课文
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 litt1e more, but they will certainly travel faster.
译：
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。
词
dream：「dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt」**v.做梦，梦想**
I always dream of/about flying like a bird.「我总是梦到我像鸟儿一样飞翔」
I dreamed/dreamt I was in Scotland.「我梦见我在苏格兰」
n.梦，梦想
One world One dream「同一个世界 同一个梦想」
I have a dream.「我有一个梦想」
I dreamed a dream in time gone by…「我曾很长一段时间梦见一个梦…」
一词多义幽默效果：
Your future depends on your dreams.「你的未来取决于你的梦想」
-So go to sleep.「所以赶紧去睡吧」
英吉利海峡「英国和法国之间」
the Channel
the English Channel
the British Channel
**扔，抛**
Don’t throw stones at the dog.「别向那狗扔石头」
把…对准目标
The boss threw him an angry look.「老板恼怒地看了他一眼」
句子
拓展
荷兰
Holland
the Netherlands
荷兰人，荷兰人的
Dutch
go Dutch(split the bill)「AA制」
Dutch courage「酒后壮胆」
课文句子
we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.「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」
put A into B「放A到B里」
with「prep.伴随着有…/和…一起」
with + n.(+介词短语表示位置)
a purse/wallet with 200 dollars in it「钱包伴随着200美元在里面」
a bus with 500 people on it「公共汽车伴随着500人在上面」
She threw the bottle into the sea.「她将瓶子扔进了大海」
「throw threw thrown」
throw A into B「把A扔进B里面」
Letters will cost a litt1e more, but they will certainly travel faster.「这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定是快得多了」
修饰比较级：体现幅度或强调
a little/bit「更多一点点..」
much/a lot/far「更多…」
even「甚至更…」