- Writing a letter for your friend about: a
new house in another town when you and
your family moved to last month: what new
in that house; neighbours; the area.
“ Dear Kate,
We finally moved house last month and now
life has changed. The house we are living in
is situated in the suburb of HCM/HN city,
within thirty minutes’ drive off the central
city. It consists of four bed-rooms, a livingroom, a bathroom with a shower, a dinningroom, a kitchen and a toilet. The living-room,
which is rather large, is decorated with
beautiful pictures on the walls. There, on
Sundays and holidays my father usually
spends his time playing chess or drinking tea
with our new neighbour. All of them are very
friendly, they helped my family so much since
we moved to here. The weather in here seems
good to me so I feel good.
I hope that I may hear from you soon.
See you
Thanh Son”
- You are on holiday with some friends.
Write a letter about two things you have done
and mention (kể ra) something unpleasant (khó
chịu) which happened a few days ago.
“ Dear Kate,
We arrived here five days ago. In the early
morning from HCM city, we got here by bus.
On the way to Vung Tau resort, we met a lot of
our friends, who also went there to escape
from the terrible heat of a crowded city. We
reached Vung Tau beach only to find that it
had been packed with people. Although the
beach was crammed with people, we still felt
more relaxed by the fresh morning air coming
in from the open sea. When we went to the
seaside, we too could not resist the temptation
to take off our clothes and put on our
swimming costumes and then plunged into the
sea. After we stopped swimming, we dug sand
to catch little crabs which in no time darted
into their sand holes. I met an accident when I
caught a crab. My finger bled with a deep
wound.
In this way, I spent my holidays happily at
Vungtau, a place I shall never forget.
I hope that I may hear from you soon.
See you
Thanh Son”
- You have just finished a short language
course in Hanoi: what you did on the course,
how you spent your free time and what the other
people were like.
“Dear William,
I’ve just finished a short language course in
Hanoi and I want to tell you all about it. It’s
lasted 4 months and it was at pre-intermediate
level. I had class in the everning, 3 times a week.
In this course I studied new English file with
grammar and vocabulary. I also learned to
speak, write and listen in English. I tried hard to
pratise a lot in class and did my homework at
home. In my free time, I joined an English
speaking club where we spoke English, played
language games together. It’s interesting and
fun.
Teachers were nice, they spoke English very
well. My classmate were friendly and helpful.
We got on well with each other. I really miss my
English class.
I hope to have a reply from you soon.
See you
Thanh Son”
- Write a letter, answering your friend’s
questions: “I’m glad you like learning
English. Your teacher sounds really nice
– and your friends so too! Tell me all
about your English classes.”
“Dear Nam,
At the moment, I’m being in camp for
foreign students of English. I wish to tell
you about my English class. Thirty-five
unique individuals make up my interesting
class. Of course, there are some of us who
are more popular than the others. First,
there is fat Steven. He is the joker of the
class. He cracks all kinds of jokes, even
practical jokes. We also have a bookworm
in the class. Xiaoming is a small boy with
thick glasses. Wherever he goes, he will
have a book with him.
The most respected person in our class is
our English teacher, Evelyn. She is rather
tall for a lady, about twenty-four years of
age, and I find her really slender. Her
method of teaching differs somewhat from
that of our other teachers. Her patience is
wonderful she will never give up explaining
until every one of us understands. She pays
much attention in correcting our
pronunciation and drills us in expressing
ourselves in short English sentences.
The teachers who teach us always say that
we are a mischievous but hardworking
bunch. I am proud to belong to my class.
See you
Thanh Son”
- Viết 1 bức thư xin việc tới địa chỉ:
Mr M.J.Stevens
Windfield conference centre. PO Box 45
“ Dear Mr Stevens,
I have seen your advertisement in the paper
and I would very much like to work with you
in Winfield conference centre. I hope my
enclosed resume will be of interest to you.
I graduated from Hanoi University in 2004
with a major in English and a minor in event
study, a perfect combination. I offer you the
following:
- Superior oral and written skills
- Refined interpersonal skills
- Public speaking and large audience
motivational skills
- Technical skills, including PC hardware
and software, Internet, and e-mail
- Enthusiasm, loyalty, integrity, motivation,
and good judgment
I hope to hear from you after you have had a
chance to review my resume.
Yours respectfully
Thanh Son”
- You want to study at a language school in
Britain. Write a letter to the Pricipal to ask for
details of courses, cost, accommodation and
any other information you need to know and
tell her something about yourself
“Dear Ms. Hibbens,
I am writing to enquire about linguistic
analysis course in your university.
I will receive my B.A. degree with a major in
English from Hanoi University in Vietnam in
December . I am interesting in continuing my
studies in Britain. I would like to go into the
general field of linguistics, especially English.
Please send me the appropriate application
materials, along with information for
International Students and any information
you can give me on housing and employment
opportunities.
