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

Chinese: 我的女儿,简,从来没有想到会收到一封来自荷兰、和她同龄的女孩写来的信。


English: Last year, we were travelling across the Channel.

Chinese: 去年，我们正在横渡英吉利海峡。


English: Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.

Chinese: 简把一张写有她姓名和地址的纸放进了一个瓶子里。


English: She threw the bottle into the sea.

Chinese: 她把瓶子扔进了海里。


English: She never thought of it again.

Chinese: 她再也没有想起这件事。


English: Ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.

Chinese: 十个月后，她收到了一封来自荷兰女孩的信。


English: Both girls write to each other regularly now.

Chinese: 现在，这两个女孩经常互相写信。


English: However, they have decided to use the post office.

Chinese: 不过，她们决定使用邮局。


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

Chinese: 寄信会稍微贵一点，但信肯定会寄得更快。


English: When did Jane cross the Channel?

Chinese: 简是什么时候横渡英吉利海峡的？


English: Jane crossed the Channel last year.

Chinese: 简去年横渡了英吉利海峡。


English: What did she throw into the sea?

Chinese: 她把什么扔进了海里？


English: She threw a bottle into the sea.

Chinese: 她把一个瓶子扔进了海里。


English: It contained a piece of paper with her name and address on it.

Chinese: 里面装着一张写有她姓名和地址的纸。


English: What did she receive ten months later?

Chinese: 十个月后她收到了什么？


English: She received a letter from a girl in Holland ten months later.

Chinese: 十个月后，她收到了一封来自荷兰女孩的信。


English: Do the girls write to each other regularly now?

Chinese: 这两个女孩现在经常互相写信吗？


English: Yes, the girls write to each other regularly now.

Chinese: 是的，这两个女孩现在经常互相写信。


English: Do they send their letters by post or in bottles?

Chinese: 她们是通过邮寄还是用瓶子寄信？


English: They send their letters by post.

Chinese: 她们通过邮寄来寄信。