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C/ Los Sauces, 37
23456 Madrid(Spain)
May 03, 2009
IBIS English HOTELS
17, Trafalgar Square
London, 2234
England
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing with reference to our brief stay in your hotel Ibis Big Ben in London on Saturday 19th July (Reservation number 222).
Firstly, no sooner did we arrive in your hotel facilities than we unfortunaltely learnt that the reservation that we had [...]

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Making calls successfully
SPEAKING. When the person you want to speak to is not available, you can leave a message. Number the steps below (a-f) in order (1-6).
a. Repeat your name/company.
b. End the call.
c. Introduce yourself.
d. Ask when the person will be available.
e. Ask to speak to the person you want.
f. Leave a message.
FOCUS ON TELEPHONING
Please [...]

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Right now we are in exam period, and so everybody is very stressed. However, I saw this and realised that things could in fact be a lot worse, and that we should be grateful we are not this poor boy!!
I imagine being a teenage boy is very difficult anyway, but this must make it [...]

The Link: a web quest
Go to www.revealingthelink.com and complete the tasks.
Who is Ida?
Go to the section and find the answer to these questions in the text.
1. How old is Ida?
2. Where was she discovered?
Ida’s anatomy
Follow the link to Ida’s Anatomy and look at the picture.
3. Which 6 parts of the body [...]

 
WRITING EXERCISE 1: Correspondence
 
Proposal 1: Correspondence.
You have invited your Irish friend Paul –who lives in Marbella- to stay with you this summer from Friday 11th July to Wednesday 16th July, but now you need to delay this visit. Write him an e-mail. In your email you should:
·         Apologise to him
·         Explain why the visit has [...]

 
Frances In charge
Retail support manager
Helpful Trading Co
Smalltown
2 March 2005
Dear Ms In charge,
I recently bought …(give a precise description of what you bought, including colour, model and price) in your shop in Smalltown. When I tried to use this item, I discovered that… (say what went wrong and what the product did not do).
I went back [...]

Monday May 18th is International Museum Day. This day has been celebrated all over the world since 1977.
1. How often do you go to museums?
2. What type of museums do you like going to?
3. Are there any really good museums in your town?
4. What’s the best museum you’ve ever been to?
5. Which museum in [...]

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