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Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that played a【B1】______role in speeding up mail【B
Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that played a【B1】______role in speeding up mail【B
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Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that played a【B1】______role in speeding up mail【B2】______. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a【B3】______short distance. Back in the 160Os, it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York. a distance of about 260 miles. Crossing a river was also a 【B4】______. Ferry service was so【B5】______that a carrier would sometimes wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journeys inland there was always a stagecoach but the ride was by no means【B6】______because it had to be shared with other passengers. The post office was pretty【B7】______about some ways. In the 19th century, in the southwestern【B8】______, for instance, camels were brought in to help to get mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. (44)
We’ll stop here a minute so that you can enter this replica of a railway mail Car.【B10】______ .In fact, the United States transported most bulk of mail by train for nearly 100 years. The first airmail service didn’t start until 1918. Please take a few moments to 100k around. I hope you’ll enjoy your tour. And as you continue on your own, may I suggest you visit our impressive philatelic (集邮的)collection? 【B11】______.
【B10】
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It was during the age of the iron horse that delivery really started to pick up
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