新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 22 A glass envelope
1 . 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.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隻瓶子，
2 . However, they have decided to use the post office.然而她們還是決定利用郵局。
3 . but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.但10個月以後，她收到了荷蘭一位姑娘的來信。
4 . She never thought of it again,此後她就再沒去想那只瓶子。
5 . Both girls write to each other regularly now.現在這兩位姑娘定期通信了。
6 . Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.這樣會稍微多花點錢，但肯定是快得多了。
7 . She threw the bottle into the sea.又將瓶子扔進了大海。
8 . My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.我的女兒簡從未想過會接到荷蘭一位同齡姑娘的來信。