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Friendship Guangzhou University Nicholas Yang All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter Forster Furcolo is celebrated annually. It is on the night of 31 October, when people once believed that ghosts could be seen. Now, in Britain and America, it is a time when children have parties, dress up as witches, make lanterns out of pumpkins from which the inside has been removed, and play “trick or treat”. is a traditional activity at Halloween. Children dress in costumes and visit houses. At each house they say “Trick or treat”. This means that they will play a “trick”, or joke, on the people in the house unless they are given a “treat”, e.g. sweets or money. Most people prefer to give treats rather than having tricks played on them. Word Web The stories in this unit are about FRIENDSHIP. Write down words which you would use to describe this subject. Global Reading Scanning One should keep in touch with his friends. The following questions are what the narrator asked the cab driver. Put them in the right order. 1. Did you go to school together? 2. The letter must have made you feel good, didn’t it? 3. Is your cab available? 4. Is he someone you’ve known quite a while? 5. Is he dead? 6. I thought your friend was Ed. Why did he sign it Tom? 7. Is the letter from a child or a grandchild? 8. Did you two work at the same place? Part Division of the Text Detailed Reading He must have been completely lost in something he was reading… (L.1) Is your cab available? (L. 3) Is your cab available? (L. 3) He sounded as if he had a cold or something.(L5) He sounded as if he had a cold or something.(L5) At least they do with me because I’m on the road so much. (L. 9) Then, estimating that he was 60 or 70 years old, … (L. 10) “come to think of it, it might just as well have been family. (L.13) “come to think of it, it might just as well have been family. (L.13) I’m not much of a hand at writing.” (L. 15) “I don’t think any of us keep up