的高中同學。
5 receive sth. from sb. 從某人那里收到某物
I received a bar of chocolate from my sister.
我從姐姐那里收到一條巧克力。
6 decide [動詞]決定，判斷
decide to do sth.
表示決定的詞還有determine，resolve等，它們之間的細微區(qū)別如下：
decide 側重指經過思考、比較、討論或詢問之后做出的決定
determine 指經過深思熟慮之后決心做某事并堅持下去。
resolve 語氣很強，強調堅定不移的信念，暗含遠大抱負和堅強決心。
He decided to study abroad after one-month consideration.
在考慮了一個月后，他決定去國外留學。
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