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New Concept English Ⅱ
Lesson 22
A glass envelope
smoke of wolves’ (狼烟)
In the ancient times,Chinese people used the smoke of wolves’ to pass the imformation to others.
Gradually, tie the letter to the pigeon then pass it to the person who they want to communicate.
Pigeon
(飞鸽传书)
telegram (电报)
Later ,telegram was invented by Marse in 1937,then came the information age.
Through telegram ,people can receive the
Message more quickly.
Telephone(电话)
Today ,people hardly use the IP mesenger
,they use telephone instead. Because of the
convenience of telephone. For example ,you
can call somebody anytime and they will
reveive the information within several minutes.
【New words and expressions】
dream v. 做梦,梦想
age n. 年龄
channel n. 海峡
throw v. 扔,抛
dream v. 做梦, 梦想
awake from a dream
Daydream/pipe dream
dream boat 梦中情人, 梦寐以求的(物, 人)
Dream house/holiday
Dreamful/dreamless/dreamlike
age n. 年龄
at the age of
under age
因为她还未成年,她的父母仍然应为她负责。
Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.
少壮不努力老大徒伤悲
A lazy youth,a lousy age.
channel n. 海峡
channel n. 频道
throw v.扔, 抛
throw away 扔掉
throw up呕吐
Throw pillow
useful expressions
想过
收到某人一封信
横渡
扔进
决定
互相写信
dream of/ think of
receive sth. from sb.
travel across
throw into
decide to
write to each other
Text
1、My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland.
dream of doing sth. 梦想,幻想……
…of one's own age 同年龄的……
He is a boy of my own age.
receive…from… 从……收到……
Hear…from…
2、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.
the Channel= the English Channel
我有一个装书的袋子
I have a bag with books in it.
我把一张写有供应商名字的便签放在经理的桌子上。
I put a note/sticker with the supplier’s name on it on the manager’s desk.
3、Both girls write to each other regularly now.
Irregular
regular customers
regular mail regular meeting
keep regular hours
4、Letters will cost a little more, but they wi