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.
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
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。
