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ey success factors Co3pas% nauamennn K e a d the first dratt of an email written in response to the
conveying a positive intage of yourself without advertisement. What information does Kurt give in the
appearing armgant cdg, Kinocuzubety Geueoko.three main paragraphs?
ESubject: Applicatlon
ANALYSING A MODEL TEXT Ms
Dear Miss Richards,
a You see the following advertisement on a UK
world music festival website. Would you be My-name is-Kurt Fischer. I am writingto apply for the post of
steward advertised'in)the Festival UKwebsite,
interested in applying for the job? Why (not)?
l am a final year student at the University of Berlin and I am doing a
degree in physical education. I have a high level of spoken English
CI on the CEFR). lived In the United States during six months
and a
as part of an between my school
exchange programm High
school in Utah. Ihad an merican girlfrisend during this peciod but C1)
we broke up when Icame home
As you will see from my CV, I have some relevant experience
because I have worked for the last three summers helping to
I was
, organize aoftennis tournament in my town, Chemnitz.l am
tickets at the entrance used
in charge selling gate, so
to handing money and, on ocasion, having to refuse people
entry. The tournament organizer would be happy to providea ,c2)
reference. He is in fact distantly related
to my mother.ciulAy
am very enthusiasticO world music, and would welcome the TR
to be part of this event, I believe I for the
chance
advertised of
wouia
I am a
be suitable
cheerful and
|job as, apart my experience, very
extrovert person and get on well with people. Friends describe me
Stewards required to work at Festival UK, a well
lknown world music festival event in the west of asbeing calmand pacient, and IthinkI would be able to.copeif Crbne
hadto deal with angry or difficult members of the public. I would
England from August 3rd to 7th definitely know how to look after myself if I got into a fight
attach a full CV and if you require any further information, I would
Responsibis, be happy to provide it. l would also be grateful if you could send
To ensure ihe satety and comfortof the public and to
me an information regarding acommodation during the festival.
assi_t in the running of a successful festival look forward to hearing from you.
To feduce any cowd-related problems, incduding
maintaininga state of calm to minimize any injury Yours sincerely,
To prevent unauthorized access to the ste by members Kurt Fischer
of the public
Requirements
You must be aged 18 or oer on the date of the festival Improving your first draft
and be elgibie to work in the UK Check your piece of writing for correct paragraphing, mistakes
irrelevant information, over-long sentences, and language which
You must be ft andhealthy and able work
to in a
demanding atmosphere Thesobanutcuw a I H e i s in an inappropriate register.
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WRITING
erLinand}imdouny a deprex in_phiial eduaopo you enjoy working withchidren? Areyougood at working in ateam
Do you have any relevant experience or qualifications? Do you speak English
either as a first language or fluently?
3 I can speak English very well. HIGH You can earn between £200 and £300 per week (food and accommodation
hat ahuGh liit et ipoker provided). inimum contract: one month.
Enptish Interested? Send an emal, brief CV, and photo to Richard Cunningham
4 I've done this sort of job before. at summercamp@bt.com
RELEVANT
Lhcwe FOme tetcvant b Compare notes with a partner, and discuss how relevant you think each
other's information is, what you think you should leave out, and what
else you might want to include.
5 My job was to sell tickets. CHARGE
TIPS for writing a covering letter/ email to apply for a job, grant, etc.
Znls u harge sellnpp Make sure you use appropriate sentences to open the letter.
bickets Organize the main body of the letter into clear paragraphs.
Make sure you use a suitable style:
6 Td love to work at the festival.
Don't use contractions or very informal expressions.
WELCOME Use formal vocabulary where appropriate. e.g. require instead of need,
1, wuld uileane thethaine s instead of because.
The use of a conditional can often make a request sound more polite,
7 I think I'l be good at this job. eg.I would be grateful if.., I would welcome the chance to...
When you say why you think you are suitable for the job, dont over-sell
SUITABLE,
Inculd fe seuiabe forbhe yourself. Be factual and positive, but not arrogant. bbleckorliejmiAu
Make s. "e you use the appropriate phrases to close the letter.
yebulvertiica
8 If you need to know anything
r'l tell you. REQUIRE/ PROVIDDE
else, WRITING
i egu'n angfudhur,yndo, You have decided to apply for the job advertised above. Write a covering
letter It should be approximately 250 words. npilpaO
oremai.
9 Let me have some information about DRAFT your letter.
Write an introductory sentence to explain why you are wriling.
accommodatjon. GRATEFUL information.
Paragraph l:give relevant personal
have
2: talk about relevant experience and qualiticatiuns
vou
Paragraph
suitable tor oh.
why you think you would be
ihe
Paragraph 3: explain
10 Hope to hear from you soon! Write a closing sentence.
FORWARD letter, cutting any irrekvant intormation,
and inaking sune it is the right length.
TLoa folird to fudnng EDIT the
to-ogunuaee
cecal peewr, mature anal toyal
2 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING describing books 3 GRAMMAR adding emphasis (1): inversion
Complete some readers' comments about books with an adjective a Match the halves to make sentences from novels
from the list.
gaxbolubuake, 1His voice waslow,but I able tu hear what was
depressing entertaining fast-moving gripping he said, though only later did I understand..
haunting_a
V say-going imlausible intriguing moving thought-provoking 2Never had he been so unnatural and
artificial, even with an outsider or when
A wonderful book. So mo it brought tears to my eyes! making a formal call.
AGnmngstory. I was hooked from the very fist page. A as he was that day
(Anna Korenina by Leo Tolstoy, translated by
Constance Garnett)
7 The characters were totally enttriaiibuldn't take any of D she was also Lucky's best girlfriend.
(Dangerous Kis by Jackie Colins)
them seriously.
E than the candidates began anticipating the next.
8 A TMO story which jumps from past to present and back (mperium by Robert Harris)
again at breakneck speed. *
b Look at the verbs after the bold adverbial
9 A well-written novel, but so pTUHIOit made me feel expressions. What is unusual about the word
almost suicidal! * order? What is the effect of putting the adverbial
expression at the beginning of the sentence?
10 A haUdigtale which stayed with me long after l'd finished
cp.143 Grammar Bank 38. Read the rules and
readingit do the exercise.
b Read the information box below. 1hen cross out the vowels HE IMPORTANCE Of
theloiyuanslator to obeu
ngo toreign iteroture
cannot
that are not pronounced in the words you wrote down in a.
hugec
Hagreshdefestimated. Like ghosts hovering ower the text,
Some comnon multi-syllable words in English have vowels which are these rarely mentioned linguists canround) tulytLa
otten not pronounced, eg. the midlle e in regeteble and the second o 5 e t e rthe tone and style of a book. The ddterene u
in chavnlate. When this happens the wond loses an unstresed sylable. o latgr can make to the style and tfhi ta nve
If ou pronounce these vowels, you will still be understood, but leaving e t a r fBera5D Here are two interpretations of the
them out will make your speech sound more natural, and being aware buip Upening lines to The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1997)
of them will help you to understand these words in rapid speech.
the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.
by
30 Listen and check. Practise saying the words. Extract 1
When the phone rang I was in the kitchen,
5 READING boiling a potfal of spaghetti and whistling along
with an FM broadcast of the overture to Rossini's
a/lf you read an English novel, would you prefer to read it in the The Thining Magpie, which has to be the perfect
original version or translated into your language? Why?
music for cooking pasta
b)You are going to read an article about translation. Before you
read the article, look at the two extracts, which are different
Extract 2
translations from the Japanese of the first lines of a novel by
I'm in the kitchen cooking spaghetti when
Haruki Murakami. Answer the questions with a partner.
the woman calls. Another moment until the
1 What details do you find out in the first translation that you don't
spaghetti is done; there I am, whistling the
in the second, and
viceversa? oo0Go preludeto Rossini's La Gacca Ladra along with
2 What differences do you notice the FM radio. Perfect spaghetti cooking music
a) in tenses and vocabulary b) in the length of sentences?
3 Which translation do you prefer? Why?
The first is written by Murakami'officialy
s sanctioned
(c) Now read the whole article and answer the questions. translator, Jay Rubin, and flows eatlyand deanly.
