GIVING YOUR OPINION
A Argument
B Reviews
C Personal advice
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Readthefollowingextrac ts(A- G),then matchthem with thecontextsfrom
which they were taken(1- 7).Iwasn't at allsurprisedtohearthatMumandDadareagainst
themarnage.Thethingis,.lutta,botho fyouarereallymuch
tooyoungtogetmarried.What'stheharminwaiting,atle a s t
untilMike hasfinishedcollege?And ho wdoyoutwop lanto
s e t uphometogether,whennei t h e rofyouhasajob?l!IWhat a shameall this technology couldn't
make the music even slightly interesting.
Althoughrecentpieceslike' No Son Of Mine '
at least have a tunc, a trip downGenesis's
interminabl e memory lane is like being
locked in a musical-aversionchamber, where
synthesizersplankaimlessly,and guitarshuff
a;'dblusteruntilthey're blue in the face, but
bearno relationto anythinggoingon around
th em. Amitheycalled this'progressive ro ck'?don'tblame your father if.
knowing your mother is
there for him, he usesher.
Remember thatshe too
must takeresponsibilityfor
the positionin whichshe
findsherself.Inother
words, bevery carefulnot
to takesides.
I thinkthe best thingyou
can do i s to urge them both
to help themselves and
poss iblyfindhelpoutside
6 No mat t e r whe re in the
world you go, you 'll fin d
somedera n gedBri t setting
upa donkeysanctuary.Isn't
it timewetuned the dial to
a betterreception , started
car ing a bi t m or e about
humanity , a bitless about
donkeys?
We ough t , as anation , to
gr ow upandstoptrying to
pretendthatPeter Rabbit is
stillourbes t friend. In t he
grea te r scheme of t h ings,
the wors t of humanity is
wor t h considerably mor e
thant he bes tofbunnies.IE]There arethreedifferentways ofbuying a
second-handcar: privately,froma dealer, and
atan auction.Eachhasits advantages and
disadvantages.
Buying Privately.
This is usually cheaperthan buyinq froma
dealer,but yourlegalprotectionisweaker.It' s
a good idea to take someonealong withyou
whenyougoto look at a car, as a witnessto
what thesellertellsyou about it.I wasboths urprisedandsadde nedto read your rec ent
publicationofa letter fromV. Meldrewregarding what
wasde scribed as the'appall ing conditions thatexistat
Jerich oHo spital'. D irec tre ference was made toWarde9.
I f eel verystrongly thatI should reply to thecriticisms.
Iwasrecentl ya patien t on Warde9.whereIreceiveda
livertranspl ant.Ihavethe utmostadmirationand
appreciatio n forthe profess ionalism. dedication and
patient careIreceived.[!) ~ouis Sa rno's account of his s trange
}~urne~'awayfrom moder n civiliza tion is
?lsarm~ngl'yfrankand complete ly lacking
rnself-Im po r ta nce.Longing to heaccepted
bythese. p eopl e, hut ashamedat hisla c k of
ba sic skills,heappears 10 be th e u ltim a te
innocentInpa rad is e.1 Aconcertre vie w
2 Amagazine article
3 Co nsumeradvicein aconsu mermagazine
4 A bookre vie w
.5 Anin form al letter
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