9. Match the letter beginnings and endings.

Opening Paragraph	Closing Paragraph
1. I'm writing to ask you for some advice.	a) They are looking forward to your coming.
2. In your last letter you asked me about Mary's children.	b) I'll be very much obliged for any consideration.
3.1 enjoyed my stay at your cousin's.	c) Remember me to John.
4. It was so nice to learn about your marriage.	d) I hope to see you and your husband soon.
5.1 miss you a lot.	e) Please keep me informed as to how you are getting along.
6. I'm writing to apologize for my long silence.	f) Please keep in touch.

10. You want to book a room for a dancing party that you and your friends are organizing. Look at the advert for a possible room. Plan a letter asking if the room is available for the night you need. Use the notes to help you.

Room available in a large out-of-town building. Suitable for up to 200 people, wild parties. Easy to get to. For more details, enquire in writing, giving details of why you want to use it to Mrs James, 218 Oxford Street, Chippenham.

~ Write the addresses in the correct position.

~ Think about how to open your letter.

~ Say why you are writing, refer to the advert.

~ Ask for details to be sent to you.

~ Close your letter.

~ Do you know the name of the person you are writing to?

III. Speaking.

Write a letter to a person you would like to invite to your place. Your letter will have three paragraphs, each paragraph with a different idea. The following questions will be helpful. Use answers in future letters.

~ In the first paragraph you will invite your friend.

~ In the second paragraph you'll tell your friend why you would like to visit him.

~ In the third paragraph you will write about your plans: what you will do, where you will go when your friend comes.

a. What is the name of your friend/relative?

b. Why would you like to invite him/her to visit you?

c. When would you like to invite him/her to see you?

d. How long would you like him/her to stay with you?

e. Where would you like to take your friend (places to visit and see)?

f. What would you like to do while he/she is with you?

IV. Supplement. Text 1

1. Read and translate the text.

THE POSTAL SYSTEM

For centuries people have used the postal system to exchange ideas with others in distant places. Before the telegraph, telephone, radio, and television were invented, the postal system was the only safe way of getting news from and giving news to people in faraway places. Today the postal system is an important and economical means of communication.

Processing a letter that has been mailed involves several steps. First, postal employees pick up mail from the box and put it into mailbags. Then the bags are placed in a truck and driven to the post office. In large post offices, postal clerks empty the mailbags into a machine that sorts the letters according to size. This machine feeds the letters into another machine called a facer-canceller. The facer-canceller arranges the letters so that they all face the same way. Then it cancels (marks) the stamps on the envelopes so they cannot be used again. It also prints the date and location of the post office on the envelope. Then another machine is used to separate the letters according to their general destination. In small post offices, however, the postal clerks do all this work by hand.

After the mail is sorted, it is placed into mailbags and transported by airplane, truck, or train to the post office closest to its destination. There the mail is sorted into local areas. When a letter carrier is given the mail for a certain area, he/she separates it according to street and house number. Then the letter is carried to its destination.