Lesson 22 A glass envelope

中文

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。

Jane

英文

My daughter, Jane [dʒeɪn], never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.

Last year, we were traveling across the Channel and Jame put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle [ˈbɒt(ə)l]. She threw the bottle into the sea.

She never thought of it again, but ten months later [ˈleɪtə(r)], she received a letter from a girl in Holland.

Both girls write to each other regularly now.

However, they have decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] to use the post office.

Letters will cast [kɑːst] a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

分析

My daughter,Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.

• simple sentence:
  • My daughter, Jane [subject]
  • never dreamed of doing [predicate verb phrase]
  • receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland [doing as object]
    • receive a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland
      • receive [predicate verb phrase]
      • a letter [object]
      • from a girl of her own age [adverbial of place]
        • of her own age [attributive]
      • in Holland [adverbial of place]
• knowledge:
  • dream + of + doing.
    • v. 梦想...(做某事), 渴望...(做某事)
  • receive + a + letter
    • v. 收到一封信
  • dreamed of receiving a letter
    • dream of 梦想、幻想
    • receiving 是动名词做of的宾语
    • 介词 + [object] 构成 介宾结构

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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.

• compound sentence:
  • Last year [adverbial of time]
  • we were travelling across the Channel
    • we [subject]
    • were travelling {} [predicate verb phrase] [past continuous tense]
    • across the Channel [prepositional object phrase]
  • and
  • Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.
    • Jane [subject]
    • put [predicate verb phrase]
    • a piece of paper with her name and address on it [object]
      • with her name and address on it
    • into a bottle [propositional object]
• knowledge:
  • with her name and address on it.
    • 用来进一步说明a piece of paper

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She threw the bottle into the sea.

• simple sentence:
  • She [subject]
  • threw .. into .. [predicate verb phrase]
  • the bottle [object]
  • the sea [propositional object]
• knowledge:
  • throw + sth.① + into + sth.②
    • v. 把...[扔/丢]进...; 让...[处于/陷入]...[之中]
    • v. (be.) 被[扔/丢]进...

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She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.

• compound sentence:
  • She never thought of it again
    • she [subject]
    • never though of [predicate verb phrase]
    • it [object]
    • again [adverbial]
  • but
  • ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
    • ten months later [adverbial of time]
    • she [subject]
    • received [predicate verb phrase]
    • a letter [object]
    • from a girl [adverbial of place]
    • in Holland [adverbial of place]

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Both girls write to each other regularly now.

• simple sentence:
  • Both girls [subject]
  • write to [predicate verb phrase]
  • each other [prepositional object phrase]
  • regularly [adverbial] [frequently adverb]
  • now [adverbial of time]
• knowledge:
  • write + to + sth.
    • v. 给...写信

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However, they have decided to use the post office.

• simple sentence:
  • However
  • they [subject]
  • have decided to do [predicate verb phrase] [present perfect tense]
  • to use the post office. [to-do as object]
    • use [predicate verb phrase]
    • the post office [object]

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Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

• simple sentence:
  • Letters will cost a little more
    • Letters [subject]
    • will cost [predicate verb phrase]
    • a little more [object]
  • but
  • they will certainly travel faster.
    • they [subject]
    • will travel [predicate verb phrase]
    • certainly [adverbial]
    • faster [adverbial]