A glass envelope | 英语晨读晚练022

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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. She threw the bottle into the sea.

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。

She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.

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.

现在这两位姑娘定期通信了。

  However, they have decided to use the post office.

然而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。

课文注释

dreamed of receiving a letter

想到会收到一封信。dream of 作“梦想”，“幻想”讲；receiving 是动名词，作介词of 的宾语。

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)”

关键句型

后面可跟of, from, in 和on 的动词

a OF: accuse, approve, assure, beware, boast(or about), complain(or

about), consist, convince(or about), cure, despair, dream(or about), expect(or

from), hear(or from)，be/get rid, smell, suspect, think(or about), tired．, warn (or

against)．

后接 of 的动词：控告；赞成；让⋯⋯放心；谨防；夸耀；埋怨；由⋯⋯

组成；使信服；治愈；丧失⋯⋯希望；幻想；期望；听到⋯⋯消息；摆

脱；闻到；对⋯⋯猜疑；思考；对⋯⋯感到厌烦；警告⋯⋯有危险。

b FROM: borrow, defend(or against), demand(or of), differ, dismiss,

draw(SD 64), emerge, escape, excuse(or for), hinder, prevent, prohibit, protect(or

against), receive, separate, suffer.

后接 from 的动词：从⋯⋯借；保护⋯⋯使免于；向⋯⋯要求；有别

于；解雇；从⋯⋯中得出(参见第64 课难点)；从⋯⋯出现；从⋯⋯逃出；

允许不⋯⋯；阻止；妨碍；不准许；向⋯⋯提抗议；接到；把⋯⋯分开；

受难。

c IN: believe, delight, employ(ed), encourage, engaged．, experienced．, fail,

help(or with), include, indulge, instruct, interest(ed), invest, involved．, persist,

share.

后接 in 的动词：信仰；喜欢；从事；鼓励；正做；在⋯⋯有经验；

没有尽到；帮助；包括；沉醉；教导；对⋯⋯感兴趣；投资；卷入；坚

持；分享。

d ON: act, based．, call(SD 34), comment, concentrate, congratulate,

consult(or about), count, decide, depend, economize, embark, experiment, insist,

lean(or against), live, operate, perform(or in), pride(oneself), rely, vote(on a motion;

for someone), write(or about).

后接 on 的动词：遵守；在⋯⋯基础上；拜访(参见第34 课难点)；评

论；集中于；祝贺；商量；依赖；决定；依靠；节约；从事；尝试；坚

持；倚靠于⋯⋯；靠⋯⋯为生；起作用；扮演；为⋯⋯感到自豪；依靠；

对⋯⋯表决(投⋯⋯的票)；写⋯⋯的事。