- 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 living-room, a bathroom with a shower, a dinning-room, 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 (k ra) something unpleasant (kh chu) 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

how you spent your free time and what the other people were like. Dear William, Ive just finished a short language course in Hanoi and I want to tell you all about it. Its 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. Its 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

friends so too! Tell me all about your English classes. Dear Nam, At the moment, Im 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

- You have just finished a short language course in Hanoi: what you did on the course,

- Write a letter, answering your friends questions: Im glad you like learning English. Your teacher sounds really nice and your

- Vit 1 bc th xin vic ti a ch: 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

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

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, Im pleased youre going to visit my country. Youll need to know about various things so Ill try to give you as much information as I can. First of all the best time to visit is autum. Its 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, its good idea to go to Halong Bay. Its one of the Worlds 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. Its 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

Its so hot here! Whats 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. Its 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

- You want to study at a language school in Britain. Write a letter to the Pricipal to ask for details of courses, cost, accommodation

- An English friend is going to visit your country for the first time

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 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, dont work to hard, dont play to much. Relaxation improves your health physically and mentally. I hope to have a reply from you soon. See you Thanh Son

My sisters 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!!.

I guess there are many traditional festivals in your country. Whats 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 Fathers Tet, the Second Day is Mothers Tet and the Third Day is Teachers Tet. Tet is time to hold get-together parties. I hope to have a reply from you soon. See you Thanh Son

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