Unit 4. Volunteer work

Useful language for writing a letter of thanking Content Useful structures 1.Acknowledge donated amount - I am writing to thank you for your donation of … - I am happy to have received….

KEY

Warm up

This is a 9-letter word, the same meaning as “ thanks ”

Main parts

of a letter

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1 Address &

date

2 Greeting (opening of the letter)

3 Body

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Closing

5 Signature

Useful language for writing a letter of thanking

Content Useful structures

1.Acknowledge

donated amount

- I am writing to thank you for your donation of …

- I am happy to have received…

2 Use the

donated money

-The money will help us…

- We will spend the money on……

3.Show

gratitude - I would like to express my gratitude /sincere thanks to you for …

-- I am most grateful to you for …

 the opening of the letter: Dear Sir/Madam,

 the donated amount: I am very happy to have

received a donation of $500 from your company

some days ago.

 the way (s) the money is used: the money will help us

to repair the old building and build a new block of flats for the handicapped students

 the way the receipt is issued: We will certainly issue a receipt as soon as possible

 the gratitude to the donor: I would like to express our thanks for the donation from your company

 the closing of the letter: I look forward to hearing from you soon Yours faithfully

Task 1

197 Hill Road, Los Angeles

20 th December, 2005

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am very happy to have received a donation of $ 500 from your company some days ago The money will help

us to repair the old school building and build a new block of

flats for the handicapped students We will certainly issue a

receipt as soon as possible.

I would like to express our thanks for the donation from your company and hope to get more assistance and cooperation from your company in the future.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

David James

Secretary of School Building Fund

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UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK

1 Rewrite the letter at home.

2 Prepare for the next lesson UNIT 4: Language focus

Answer the following question

How many parts are there in a formal letter?

Choose the best answer

We can open a formal letter by ….

Choose the best answer

We can close a formal letter by……

B Bye,

Choose the best answer

We can express your gratitude in a formal thank-you letter by using structure:

A I would like to express our thanks for……

B Thanks for your….

C Thank you