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Skills in action
1 Letters and e-mails Look at the two texts. You can see which is an e-mail and which is a letter. Read the skills boxes and explain the difference to your partner. Hi, Josh! I just wanted to tell you about yesterday – I had the most embarrassing moment in my life! I was in the Blue Parrot Deli with Susi. Mel came in but I didn’t see her. She sat behind our table. I told Susi how great she looked and asked her if she wanted to go to the movies with me. She was surprised. “What about Mel?” she asked. And I said, “Oh, that’s over.” Suddenly Mel was there at our table. She threw her milkshake all over my new T-shirt and walked out. What do I do now? I know you are older and wiser1 than me. Bye, Todd
2394 East Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90126 June 14
Dear Todd, Thank you for your e-mail. I can understand why you are worried and I’ll try to help. I know that I am your older brother but I am not always wiser. I met a girl last week at the station. Our train was late so we started talking. It was so interesting that we missed the next two trains and I arrived home at midnight. I sent my girlfriend, Tania, a text message to say that I couldn’t get home earlier because there were no trains. I didn’t say a word about the other girl. The problem was that Tania was on the first train. She was surprised when I didn’t get on. And she was really angry about the fact that I lied to her. Maybe you and I need to be more careful or more honest! If you really like Mel, then you shouldn’t do anything to hurt her. I hope this helps. Write and let me know what happens. Best wishes2, Josh
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Planning a letter 1. Write your address and postal code. 2. Write the date. 3. Then comes Dear + name. 4. After coma you begin a new line with a capital letter. 5. Give a reason why you write. 6. Start every new idea with a new paragraph. 7. Finish your letter with closing remarks. 8. Then write your name.
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Planning e-mail 1. Hi or hello and a first name 2. The first word is capitalized. 3. Name one reason why you write. 4. Closing remarks. 5. Your name.
wise [waIz], 2best wishes [best *wISIz?
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