Lesson 1 – Step 1 – Reading

Goal

Let’s start the lesson with some reading. You are going to read an email. You can read it on your own, or play the audio and follow along.

Once you have finished, you can go to the next step.

An Informal Email

To: emma2021@trainlang.com

Subject: News from Laura

From: LauraThompson11@icloud.es 

Dear Emma,

It’s Laura Thompson. We used to go to the same school many years ago. You might be wondering why I’m writing to you. I saw Jack Carson the other day, and I asked him for your email address.

You were my best friend.  You were so kind to me, you always helped me. Do you remember the day I wanted to free the mouse from that bully and you helped me? In the end, you saved both me and  the mouse…

How are you doing? Did you become a violinist like you always wanted? As for me, I became a veterinarian. I’m still passionate about animals; in fact, I have my own clinic and I’m always very busy. I still live in the same place where we met and I am still single, I spend too much time with the animals to go out on dates. Where do you live now? Are you still in London? Do you have a family?  

Really looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Laura

Reflection

What is the purpose of each paragraph?

The answers are in  step 3.

Conclusion

Have you finished? Let’s move on to step 2 and have a look at some tips and tricks when writing emails.