课文内容：
My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receivinga letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.Last year, we were traveling across the Channeland Jane put a piece of paper with her nameand address on it into a bottle. She threw thebottle into the sea. She never thought of it again,but ten months later, she received a letter from a girlin Holland. Both girls write to each other regularlynow. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but theywill certainly travel faster.
语法归纳：
“动词+介词”的用法，其中在动词后加介词of, from，in, on的情况最多，以下分别加以说明：
1)“动词+ of”常用短语：
accuse of 指责 advise of 劝告 approve of 赞成 assure of 保证
break of 戒除 beware of 当心 boast of 夸大 complain of 抱怨
2)“动词+ from"常用短语：
borrow from 借入 defend from 防护 demand from 要求 differ from 不一致
dismiss from 解散 draw from 提取 emerge from 显现 escape from 逃跑
3)“动词+ in”常用短语：
believe in 信任 delight in 喜欢 employ in 从事 encourage in 鼓励
engage in 忙于 experience in 体验 fail in 失败 help in 帮忙
4)“动词+ on"常用短语：
act on遵守 base on基于 call on拜访 comment on 评论 concentrate on 集中 congratulateon 祝贺
consult on 商量 count on 认为
精讲笔记：
1、My daughter, Jane，never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own agein Holland .
我的女儿简从未想到过会收到荷兰的一位同龄女孩的来信!
语言点1 Jane是my daughter的同位语。
语言点2 dream of为固定搭配。
语言点3 表示年龄：a girl of：..(参考Lesson 17)。本句中这个短语还可用the same...as代替：a girlof her own age = the girl who is the same age as Jane。
2、Last year, we were traveling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper withher name and address on it into a bottle.
去年，当我们横渡英吉利海峡时，简把写着她名字和住址的一张纸条装进了一只瓶子。
语言点1 were traveling across (当时)正穿越,(当时)横渡
语言点2 put a piece of paper with her name中，with意为“具有，带有”(表伴随),相当于together with，起修饰作用：Yesterday I saw a pretty girl with a big / wide mouth. 昨天我看见了一个大嘴美女。
翻译以下短语：
一张有弹簧和床整的床→a bed with springs and mattress
一位抱着小狗的女士→a lady with a dog in her arms
一位左手拿着雨伞的先生→a gentleman with an umbrella in his left hand
3、She threw the bottle into the sea.
她把瓶子扔进了大海。
语言点 throw sth. into意为“把某物扔进……”。into带有明显的“进去”的意思。
