Lesson 22   A glass envelope   玻璃信封

    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 生詞和短語

    dream v. 做夢，夢想

    age n. 年齡

    channel n. 海峽

    throw v. 扔，拋

    參考譯文

    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(xiàn)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。