Lesson 22 A glass envolops

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My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year,we were traveling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name an address on it into a bottle. She throw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl of 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 (much) faster.

Note

1. dream:
   v.做梦，梦想
   dream a dream.
   n.梦，梦想
   have a good/sweet dream.
   daydream: v.开小差
   He is daydreaming.
   I dream of being a master.
   I dream of flying in the sky.
   dream on: 继续做梦吧->做你的青天白日梦吧
   adj.梦想的，理想的
   dream boat: 梦中情人，梦寐以求的……

2. throw (threw,thrown): throw away 扔掉

3. of one's own age: 和……同岁的
   She is the girl of my own age.

4. with放在名词后面作定语
   I have a bog with books in it.
   with放在句子后面作状语

5. each other: 相互 ＝ one other 大多情况下可以互现。它们的区别就是强调的是两者之间，后者强调的是两者以上之间。

6. more: adj. pron.(代词)
   a little: 可以修饰比较级的程度，译为“稍微，一点”。反义词much
   Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel much faster.

7. We can put of, from,in, or on after certain verbs:

   prep.	verbs
   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)	tire(d)	warn (or against)
   from	borrow	defend (or against)	demand (or of)	differ	dismiss	draw	emerge	escape	excuse (or for)	hinder	prevent	prohibit	protect (or against)	receive	separate	suffer
   in	believe	delight	employ(ed)	encourage	engage(d)	experience(d)	fail	help (or with)	include	indulge	instruct	interest(ed)	invest	involve(d)	persist	share
   on	act	base(d)	call	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)