第3课_Please send me a card

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。

How many cards did the writer send?

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy.
明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。

I visited museums and sat in public gardens.
 A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian.
我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，

Then he lent me a book. 
I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word.
之后还借给我一本书。我 读了几行，但一个字也不懂。

Every day I thought about postcards. 
My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends.
我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。

On the last day I made a big decision. 
I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards.
到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早 起了床，买来了37张明信片。

I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

New words and expressions 生词和短语

send   (sent，sent) 
v. 寄，送

postcard 
n. 明信片

spoil  
v. (spoiled or spoilt)  v.使索然无味，损坏

museum 
n. 博物馆

public  
adj. 公共的

friendly 
adj. 友好的

waiter
n. 服务员，招待员

lend(lent, lent)
v. 借给

decision
n. 决定

whole
adj. 整个的

single 
adj. 唯一的，单一的

Notes on the text课文注释

1. a few words 几句话

2. lent me a book中，lent是“借出”的意思。
我们常说lend sb. sth.或lend sth. to sb.。
borrow是‘借入”的意思常用的结构是borrow sth.或borrow sth. from sb。