LostinthePost Howwouldyoufeeliftheletteryoupennedcarefullyandpostedtoyourfavoritestarendedupintherecyclingbin？That'swhereunopenedfanmailsenttosingerTaylorSwiftwasfoundinNashville．（36）___Swift'smanagementsaiditwasanaccident，butdealingwithpilesoflettersisaburdenformostpublicfigures．AccordingtotheBBCreporterJonKelly，attheheightofhisfame，JohnnyDeppwassaidtoreceiveupto10，000lettersaweek．（37）___ThedawnofthedigitalageinwhichpublicfigureswithaTwitteraccountcanbemessageddirectlyhasmadetheprocesseasier．TheWhiteHousesaysitdealswith20，000messagesaddressedtoPresidentBarackObamaeachday．

Somecelebritiesdon'twantletters．In2008，BeatlesdrummerRingoStarrsaidthathewouldthrowthemoutbecausehewastoobusy．（38）___RobertPattinson，staroftheTwilightfilms，claimsthathereadstonnesandtonnesoflettersfromfans，whichtakesupalmostallhisfreetime．

Manyartists，however，outsource（外包）thetaskofopening，readingandreplying．Sylvia"Spanky"Taylor，58，hasrunaserviceinCaliforniathatdoesjustthatsince1987．（39）___Mostlettersaresimplydeclarationsofaffectionandadmiration，shesays．Afewaskformoney．Asmallnumbercontainthreatswhichrequirehertocontactthecelebrity'ssecurityteamandlawenforcement．

ThebiggestproblemforTaylorisworkingouthowtodealwiththecorrespondence（通信）．Presentssuchassofttoysaresenttolocalhospitals，andmostofthelettersjustgetshreddedandrecycled．

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

A．Othersdoattempttogetthroughitthemselves．

B．Infact，thereisnoalternativetodealwiththeproblem．

C．Howcouldhehaveenoughtimetoskimthroughtheselettersonebyone？

D．Typically，correspondenceisacknowledgedbyaphotowithaprinted"signature"．

E．Accordingly，thecorrespondenceproblemhasbeendifficultforthecomputertoautomate．

F．Sheandherstaffdealwithupto20，000itemsofmaila