My e-mail is thanhsonkc@yahoo.com
Yours respectfully
Thanh Son”
- An English friend is going to visit your
country for the first time
Write a letter to him/her giving all information
you think may be useful:
+ Time – best
+ Transport – cheapest?beat?
+ Shops – opening times
+ Places to eat
+ Famous tourist sights.
- Letter from Australian friend:
“Could you give me some advice? I want to
travel around your country for a month. Where
should I go? What should I see?”
“Dear Marta,
I’m pleased you’re going to visit my country.
You’ll need to know about various things so I’ll
try to give you as much information as I can.
First of all the best time to visit is autum. It’s
fine sunny, dry and cool at that time. There are
alo of interesting place to visit. First, you should
came to Hanoi where you can try famous local
foot and explore the culture of old capital city.
From Hanoi, it’s good idea to go to Halong Bay.
It’s one of the World’s Natural Wonder. Then
you should fly to Nha Trang to enjoy beautiful
beach and seafoot. Saigon should be the last
destination. You can do a lot of shopping and
enjoy exciting nightlife there.
The best way to travel in the city is taxi. It’s
cheap and safe. I hope you will enjoy your trip,
looking forward to seeing you in Hanoi.
I hope to have a reply from you soon.
See you
Thanh Son”
- Letter from USA friend: weather
“It’s so hot here! What’s the weather like in
your country at the moment? What outdoor
activities are you able to do at this time of
year? Tell me about it.”
“It’s getting better bacause the summer has
come. Most of time it is sunny and the
temperature
is
between
25-370C.
Sometimes there is shower. In the summer
here, you can go swimming, camping and
sunbathing but becareful the sun is very
strong so remember to put on sunscream
whenever you go out. You can do a lot of
difficult kinds of sport like tennis, football,
voleybal, basketball,etc.
I hope to have a reply from you soon.
See you
Thanh Son”
- Letter from penfriend:
“ In your next letter, could you give me
some advice? Tell me how you keep fit anf
healthy!”
“There are many way to keeping fit. First of
all, doing exercise regularly can help to stay
young anf healthy longer. Secondly, your diet
plays an important role. In order to have a
good health, you should eat more fruit and
vegetables but less fattening or fast food.
Finally, your work regine and life-style are
also factors which affect your health. You
should work and relax properly, don’t work
to hard, don’t play to much. Relaxation
improves your health physically and
mentally.
I hope to have a reply from you soon.
See you
Thanh Son”
Letter
from
English
penfriend:
WEDDING
“ My sister’s getting married next week and
we are all excited about the wedding. Tell me
about weddings in your country. What do
people wear? Do they eat speacial foot?”
Organizing a wedding is very important for a
couple because it's an event that happens once
in their life. So, the prepare carefully for the
marriage ceremony. One day before the
ceremony, both families build a frame made
from coconut leaves in front of their houses.
On the top of each frame, there is a small red
board with these words in yellow: TAN HON
at the groom's house and VU QUY at the
bride's house.
On the day of the ceremony, all the groom's
family have to go to the bride's home on time
because they chose the good time some months
ago. The traditional gifts include betel and
areca-nut, cake, and fruit. Then, the groom
and the bride worship at the altar of ancestors.
Next, the bride puts the ring onto the bride's
finger, earrings into her ears, and a necklace
onto her neck. The cost of jewelry depends on
the groom's finances. The bride also puts a
ring onto the groom's finger.
After that, he brings her to his house. They
sometimes have a small meal at the bride's
house. On that evening, they have a wedding
party at a restaurant with their relatives and
friends. There is usually a band to play music
during their mean. In the middle of the meal,
the couple go around and go to each table to
get wishes and gifts or money from their
relatives and friends.
In conclusion, after the party, the bride
belongs to the groom's family, and she will live
with the groom for the rest of her life if
nothing wrong happens to their life!!.”
- Letter from USA friend:
“ I guess there are many traditional festivals in
your country. What’s the most important one?
Why do people celebrate this festival? Write and
tell me about it”
“According to our traditional custom, the Tet
holiday is the Lunar New Year Holiday – the
most important holiday in Vietnam. It is around
late January or early February, depends on
each year. We celebrate three days beginning of
the new year, the first day of new year marks the
beginning of Tet.
Although there are three days which are the
main days of Tet but we usually start to prepare
much time before. There are many things to do
such as clean and redecorate our houses, try to
pay all our debts or everything we borrowed
before the Tet, buy new clothes and presents for
our relatives...
On this special occasion, everybody wants to
return to their families, to where they grew up.
The people, who are married, manage to take
their families to visit or stay with their parents.
There is a funny thing that people try not to
sweep their house during Tet, because they
believe that sweeping means put the good luck
away.
We spend time on visiting our relatives, friends,
colleagues and go to pagodas or temples to pray
health, happiness ans success for our families.
People usually say “the First Day is Father’s
Tet, the Second Day is Mother’s Tet and the
Third Day is Teacher’s Tet. Tet is time to hold
get-together parties.
I hope to have a reply from you soon.
See you
Thanh Son”