1.Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.
这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定要快得多了。
知识点：比较spends cost, take
1) sb. spend +时间+(in) doing sth. 某人在某事上花费时间
2) sb. spend +金钱+ on sth. 某人在某物i花钱
例如：He spent six hours reading this book.
他花了6个小时读这本书。
We spent an hour learning Lesson 22.
我们花了一个小时学习第22课。
I spent 10 yuan in buying / on a notebook.
我花 10元钱买了一个笔记本。
3) sth. cost sb. + 金钱 某物花了某人多少钱
This television cost me 2,000 yuan.
这台电视花了我2000元。
本课中cost a little more后省去了money。
4) sth. take +时间 某事占用时间
Reading this book took me six hours.
读这本书花了我6个小时。
It took me a month to learn New Concept English Book 2.
学习《新概念英语》2册用了我一个月的时间。
2.She threw the bottle into the sea.
她把瓶子扔进了大海。
知识点：throw sth. into意为“把某物扔进……”。into带有明显的“进去”的意思。
3.She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
她再没去想那只瓶子，但10个月后，她收到了一位荷兰女孩的来信。
知识点1：never为频率副词，用在实义动词之前。
知识点2：think of = think about 考虑
