BEGINNING THE LETTER / EMAIL
Many thanks for your letter - It was great to hear from you
It was great to hear from you
Sorry for not writing earlier
Sorry that I haven´t been in touch for a while
I hope you and your family are well
I'm sorry I haven´t written for ages, but I've been really busy preparing for my exams
I thought I'd better write (and give you some more details about….)
It's been such a long time since we wrote to each other
How are you and your family?
How are things with you?
How was (your holiday)?
Thought I'd better / drop you a line / write to let you now …….
RESPONDING TO NEWS
Sorry to hear about your exam results
Glad to hear that you're all well
It's really good news that you (have passed your driving test)
APOLOGISING
I'm terribly sorry about what happened the other night
Sorry I couldn´t / didn´t manage to see you last time I was in Madrid
INVITING
How about (meeting up for a drink/coming over for a meal ) some time?
Why don´t we try to get together some time soon?
I was wondering if you might like to ( get together with the rest of the old gand next time you're in town)
RESPONDING TO AN INVITATION
Thanks very much for (inviting us to your party)
I was very excited when I got your invitation. Unfortunately, ………...so I won´t be able to make it / it doesn´t look as if I'm going to make it
MAKING A REQUEST
I was wondering if you happened to (know anywhere in Dublin we could stay)
If you've got a spare moment, do you think you could ………..?
REFERRING TO A PREVIOUS LETTER
Do you remember (that sports centre) you mentioned in your last letter?
You said in your letter (that you were thinking of applying for a scholarship)
Last time you wrote you asked (how Tina was getting on)
You know that (course) I told you (I had applied for). Well, …….
CLOSING REMARKS
I'd better stop and get on with (my studying)
I think that's all my news for the moment
Can't wait to (see you) on the 24th/next week
Don´t forget to say "hi"to…...from me
Anyway, / Well, That's all for now
Hope to hear from you soon
Hope this has helped
Let me know what happens
Give my love/regards to (your family)
Please write/drop me a line soon
Looking forward to (seeing you in July)
PS (=something you forgot and want to add) Please send me the photos you promised
There are various ways of closing letters to friends depending how well you know them.
- For very close friends or relatives you can use: With (all my) love, Love or Lots of Love
- with friends use: All the best
- With people you still don´t know very well use: (With) best wishes
Thursday 17 December 2020
Thursday 10 December 2020
A CLOZE- LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE - CLOZE
A new study shows that being bilingual may delay dementia (1) ____ five or more years. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland discovered that people who spoke two languages did not (2) ____ any signs of three types of dementia for more than four years longer than (3) ____ who were monolingual. A co-author of the report, Dr. Thomas Bak, said: "Bilingualism can be (4) ____ as a successful brain training, contributing to cognitive reserve, (5) ____ can help delay dementia." This means that speaking two languages keeps the brain in better health and helps to keep diseases like Alzheimer's at (6) ____ for longer than if someone spoke just one language.
Dr Bak's research found that bilingualism and the delaying of dementia had (7) ____ to do with social status, gender, occupation or educational background. Bak's team evaluated the (8) ____ records of 648 people from India who had been diagnosed with dementia. Of these patients, 391 were bilingual or trilingual and many were (9) ____. Dr Bak wrote: "The fact that bilingual advantage is not caused by any differences in education is (10) ____ by the fact that it was also found in illiterates, who have never attended any school." He suggested that learning a language (11) ____ in life could keep the brain healthier. He said language learning was "socially more enjoyable, and it (12) ____ your brain to train permanently".
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
| 1. | (a) | at | (b) | as | (c) | from | (d) | by |
| 2. | (a) | revive | (b) | gauge | (c) | make | (d) | show |
| 3. | (a) | them | (b) | those | (c) | they | (d) | these |
| 4. | (a) | looked | (b) | watched | (c) | seen | (d) | stared |
| 5. | (a) | which | (b) | such | (c) | this | (d) | too |
| 6. | (a) | bay | (b) | pay | (c) | by | (d) | par |
| 7. | (a) | dearth | (b) | scarce | (c) | few | (d) | little |
| 8. | (a) | medical | (b) | medicine | (c) | medicinal | (d) | medics |
| 9. | (a) | alliterate | (b) | illiterate | (c) | iterate | (d) | reiterate |
| 10. | (a) | conformed | (b) | confounded | (c) | confirmed | (d) | confined |
| 11. | (a) | latest | (b) | lately | (c) | later | (d) | lateness |
| 12. | (a) | fracas | (b) | forces | (c) | faces | (d) | faux pas |
Dr Bak's research found that bilingualism and the delaying of dementia had little to do with social status, gender, occupation or educational background. Bak's team evaluated the medical records of 648 people from India who had been diagnosed with dementia. Of these patients, 391 were bilingual or trilingual and many were illiterate. Dr Bak wrote: "The fact that bilingual advantage is not caused by any differences in education is confirmed by the fact that it was also found in illiterates, who have never attended any school." He suggested that learning a language later in life could keep the brain healthier. He said language learning was "socially more enjoyable, and it forces your brain to train permanently".
Read more: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1311/131112-bilingualism.html#ixzz4QdyiJLL5
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