课文内容：
My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving aletter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year,we were traveling across the Channel and Jane put apiece of paper with her name and address on it intoa bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. Shenever thought of it again, but ten months later, shereceived a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girlswrite to each other regularly now. However, theyhave decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainlytravel faster.
精讲笔记：
7、Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.
这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定要快得多了。
语言点 比较spends cost, take
1) sb. spend +时间+(in) doing sth. 某人在某事上花费时间
2) sb. spend +金钱+ on sth. 某人在某物i花钱
例如：He spent six hours reading this book.他花了6个小时读这本书。
We spent an hour learning Lesson 22.我们花了一个小时学习第22 课。
I spent 10 yuan in buying / on a notebook.我花 10元钱买了一个笔记本。
3) sth. cost sb. + 金钱 某物花了某人多少钱
This television cost me 2,000 yuan.这台电视花了我2000元。
本课中 cost a little more 后省去了 money。
4) sth. take +时间 某事占用时间
Reading this book took me six hours.读这本书花了我6个小时。
It took me a month to learn New Concept English Book 2.
学习《新概念英语》2册用 了我一 个月的时间。
