Unit 6 the environment (6)

26 Tran Phu Street Ha Noi October 9, 2003 The director L & P Transport Company 431 Le Loi Boulevard HCMC Dear Sir / Madam, I would suggest that your company should tell your dri

UNIT 6 : THE ENVIRONMENT

Lesson 4: Write

2013

This is Tran Vu Nhat and his house.

Some truck drivers have short break

in front of his house.

When they leave the ground is

covered with trash.

If you were Tran Vu Nhat, what would you do?

I VOCABULARY

1 clear up (v):

2 smell (n, v):

3 fly – flies (n) :

làm sạch mùi, ngửi con ruồi

6 trash (n):

( 4 frog (n):

5 toad (n):

7 prohibit (v):

con ếch con cóc rác thải ngăn cấm

26 Tran Phu Street

Ha Noi

October 9, 2003

The director

L & P Transport Company

431 Le Loi Boulevard

HCMC

Dear Sir / Madam,

I would suggest that your company should tell your drivers to clear up all the trash on the ground before leaving.

I am writing to you about the short stop of your trucks around my house

on their way to the north.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing good response from your company.

W hen the trucks of your company have a short break on the streets

around my house , the drivers have left lots of garbage on the ground after their refreshment When the trucks leave the place, the ground is covered with trash and a few minutes later there is smell and flies.

Y ours faithfully,

Tran Vu Nhat

How many sections does

a complaint letter have?

A complaint letter have 5 sections

1 Situation: states the reason for writing ( đưa ra

nguyên nhân để viết lá thư)

2 C omplication: mentions the problem ( đề cập đến vấn đề cần viết)

3 R esolution: makes a suggestion ( đưa ra lời đề nghị)

4 A ction: talks about future action ( đề cập đến hành động trong tương lai)

5 P oliteness: ends the letter politely ( kết thúc thư 1 cách lịch sự)

II FORMAT

26 Tran Phu Street

Ha Noi

October 9, 2003

The director

L & P Transport Company

431 Le Loi Boulevard

HCMC

Dear Sir / Madam,

I would suggest that your company should tell your drivers to clear up all the trash on the ground before leaving.

I am writing to you about the short stop of your trucks around my

house on their way to the north.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing good response from your company.

When the trucks of your company have a short break on the streets

around my house, the drivers have left lots of garbage on the ground after their refreshment When the trucks leave the place, the ground is covered with trash and a few minutes later there is smell and flies.

Yours faithfully,

Tran Vu Nhat

a) Mr Nhat wrote a complaint letter to the director … / P.52

Dear sir / Madam,

I would suggest that your company should tell your drivers to

clear up all the trash on the ground before leaving

I am writing to you about the short stop of your trucks around my house on their way to the north

I look forward hearing form you and seeing good response from your company.

When the trucks of your company have a short break on the streets around my house, the driver have left lots of garbage on the

ground after their refreshment When the trucks leave the place, the ground is covered with trash and a few minutes later there is smell and flies.

Yours faithfully

Tran Vu Nhat

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These days, many people begin to catch fish in the lake behind your house

What makes you worried most is they

use electricity to catch fish.

A lot of small fish died and floated

Other animals such as frogs, toads and even birds also died from electricity shock waves.

You think that local authorities should

prohibit and fine heavily anyone

catching fish in this way.

b) These days, many people begin to catch fish in the lake behind your house What makes you worried most is they use electricity to catch fish A lot of fish died and floated on the water surface Other

animals such as frogs, toads, and even birds also died from electric shock waves You think that local authorities should prohibit and fine heavily anyone catching fish in this way.

Ask and answer:

1 What do people do in the lake behind your house these days ?

2 What makes you worried ?

3 What do you think to protect the environment ?

2 Write:

Dear Mr President,

………

(S) I am writing to you about the problem of fish catching of in the lake behind my house.

………

………

……….

Dear Mr President,

I am writing to you about the problem of fish catching of in the lake behind my house.

I am very worried because they use electricity to catch fish

After a short time they left the lake, a lot of small fish died and floated on the water surface Other animals such as frogs, toads and even birds also died from electric shock waves.

I would suggest the local authorities should prohibit and fine

heavily anyone using this way of catching fish.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing the protection of environment from the local authority.

Sincerely,

1 Rewrite the letter.

2 Prepare: Language focus.