Ihavejustreturned homeafterspendingthreenightsatyourhotelinPaddington.The
staffwereveryfriendlyandthelocationwasextremelyconvenient.However,IfeelI
mustexpressmy disappointmentabouttheroom.
Asweallknow,Londonisexperiencinga verywarmsummerthisyear,with
temperatures around 30 °C last week,whichisquiteunusual.Asaresult,it was very
hotinmyroomonthesixthfloor.
Becauseoftheextremeheatintheroom, I had to leave the windows open all night
andsoit wasverynoisy,asthehotelisonamainroadandthetrafficneverstopsin
London.Consequently,Igotverylittlesleep overthethreenights.
Ithinkitwould beagoodideatoinstallanairconditioningsysteminthehotel.Thiscould
also beusedasaheatingsysteminthewinterandwouldcertainlymaketherooms
morecomfortable.PerhapsyouwouldconsidergivingmeadiscountifIcometo your
hotelagain.
Ilookforwardto hearingfromyou.Yoursfaithfully
Sample 41
Youhaverecentlyheardthatafriendof yourshashadsomeproblemsasaresult
ofsomeunusualweather. Writealetterto yourfriend.
Inyourletter
expressconcern (i.e. say you aresorrytohearwhathashappened)
tellthemaboutasimilarexperiencethatyouoncehad
givesomeadviceorofferhelp
Youshouldwriteatleast 80 words.
Al lowyourself 15 minutes for thistask.
modelanswer:
DearAnnaandLeo,
Wewereshockedto hearfromLaraaboutthe storm that hit your city recently and
the damage done to your house. Howawfultocomehomefromyourholidaytofind
theroofblown offthehouse!
Iunderstand howyoumustfeel,aswehadasimilarexperienceafewyearsagowhen
therewasasuddenelectricalstormhereinSydney.Icamehomefromworktofindthat