What is the name and address of the person who wrote the letter? 2) What is the address of the organization receiving it? 3) How does the main part of the letter start and finish? 4) What is the group going to protest about?
Hallo. Kelly Miller is speaking. Hi, Kelly! How are you? It’s me, Henry. You are so difficult to get through to. First it took me ages to find out the area code of the place where you are now. Then I tried to call you several times but the phone was disconnected, and then the line was busy all the time. Oh, hello, Henry! We are fine. So glad to hear your voice. Well, the local telephone lines were down here because of the heavy storm the day before yesterday. Can you hear me well now? Yes, I can hear you quite well. What happened, darling? Is everything OK with both of you there? Oh yes. Don’t worry, Henry. It just rained cats and dogs all over the seaside and the wind was too strong. It was really dangerous to stay outside. I hope now the weather is calm and it will never happen again. How is Mark, by the way? Mark? He was around a moment ago. Can you hold on a second? I shall see if he is in. … Sorry, I think he is out now. He has gone to the swimming pool. That’s a pity. I was going to chat with him a little. Sorry about that. Would you like to leave a message for him? Well, just say hello to him and tell him that I terribly miss my best friend. OK, darling. I’ll ask him to call you back later. Thank you, Kelly. Well, take care. And have a wonderful holiday.
1. not fashionable any longer - old-fashioned 2. to translate smb’s speech into another language – to interpret 3. willing to help, useful - helpful 4. to know and to understand the importance of something – to realize 5. later, after that - then 6. to understand - comprehend 7. a group of words used together as a word combination with a special meaning - idiom 8. the part of a building that supports it – foundation, base 9. rise and fall of the voice - intonation 10. ordinary, not special or the middle member of a group - average 11. training someone by doing an exercise again and again - drilling 12. connected – related, linked, joined 13. fashionable, modern or new - trendy, popular 14. sad or unhappy because the things you hoped for do not happen - disappointed 15. to do something often so that you will do it well – to practise 16. taking or acting in a way that makes other people sad or angry. – to be rude
Hi, Kelly! How are you? It’s me, Henry. You are so difficult to get through to. First it took me ages to find out the area code of the place where you are now. Then I tried to call you several times but the phone was disconnected, and then the line was busy all the time.
Oh, hello, Henry! We are fine. So glad to hear your voice. Well, the local telephone lines were down here because of the heavy storm the day before yesterday. Can you hear me well now?
Yes, I can hear you quite well. What happened, darling? Is everything OK with both of you there?
Oh yes. Don’t worry, Henry. It just rained cats and dogs all over the seaside and the wind was too strong. It was really dangerous to stay outside.
I hope now the weather is calm and it will never happen again. How is Mark, by the way?
Mark? He was around a moment ago. Can you hold on a second? I shall see if he is in. … Sorry, I think he is out now. He has gone to the swimming pool.
That’s a pity. I was going to chat with him a little.
Sorry about that. Would you like to leave a message for him?
Well, just say hello to him and tell him that I terribly miss my best friend.
OK, darling. I’ll ask him to call you back later.
Thank you, Kelly. Well, take care. And have a wonderful holiday.