PART 1
LETTERS
ANSWERS
Do you write letters?
To be honest, not much. Snail mail has been outdated because of the existence of electronic mail so I have shifted to sending emails. I only write letters when it has something to do with my job.
LEXICAL RESOURCE
Snail mail [noun] – letter sends by post
Outdated [adj.] – old-fashioned
Shift [verb] – change
Which do you prefer to write letters by hand or to use a computer?
Well, it’s a no-brainer to choose between the two. I prefer the latter since it’s much more convenient, knowing that I can make my writing more stylish by using some classy or casual fonts, not to mention making my sentences free from grammatical mistakes. Thanks to the auto-correct built-in application in MS Word or in emails.
LEXICAL RESOURCE
No-brainer [noun] – not complicated
(The) latter [adj.] – the second choice
Font [noun] – typeface of a certain style and size
Not to mention [phrase] – used to introduce another point
What do you usually write about?
Since I work in the Human Resources Department, my emails are usually about invitations for a job interview, responses to job inquiries, requirements needed for newly hired workers, and things like that. Also, I still write letters to my loved ones who live miles away from me during important occasions such as birthdays, Christmas, or weddings, just wishing them to have a prosperous life.
Tip 1: Relate the question to your work as it is easy for you to answer the question, like that in sentence one.
Tip 2: Instead of using ‘live very far from me’, you can use ‘live miles away from me’. The first expression is just too plain and it doesn’t give a positive impact on the criterion, Lexical Resource.
How do you feel whenever you receive a letter?
Receiving letters such as congratulatory, love letters, or just wishing me good luck is really heartwarming. I dunno but the feeling is inexplicable, I feel that I’m really valued by the person who sends it to me. And I always appreciate their best effort in writing letters to me.
LEXICAL RESOURCE
Congratulatory [adj.] – sending good wishes or praises for the achievement or success done
Heartwarming [adj.] – emotionally rewarding
Inexplicable [adj.] – cannot be explained
Do you think handwritten letters will still exist in the future?
I’m confident to say yes, for me, handwritten letters are a form of art. The handwriting of a person expresses emotion more than the font style in electronic mail. Each stroke of a person’s handwriting tells a story, much more if it’s a love letter. The world may be more advanced in the years to come than now, but, the advancement of technology will never make this special kind of art vanish.
LEXICAL RESOURCE
Stroke [noun] – a mark made by writing
Vanish [verb] – disappear
Tip: Instead of plainly saying, ‘in the future’, use ‘in the years to come’, it sounds better.
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