PROUD OF YOU

How do you usually connect with your friends?

How does the girl connect with her friend?

A GLASS ENVELOPE

“瓶中信”a floating bottle

Listen to the story

The Channel 英吉利海峡

Holland 荷兰

regularly 定期地

How did Jane receive a letter from a stranger?

The stranger answered a message Jane had sent in a bottleten months before.

Comprehension questions:2.Does she ever dream of receiving a letter from others?3.When were you traveling across the Channel?4.Did Jane put a piece of paper into a bottle?

6.What had she written on the paper?

5.What did she do with it?

7.When did she receive the letter?

8.Was it from a girl in Holland?

9.How old was she?10.What do both girls do now?

11.How do they send their letters?

JaneNo

Last yearYes,she did

Her name and address

She threw it into the sea

Ten months later

She was the same age as Jane

They write to each other regularlyBy post

Yes

1.What’s your daughter called ?

My daughter,Jane,never _________receiving a letter from a girl ____________in Holland.Last year, we weretraveling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper_______________________on it into a bottle.She threw thebottle into the sea.She never_________ it again,but ten monthslater,she received a letter from a girl in Holland.Both girls write to each other ________now.However,they have decidedto use the post office.Letters will _____a little more ,but theywill certainly travel faster.

dreamed ofof her own age

with her name and addressthought of

regularlycost

Blank filling:

My daughter,Jane,never _________receiving a letter from a girl ____________in Holland.Last year, we weretraveling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper_______________________on it into a bottle.She threw thebottle into the sea.She never_________ it again,but ten monthslater,she received a letter from a girl in Holland.Both girls write to each other ________now.However,they have decidedto use the post office.Letters will _____a little more ,but theywill certainly travel faster.

My daughter,Jane,never _________receiving a letter from a girl ____________in Holland.Last year, we weretraveling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper_______________________on it into a bottle.She threw thebottle into the sea.She never_________ it again,but ten monthslater,she received a letter from a girl in Holland.Both girls write to each other ________now.However,they have decidedto use the post office.Letters will _____a little more ,but theywill certainly travel faster.

dreamed ofof her own age

with her name and addressthought of

regularlycost

dreamed of

of her own age

with her name and address

thought of

regularlycost

My daughter,Jane,never _________receiving a letter from a girl ____________in Holland.Last year, we weretraveling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper_______________________on it into a bottle.She threw thebottle into the sea.She never_________ it again,but ten monthslater,she received a letter from a girl in Holland.Both girls write to each other ________now.However,they have decidedto use the post office.Letters will _____a little more ,but theywill certainly travel faster.

dreamed ofof her own age

with her name and addressthought of

regularlycost

Suppose you were Jane, tell others your story with the girl of Holland:

…dreamed…letter…girl…age…Holland…Channel…paper…bottle…sea…months…now…However…post office…faster.

Imagine a situation when it mightbe necessary to send a message in a bottle?

1. Daughter-never dreamed- letter- age- Holland

2. Last year- traveling- Channel- piece of paper- name- bottle

3. threw- bottle- sea4. never thought- again- later- letter-

Holland5. Both- write- now6. However- decided- post office7. Letters- cost- travel faster

Tell the story: