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3AS Anglais1-sci-tech-UN2-Lo4
3AS Anglais1-sci-tech-UN2-Lo4
READING AND WRITING
In this part you will :
• skim
• scan
• analyze and synthesize
and you will:
• write a letter of complaint
¾ Let’s think about it
¾ Read and do
¾ After reading
¾ Writing
Let’s think about it
• Answer the following questions;
1. Which of the advertising media in the list below is the most
influential in Algeria ?
Billboards‐ TV – the radio – magazines – the Internet ‐ newspapers
2. To which item in the box below do you think businesses in
our country appeal most to sell their goods and services ?
environment – safety – price – tradition ‐ modernity
3. Do you respond more positively to advertisements that
appeal to your culture , to modernity – to price or to safety?
Why?
4. Do you think that advertisements always keep their
promises?
5. Have you ever been influenced by an advert and then been
disappointed when you bought the product? Give examples.
Read and do
• Read the text on the next page. Then do the activities that
follow.
WINDERMERE WILDSIDE ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS
Isn’t it time to take refreshing holidays with us at
A fortnight’s holiday with us will be an experience you’ll never forget. Every day
you’ll be able to choose from
a wide range of thrilling activities. We certainly won’t !
Only 2 activities offered each day
• Canoeing
• Rock‐climbing
• Wind surfing on 8 days, neither wind surfing nor
• Sailing sailing was offered
• Hiking
And to introduce you to the joys of group‐work, there will be:
• One three‐day camping expedition - 3 days in the rain
• Two problem‐solving activities – being shouted at by the rest of
the group
‘But this is my holiday! Aren’t I allowed to relax? ’
Whenever you like, you can choose to take a day off and enjoy some of
the remarkable facilities at the residential centre, Wildside Hall:
Only facilities : table tennis, a pack of cards
‘Full’ Instead they put us in a youth hostel 7 miles away.
• swimming pool
• sauna
• games room ( billiards, darts, table tennis)
• video
• library
‘ Won’t it be just like the army: dormitories and
canteen food ? ’ Yes,it was !
4 people in a room
Accommodation consists of comfortable double rooms, and our talented
kitchen staff prepare memorable and delicious meals using the very best
of the local produce.
Ugh!
Perhaps true of Wildside Hall , but not of the hostel the hostel
All this for only£380 inclusive per person for 13 days
Windermere Widside Adventure
Wildside Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria.
1. Circle the letter corresponding to the right answer.
The text is:
a. a letter of complaint
b. an advertisement leaflet with handwritten notes
c. a postcard
2. Which of the following statements are true or false ? Write true or
false next to statements “a” and “b”.
‐ The person who wrote the notes:
a. has been on the adventure holiday advertised. ….
b. has enjoyed the adventure holiday. ……..
‐The notes are comments on:
a. what accommodation, facilities, leisure activities and food
were really like. ……..
b. the prices which were not fair. ……..
3. Read the annotated advertisement carefully and complete the
table below with the appropriate information.
Promises made in the What it was really like
advertisement
Accommodatio Place: Wildside Hall Place:Youth Hostel
n Type of Type of accommodation:
acommodation:……. 4 people in a room
……………………
Leisure Number: 8 Number : ……………
activities Activities offered: Activities offered:
canoeing, rock‐climbing, ……………………
wind‐surfing , sailing and ……………………………………………
hiking. …….
Facilities at ‐ swimming pool ‐ table tennis
the ‐……………………. ‐…………………….
residential ‐……………………
centre ‐……………………
‐library
Food ‐ delicious meals using the ‐ meals served were tasteless
very best of the local
produce
4.The handwritten notes contain a number of exclamations. Thick
what you think each one
expresses.
a. “We certainly won’t ! ” expresses:
surprise joy anger
b. Ugh ! means that the meals served were:
delicious disgusting/unpleasant
tasteless
After reading
Read the annotated advertisement again, then complete the letter of
complaint below.
Yours faithfully,
Joan and Peter Smith
Writing
• Write a holiday advert for your local travel agency.
1. Use the advert on page 22 as a model. In order to
sell your holiday include the following:
• a catchy slogan
• emphasis on low cost
• a promise of enjoyment
• accommodation
• traditional dishes
• reference to the local culture
2. Review your draft paying attention to punctuation,
spelling mistakes, subject‐verb agreement, tenses and sentence
construction. Then write your final version.