Ⅲ.综合运用

Ⅲ.综合运用

Sydney Twins Keep Pen Pals for 80 Years

In 1935,twins Dulcie and Nancie sent letters into a Sydney radio station.They wanted the h__1__of a radio program to take their mail to Los Angeles to find them pen pals.

Eighty years later,the sisters are still swapping letters.

Their pen pals are also twins.

“I have one very large box full of letters and photos t__2__over the 80 years,”Nancie said.

“The letters are very interesting to read,especially the childhood ones.”

“The first letter asked me if I knew Shirley Temple(秀兰·邓波儿).And of course I did.”

“The letters have been extremely i__3__,especially over the war years.”

Dulcie and Nancie first met their pen pals Barbara and Beatrice in Sydney,50 years after they first started w__4__.

“We've had so many photos of them that,when they came down the stairs at the airport,I r__5__them straight away,”Dulcie said.“We're still going.I received three letters in the last month.”

Dulcie's daughter became a pen pal with Beatrice's daughter when she was eight.And their third generation has kept in close c__6__on Facebook and met each other for the first time in Canada a few years ago.

Then what's Dulcie and Nancie's secret to keeping a pen pal for 80 years?

“A__7__the letters,”they said.

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