Lesson 22 A glass envelope
My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were traveling 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. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post-office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.
ˈlɛsən 22 ə glæs ˈɛnvəˌloʊp
maɪ ˈdɔtər, ʤeɪn, ˈnɛvər drimd ʌv rəˈsivɪŋ ə ˈlɛtər frʌm ə gɜrl ʌv hɜr oʊn eɪʤ ɪn ˈhɑlənd.
læst jɪr, wi wɜr ˈtrævəlɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðəˈʧænəl ænd ʤeɪn pʊt ə pis ʌv ˈpeɪpər wɪð hɜr neɪm ænd ˈæˌdrɛs ɑn ɪt ˈɪntu ə ˈbɑtəl.
ʃi θru ðə ˈbɑtəl ˈɪntu ðə si.
ʃi ˈnɛvər θɔt ʌv ɪt əˈgɛn, bʌt tɛn mʌnθs ˈleɪtər, ʃi rəˈsivd ə ˈlɛtər frʌm ə gɜrl ɪn ˈhɑlənd.
boʊθ gɜrlz raɪt tu iʧ ˈʌðər ˈrɛgjələrli naʊ. ˌ
haʊˈɛvər, ðeɪ hæv ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tu juz ðə poʊst-ˈɔfəs.
ˈlɛtərz wɪl kɑst ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr, bʌt ðeɪ wɪl ˈsɜrtənli ˈtrævəl ˈfæstər.
envelope
writing papers and envelopes 信纸和信封
an airmail/ padded/ prepaid envelope
push the envelope: informal to go beyond the limits of what is allowed or thought to be possible
超越界限；突破
He's a performer who consistently pushes the enveloped of TV comedy. 他是一个在电视喜剧表演中不断寻求突破的演员。
envelope
An envelope is something that envelops, or wraps around. It usually refers to the thing you stick a stamp on and snail mail.
In the early 1700s, envelope, the noun for "wrapper," evolved from the French enveloppe, meaning “to envelop.” Envelopeis always a noun, unlike the verb envelop which means “to wrap, cloak.” Synonyms for envelope range from casing and enclosure to pouch and sheath. Virginia Woolf said, “Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning.” She ditched hers by walking into a river with her pockets full of rocks.
注：在查词的过程中发现了envelop，虽然长得像，但是读音，意思完全不一样。
envelop/envelope
To envelop is to surround something completely. But an envelope is a piece of paper you put your love note in and lick to seal. With enVElop, the accent is on the second syllable, while with ENvelope, the accent is on the first.
Envelop means to wrap around something completely, to surround, either literally or figuratively. Fog can envelop a city, but love might also envelop a person's mind. Here are some envelops in the wild:
Gradually this veil spread inland and quietly enveloped all things on shore. (Lillian Elizabeth Roy)
Kenya had been enveloped in violence following the contested presidential elections in December 2007. (Forbes)
An envelope is a flat piece of paper used to enclose — or envelop — documents. To push the envelope means to approach the limits of something. You might hear the envelope, pleasewhen you're waiting to find out who won an Oscar. Here are some envelopes waiting to be opened:
Related links in NPG Funding models can push the envelope, but at what cost? (Nature)
Mr. Warner drew the letter from its envelope, began casually running through it. (Inez Haynes Gillmore)
When love envelops your brain, you might forget to seal the envelope for your mushy letter. If it falls out for all to see, embarrassment might envelop you!
任务配置：
1. 一旦陷入舒适区，就不想懂了。因为相对其它任务来说，朗读对我来说算是比较容易完成的任务了，但是我朗读新概念的初衷是最好认真掌握好文章，背一背，用一用。所以，做的还是太少。
2. Jane的发音ein，一不小心我就会发成en，要注意。
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