Lesson 22
A glass envelope
玻璃信封
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★dream v,做梦,梦想
have a dream
dream a dream
have a good dream
sweat
Have a good/sweat dream.
She is daydreaming.
daydreaming:思想开小差
dream of doing something
think of:想、考虑
dream of:梦想
I dreamed of flying in the sky.
dream on 继续做梦,痴心妄想
dream boat:梦中情人,梦寐以求的
★age n,年龄
teengager:十几岁的人
★channel n,海峡
★throw v,扔,抛
threw thrown
throw away 扔掉
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.
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。
【课文讲解】
同位语 My daughter Jane
of one's own age He is boy of my own age.
with 放在名词后面做定语
I have a bag with books in it.
with 放在句子后面做状语用
think of:考虑 dream of:梦想
write to:给某人写信 write to me
each other:相互-往往强调两者之间的相互
one another:强调三或三者以上的相互
will cost will travel
一旦用cost,主语一定是物
something cost somebody
more:即可做形容词,又可做代词 give me more
a little 可以修饰比较级:稍微
much more:多的多
It's a little hotter,It's much hotter.
It's expensive,That is more expensive.
That is a little more expensive.
That is much more expensive.
much faster 快的多
【Multiple choice questions】
3.dream of/dream that...
(d)
8,go on a trip 进行旅行
(c)
9.(d)
a lump of paper:一团纸
a tube of paper:一管纸
a bar of:一条,一块
a piece of paper/a sheet of paper 一张纸
10.(a)
7.(a)