What is the author's attitude towards translators? aeeypaLO
2 Whose translation made many readers fall in love with Murakami? Why?
3 In what way were Constance Crarnett's translations controversial?
4 What metaphor does Kornei Chukovsky use to describe her
translations? What do you think he means by it?
translate War ard
5 Why do you think Andrew Bromfield chose to
1 a t , adv hardly
2 proaunilltgd deeply
arguuhy 3ni du. it could be argued
4 Vst adj. enormous
Smoodh 5 a adi, with little colour or excitement
Ovknds h. difficult to deal with
7 u t y adj. original, strange
8C adj. humble,low in status Heuks Murakami
9 oC adj. with short sharp sounds
The second, written by Atred Bimbaum, is much
10 adv. tidily neaty,
even neurotic. The fomer gained
11 ye adj lat and even Eland moretkcat)
12 autyul adj, true and accurate Murakami a wider Englishspeaking audience
however countless fans are besoted with
tead
5. e he autho thinks that trantluttt an touly ard
have to buy tunderestoratea
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to werkh éy
the the tkes pt Toltey and Dotoyviky She meule plant setpt .
4 e eldh wtete W:ih tarstære burnett it beeme a tae, blard
seript not a votano, but, a smwth lan mcvea the chglsk munner-
vhth s o 3ay u complete detrotion the ouqirat
5. He wantecd ther beok to bt ehaper and hth g#, Ay
Cnd, becavs tielers ke that moe
I. My dlutd you daudle to k a transla tor
ave ar tie thche akaut he profeioh fthe hteypreter,
Hoy nibn anaiaOU O URnow,
A6 LISTENING
You are going to listen to an interview with Beverley Johnson,
a protessional translator working in Spain. Before you listen,
think of three questions you might ask her about translating.
(c)Listen again.
the
Choose a, b, or c.
22 Which names for types of books or other reading material from B opposite would best fit
these statements?
It's by General Rogers, who led the allied forces during the recent war.
2 It's so badly written Il don't know how anyone could learn how to use the machine by reading it.
3 Irecommend it. If you want to read a typical selection of modern poets, it's excellent.
e 4 The latest issue contains a paper by Professor Susan Frith, in which she presents a new theory of
the human mind.
22 Rewrite these sentences using words or phrases from the opposite page to describe the
experience
1 of reading.particular bopks the stor4 col stpred wadlnp it
8 he booé H a I
justeould not seem to become involved inthe story. soSopP
prooduuet ti ti 2 It's not very serious, and it's easy to read. 7"s nar
I g ane itis vather eyhtepht.
to 0 *eaa 20
9.T4Q 0oneeling 3 It's denseand very difficultto read. s Aav A akicuule
talo a b a t a b a . a k e it to bed with you, it's just right when you're settling down at night. All the time I was reading
t, just couldn't wait to get to the next page. 1t's g 0 betime retakng, nowerer 1T'S
0. 5 You find yourself wanting to read more, it's so fascinating. p u P g L a n g .
6 The book is full of useful information.
.TAR boo
THer second novel did not attract a large number of readersa eintor
very matiee)
r sesond doln t attra
novel oo a
8 This book contains some great moments of true understanding of how things are. h l o tonDe
9 It is a pleasantly interesting tale about a boy who nurses an injured bird.
10 Mena Harap's self-help book was a-eflection ofthe timeitwas written, but what was true in the
1980s doesn't necessarily apply nowadays. aheoa ob ets time
22/3 Fill the gaps in these sentences with appropriate adjectives from the opposite page,
based on the meaning in brackets.
1 The story takes place against a rather uubiousbackground in 18th-century London.
(mournful and gloomy)
2 It's full of..Wy Comedy and satire. (humour despite a bad situation)
3 The book is a S.hiAA documentation of abuse in a prison. (frightening) e
4The novel is full of .esetivS. passages dep icting life in Australia at the turn of the 19th century.
(arousing memories or images)
5 Itsa very.2 enenovel; you never really know what is happening until right at the end.
(mysterious, pùzzling)
6 The novel is a R. portrayal of life in a coal-mining community during the last economic
recession.(moving and very sad)
John Farr's latest novel is a
AMR.KLmasterpiece.
(very impressive, great)
8 House of the Dead is a MAc0ME story of torture and death in a medieval castle. (cruel and
dark)
9 The novel's R2RMY.LHeroine, Maria Selune, leaves home at the age of 18 and travels through
Asia. (who has the same
name as the book's title) 9
no Laisha and Asoka are the t.atogoasjn this unusual tale of rural famil life. (main characters)
224 Match the things you might find in particular kinds of boolks with an appropriate type of book.
1 a section on 'troubleshooting'/ problem-solving a encyclopedia
2 an article about waterfalls, with pictures
bjournal
3 a record of a recent examination or test of a lorry c manual
4 a day-to-day record of life during a war in 1776 d logbook
Think of a book you read and enjoyed recently. Which words from this unit describe it best?