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135 In the news 10 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Now follow these five steps to turn the article into a blog entry (120–150 words) for your school web page: 1 Identify text type, addressee and purpose of the original text. Are they different from the text you are going to write? What changes will you have to make? 2 Read through the text and underline or highlight the information you want to present to your readers. 3 Make notes of the relevant information in the target language (English). 4 Use your notes to write the required text (making sure your language fits the text type). 5 Proofread and edit your text (get rid of mistakes, check if you’ve structured your text into paragraphs and have used appropriate linking expressions, eliminate any irrelevant information). 41 Read these three letters, which were written to The Guardian newspaper in response to an article there, and answer the questions. 1 What was the title of the original article? 2 When did it appear in the newspaper? 42 3 What is the name of the journalist who wrote the article? 4 The opinion expressed in the article was that … a we should travel more. b we should travel less. Simon Jenkins rightly criticises our arrogant assumption of the right to move around ( Don’t blame the system for winter chaos. Stay at home , 23 December). But ¡rst-hand knowledge of other countries is vitally important, especially for young people forming their ideas of the world. e post-war generation explored other countries cheaply and with no additional carbon footprint by hitch-hiking. Now we use transport that is expensive, both in terms of money and carbon emissions. We could start to be more open about making our cars available to hitch-hikers. Hitch-hiking can be risky, but the dangers of our young people spending their lives on the sofa are probably worse. (Alison Prince, Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran) Another aspect which Simon Jenkins (23 De- cember) does not mention is the need to support local shops. When our washing machine broke down last week, we went down to our local electrical shop at 2 pm. By 3 pm a new machine was delivered and installed. Contrast that with the service you get from big chain stores. (Andy Semple, Cockermouth, Cumbria) Simon Jenkins gets lots of things right when he talks about our unsocial travel habits, but he misses out the most important observation. Flexible working forces people to commute long distances. In the past, we used to move to be near our jobs. But now no one has a job for life, so everyone commutes. What a mad world. We ex- ploit the earth and the workers at the same time. (Chris Jeynes, Guildford, Surrey) Our desire for unrestricted travel A B C Explore writing 2: A letter stating an opinion isten besser verstehen als den britischen der Inder. Die einzigartige Kombination von asiatischer Hö¹ichkeit und Gastfreundscha™ mit einem hohen Grad an Amerikanisierung – Filipinos lernen amerikanisches Englisch vom ersten Schuljahr an, essen Hamburger und sind glühende Basketball Fans – hat dazu geführt, dass die philippinische Callcenter Industrie um 25–30% pro Jahr wächst. Prognosen zufolge wird dieser Trend anhalten und das Outsourcen in die Philippinen wird für amerikani- sche Firmen auch bei anderen Dienstleistungen, wie z.B. Controlling, interessant werden. Which letter … 1 agrees with the opinion in the article and adds a reason to explain the present situation? 2 partially agrees with the opinion in the article and suggests a different way of doing things? 3 adds another point and makes a suggestion? 43 a Which letter ends … 1 by inviting readers to make a comparison? 2 with a strong personal comment? b 3 with an evaluation and a preference? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv