中英对照
My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.
我的女儿简从未想过会接到荷兰一位同龄姑娘的来信。
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.
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。
She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
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。
Both girls write to each other regularly now.
现在这两位姑娘定期通信了。
However, they have decided to use the post office.
然而她们还是决定利用邮局。
Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.
这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定是快得多了。
课文注释
dreamed of receiving a letter
想到会收到一封信。dream of 作“梦想”，“幻想”讲；receiving 是动名词，作介词of 的宾语。
with her name and address on it
用来进一步说明a piece of paper。可译作“写有她姓名和地址的(一张纸条)”
关键句型
后面可跟of, from, in 和on 的动词
a 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), tired．, warn (or
against)．
后接 of 的动词：控告；赞成；让⋯⋯放心；谨防；夸耀；埋怨；由⋯⋯
组成；使信服；治愈；丧失⋯⋯希望；幻想；期望；听到⋯⋯消息；摆
脱；闻到；对⋯⋯猜疑；思考；对⋯⋯感到厌烦；警告⋯⋯有危险。
b FROM: borrow, defend(or against), demand(or of), differ, dismiss,
draw(SD 64), emerge, escape, excuse(or for), hinder, prevent, prohibit, protect(or
against), receive, separate, suffer.
后接 from 的动词：从⋯⋯借；保护⋯⋯使免于；向⋯⋯要求；有别
于；解雇；从⋯⋯中得出(参见第64 课难点)；从⋯⋯出现；从⋯⋯逃出；
允许不⋯⋯；阻止；妨碍；不准许；向⋯⋯提抗议；接到；把⋯⋯分开；
受难。
c IN: believe, delight, employ(ed), encourage, engaged．, experienced．, fail,
help(or with), include, indulge, instruct, interest(ed), invest, involved．, persist,
share.
后接 in 的动词：信仰；喜欢；从事；鼓励；正做；在⋯⋯有经验；
没有尽到；帮助；包括；沉醉；教导；对⋯⋯感兴趣；投资；卷入；坚
持；分享。
d ON: act, based．, call(SD 34), 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).
后接 on 的动词：遵守；在⋯⋯基础上；拜访(参见第34 课难点)；评
论；集中于；祝贺；商量；依赖；决定；依靠；节约；从事；尝试；坚
持；倚靠于⋯⋯；靠⋯⋯为生；起作用；扮演；为⋯⋯感到自豪；依靠；
对⋯⋯表决(投⋯⋯的票)；写⋯⋯的事。
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