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1、TED英语演讲稿:给陌生人的情书IwasoneoftheonlykidsincollegewhohadareasontogototheP.0.boxattheendoftheday,andthatwasmainlybecausemymointextingorcidswereBBM-ingbythemaitherhasneverbelievedinemail,inFacebookellphonesingeneral.Andsowhileotherkingtheirparents,Iwasliterallywaitlboxt
2、ogetaletterfromhometoseehowtheweekendhadgone,whichwasalittlefrustratingwhenGrandmawasinthehospital,butlwasjustlookingforsomesortofscribble,someunkemptcursivefrommymother.AndsowhenImovedtoNewYorkCityaftercollegeandgotcompletelysucker-punchedinthefsion,Ididtheonlyt
3、hinglcouldthinkoIwrotethosesamekindsoflettersthatwrittenmeforstrangers,andtuckedthhoutthecity,dozensanddozensofthemverywhere,incafesandinlibraries,aerywhere.Ibloggedaboutthoseletterwhentheywerenecessary,andlposedakromisetotheInternet:thatifyouaskewrittenletter,Iw
4、ouldwriteyouone,acebydepresfatthetime.mymotherhademailthroug.IleftthemettheU.N.,evsandthedaysindofcrazypnoquestionsasked.Overnight,myinboxmorphedintothisharborofheartbreak—asinglemotherinSacramento,agirlbeingbulliedinruralKansas,allaskingme,a22-year-oldgirlwhobar
5、elyevenknewherowncoffeeorder,towritethemaloveletterandgivethemareasontowaitbythemailbox.Wei1,todaylfuelaglobalorganizationthatisfueledbythosetripstothemailbox,fueledbythewaysinwhichwecanharnesssocialmedialikeneverbeforetowriteandmailstrangersletterswhentheyneedth
6、emmost,butmostofall,fueledbycratesofmaillikethisone,mytrustymailcrate,filledwiththescriptingsofordinarypeople,strangerswritingletterstootherstrangersnotbecausethey5reevergoingtomeetandlaughoveracupofcoffee,butbecausetheyhavefoundoneanotherbywayofletter-writing.Bu
7、t,youknow,thethingthatalwaysgetsmeabouttheselettersisthatmostofthemhavebeenwrittenbypeoplethathaveneverknownthemselveslovedonapieceofpaper.Theycouldnottellyouabouttheinkoftheirownloveletters.They’retheonesfrommygeneration,theonesofusthathavegrownupintoaworspeaksw
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