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had never heard them 5)_______ it was a constant 6)_______ that no whisper or
twinkle of 7)_______ from them had ever echoed in the lonely 8)_______ that
ranged her off from her 9)_______. Sad to 10)_______ , it was the very thing, their
11)_______, that started to rumple the family12)_______ .
LETTERS IN THE MAIL
by Erskine Caldwell
I. BEFORE LISTENING TASKS
a. Have you heard about Erskine Caldwell? What do you know about
this writer? (Use a dictionary)
b. Read carefully the following proper names, words and expressions.
Make sure you know what they mean
Proper names
Stillwater
Ray Buffin
Guy Hodge
Ralph Barnhill
Grace Brooks
Sid Stoney
New Orleans
Words and expressions
barring bills
to play pranks on people
signed with a fictitious name
to inflict harm on anybody
would snatch the letter out of his hand
a box of pink stationary
the telephone exchange
the night switchboard operator
a feminine handwriting
she would have nothing to do with the
scheme
once in a while
be a good sport = a good girl
she was girlishly carefree
in the letter slot
to sort the mail
he ripped open the pink envelope
his eyes were blinking mistily
he dashed out of the post office 
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had never heard them 5)_______ it was a constant 6)_______ that no whisper or
twinkle of 7)_______ from them had ever echoed in the lonely 8)_______ that
ranged her off from her 9)_______. Sad to 10)_______ , it was the very thing, their
11)_______, that started to rumple the family12)_______ .


                               LETTERS IN THE MAIL
                                by Erskine Caldwell

   I.     BEFORE LISTENING TASKS

        a. Have you heard about Erskine Caldwell? What do you know about
           this writer? (Use a dictionary)

        b. Read carefully the following proper names, words and expressions.
           Make sure you know what they mean


Proper names
Stillwater
Ray Buffin
Guy Hodge
Ralph Barnhill
Grace Brooks
Sid Stoney
New Orleans

Words and expressions                          she was girlishly carefree
barring bills                                  in the letter slot
to play pranks on people                       to sort the mail
signed with a fictitious name                  he ripped open the pink envelope
to inflict harm on anybody                     his eyes were blinking mistily
would snatch the letter out of his hand        he dashed out of the post office
a box of pink stationary
the telephone exchange
the night switchboard operator
a feminine handwriting
she would have nothing to do with the
scheme
once in a while
be a good sport = a good girl

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