Youareunhappy aboutaplantomake your local airport bigger and increase
thenumberofflights.Youlivenear the airport.
Write a letter to your local newspaper.Inyourletter:
- explainwhereyoulive
- describetheproblem
- give reasonswhyyoudonot wantthisdevelopment.
Youshould write at least 150 words.Youshouldspendabout 20 minutes onthistask.Youdo NOT need to write your ownaddress.modelanswer:DearSir/Madam,
Iamwritingwithregardtothearticlein yournewspaperdated 7thSeptember.My house
is situated within 20 minutes walk oftheairport.Pleaseallowmeto pointoutthe
problemswhich havecausedserious damageontheresidentialarea.Iamfullysure
that theproblemsmustbeaggravated
iftheplaniscarried outtoexpandtheairportandIncreasethenumberofflights.
Firstofall,thelow-flyingaeroplanesare utterly distractive.Theymakesuchabig noise
thatIcannotconcentrateon houseworkatall.Whatisworse,Iamwoken up bythelate
hourflightsatmidnight;IwasdiagnosedasInsomniathe otherday.Ishouldcallthis
situationnoise pollution.
Secondly,Iamafraidthattheexpansion oftheairportmayreducetheplotoflandfor
the playground which is underconstruction near the airport at themoment.To
sumup,Istrongly disagreewiththeplan.Iwouldappreciateifyoucould possiblywrite
thearticleaboutthe problems and disagreement as I said
above.
Yoursfaithfully
Sample 52
Youareduetostartanewjobnextweekbutyouwillnotbeabletobecauseyou
havesomeproblems.
Writealetter to your newemployer.In yourletter: