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So if you are Stella Smith, Marilyn Short, David Steadman, John Price, Rose Jones, Robert Parry, Elizabeth Brown or Joe Fletcher, University of Tokyo professor Torahiko Terada believes you can help.

Terada is a professor of comparative literature and culture at the University of Tokyo and one of his current projects is researching the role of illustrations used in English-language textbooks.

So when he came across a 1970s-era Russian textbook used to teach English during a research trip to St. Petersburg, Russia, his curiosity was aroused.

The textbook contained not just an illustration but a letter from a group of Terrace school students who said they had read a newspaper article about two Canadian teachers visiting a school in the Soviet Union.

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The illustration used as artwork to complement the letter looks to come from an art book which would contain any number of illustrations.

The students are in a classroom, clustered one student who is sitting at a desk, reading a book.

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There is no date as to the year the letter was written, but it did contain the day of the week, the calendar date and the month 香蕉视频直播� Wednesday, Feb. 11.

Terada does know that the textbook was published in 1978 and in tracing back the day of the week, the month and calendar date, he香蕉视频直播檚 concluded the letter was written in 1976.

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The letter came from Box 101 in Terrace and does not identify the school the students attended but does identify their teacher 香蕉视频直播� a Miss Duncan.

The students give their ages as 11 and 12 and say they are in Grade 6.

Terada香蕉视频直播檚 convinced the letter as published is real and that the names are genuine.

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They also ask the Russian students if they are fond of sports and games and whether they play hockey.

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