【LostinthePostHowwouldyoufeeliftheletteryoupennedcarefullyandpostedtoyourfavoritestarendedupintherecyclingbin？That'swhereunopenedfanmailsenttosingerTaylorSwiftwasfoundinNashville．（71）___Swift'smanagements】

　　LostinthePost

　　Howwouldyoufeeliftheletteryoupennedcarefullyandpostedtoyourfavoritestarendedupintherecyclingbin？That'swhereunopenedfanmailsenttosingerTaylorSwiftwasfoundinNashville．（71）___

　　Swift'smanagementsaiditwasanaccident，butdealingwithpilesoflettersisaburdenformostpublicfigures．AccordingtoteBBCreporterJonKelly，attheheightofhisfame，JohnnyDeppwassaidtoreceiveupto10，000lettersaweek．（72）___

　　ThedawnofthedigitalageinwhichpublicfigureswithaTwitteraccountcanbemessageddirectlyhasmadetheprocesseasier．TheWhiteHousesaysitdealswith20，000messagesaddressedtoPresidentBarackObamaeachday．

　　Somecelebritiesdon'twantletters．In2008，BeatlesdrummerRingoStarrsaidthathewouldthrowthemoutbecausehewastoobusy．（73）___RobertPattinson，staroftheTwilightfilms，claimsthathereadstonnesandtonnesoflettersfromfans，whichtakesupalmostallhisfreetime．

　　Manyartists，however，outsource（外包） thetaskofopening，readingandreplying．Sylvia"Spanky"Taylor，58，hasrunaserviceinCaliforniathatdoesjustthatsince1987．（74）___Mostlettersaresimplydeclarationsofaffectionandadmiration，shesays．Afewaskformoney．Asmallnumbercontainthreatswhichrequirehertocontactthecelebrity'ssecurityteamandlawenforcement．

　　ThebiggestproblemforTaylorisworkingouthowtodealwiththecorrespondence（通信）．Presentssuchassofttoysaresenttolocalhospitals，andmostofthelettersjustgetshreddedandrecycled．

　　（75）___Forsome，thisisenough，accordingtoLynnZubernis，anexpertatWestChesterUniversity．Shesaysthattherelationshipbetweenfanandcelebritymayexistonlyinthemindoftheformerbutitcomesfromadeeply-rootedhumanneedforcommunity．

　　A．Othersdoattempttogetthroughitthemselves．

　　B．Infact，thereisnoalternativetodealwiththeproblem．

　　C．Howcouldhehaveenoughtimetoskimthroughtheselettersonebyone？

　　D．Typically，correspondenceisacknowledgedbyaphotowithaprinted"signature"．

　　E．Accordingly，thecorrespondenceproblemhasbeendifficultforthecomputertoautomate．

　　F．Sheandherstaffdea