szczerze-zadanie domowe do spr.

List do social organizer, którego mam zaprosić razem z jego studentami na wycieczkę do Muzeum w Londynie. Mam podać inf. z podręcznika tak, żeby zmieścić się w odpowiednim stylu w 120-180 słowach. Z góry dzięki za poprawki i sugestie...

Dear Mr Smith


I am writing to tell you about a special exhibition at The Science Museum called ‘Earth 2100’ which is one of the most popular exhibitions in London. It generally concerns world in the future, it presents what world in 2100 would look like and it talks on a transport, developments in technology , the environment and future medical advances.
Our school – Lawson Language School is going to arranging an excursion in this place and we want to invite you and your students. It would be great if you would like to join us.

The exhibition takes place on July 18-24 and we are planning to go there on July 21. We have booked a coach. It is picking us up at 8.45 am from our school and journey should take about 1,5 hour. The cost per passenger is Ł8.50. Only same tour takes about few hours so we will probably get back in the evening. The estimated arrival time is 6.00 pm.

Tickets to museum cost Ł15 per adults and Ł10 per students. I am afraid that there are no discounts for groups. The final date for booking and payment is the 18 June so we ask you to contact us immediately, if you want to go.


I look forward to hearing from you,

Your faithfully

XY

Dear Mr Smith,

I am writing to tell you about a special exhibition at The Science Museum called 'Earth 2100' which is one of the most popular exhibitions in London. It generally concerns { the } world in the future, { presenting us } what { the } world in 2100 would look like and it { tells about } transport, developments in technology, the environment and future { advances } in medical science.
Our school - Lawson Language School - is going to { arrange } an excursion { to } this place and we want to invite you and your students. { We would be glad } if you would like to join us.

The exhibition takes place on July 18-24 and we are planning to go there on July 21. We have booked a coach. { We will be collected } at 8.45 { in the morning} from our school and { the } journey should take about { one and a half hours}. The cost is Ł8.50 { per person}. { The tour itself may take } about { a } few hours so we will probably get back in the evening. The estimated arrival time is 6.00 { in the evening}.

{The } tickets to { the } museum cost Ł15 per { adult } and Ł10 per { student}. I am afraid that there are no discounts for { organised } groups. The { closing } date for booking and payment is the 18 June so { you are asked } to contact us immediately if you { declare your readiness} to { come}.


I look forward to hearing from you,

{ Yours sincerely, } / Yours faithfully ( if the letter begins with 'Dear Sir/Madam)

XYZ

tylko chciałam sie wytlumaczyc z kilku rzeczy:
1)to faithfully jest po podaniu nazwiska(na 100%)
2)talks on - wyrazenie z ksiazki, po nim wypisano: transport, the environment itd itd, tak samo jak future medical advances-ja to tylko przepisalam...
3)the final date to tez wyrazenie z ksiazki, moze to jest tak samo poprawne jak closing date

takze co do tego to jestem raczej przekonana o poprawnosci :>

natomiast mam jeszcze pytania:
- przed few zawsze daje się "a"?
- we will be collected dziwnie mi brzmi w sensie zebrania sie-przyjscia na zbiorke...ktos moglby jeszcze potwierdzic? przepraszam za upierdliwosc ale... :)

1) I'm sorry to disappoint you but 'Yours faithfully' is always at the end of a formal letter if the letter starts with 'Dear Sir/Madam'; 'Yours sincerely' when there is 'Dear Mr Smith/Ms Barbara King' at the beginning
2) that's right - 'talk on' = 'tell on'; as for 'future medical advances' - I prefer 'future advances in medical + science'; but your version is absolutely correct
3) 'the final date' is much the same as 'the closing date', especially in sport

a few + plural noun (this is a positive meaning), e.g.
A few people came to my birthday party.
Kilka osób przyszło na moje urodziny.

few + plural noun (this is a ngative meaning), e.g.
Few people came to my birthday party, unfortunately.
Niestety, niewiele osób przyszło na moje urodziny.

'we will be collected' - that was a sem-formal letter, which suggests using impersonal language, and the PASSIVE VOICE always introduces impersonal language

dzieki za wyjasnienia...wiem ze to ostatnie to strona bierna ale czy collect w tym wypadku jest na pewno ok? mnie sie to bardziej kojarzy ze zbieraniem czegos,natomiast ze zbieraniem się...hmrnrnco do zakonczenia:rnja mam w podreczniku przyklad listu z poczatkiem:rnDear Mr and Mrs Smithrni podpis: Your faithfully - Juanita Martinezrnrnkurcze...to nie wiem czemu tak :(

Believe me - 'collect' is the same as 'pick up', of which one of the meanings is 'zbierać się'
As for the words 'faithfully/sincerely' - I've just looked them up in my OXFORD dictionary - it says here the same as I have written before.
By the way, what's the name of the texbook you're using?

> 'Yours faithfully' is always at the end of a formal letter if the letter starts with 'Dear Sir/Madam'; 'Yours sincerely' when there is 'Dear Mr Smith/Ms Barbara King' at the beginning.

Right, but only in British English. In American Eng "yours faithfully" is virtually non-existant. It's always either "Sincerely yours" albo samo "Sincerely".

Countdown - to first certificate, autorstwa Duckworth & Gude

Wow, I've just downloaded a few sample pages in PDF. The coursebook looks great. I just hope there is a explanation for such a mistake.

Or there is another possibility: maybe you are supposed to look for any mistakes made in the letter in that exercise and then make them correct?

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