Dear Susan
Sorry I haven’t written for so long but I’ve been really busy recently studying for my exams. It was great to get your letter and hear all your news, especially the part about you and your parents coming to visit in September.
The weather is still fairly warm then so we should be able to spend quite a bit of time at the beach. I think your partner will really enjoy the city. Particularly the old town. The music festival will be on then so we shall take full advantage of that as well.
You asked what clothes you should bring you will be fine with light summer dresses, skirts and trousers and a sweater or jacket for the evening, which can be rather cool. Don’t forget to pack your swimming costumes! It will still be warm enough to swim.
I’d better go and get on with my exam preparation. I hope your exams go well too and that you have a lovely summer. I’m really looking forward to seeing you in September
All the best,
Anna

Letter of complaint
24 Rotterdam, Hauges Avenu
12 streets Harlem
Holland
20/11/2007
Mr. Fred, manager of youth school
Magazine, industry Road Amsterdam
Dear sir or Madam,
I am a keen reader of the local school magazine « spotlight » and
I have been impressed by a number of articles I read there. Today I take the chance to write you an article about a worrying school phenomenon; namely, smoking.
To start with and as far as I am concerned there are predisposing factors that lead some students to take up smoking. I mean here that certain conditions in their lives make it more likely for these students to smoke. Socially, students who take up smoking usually come from poor families or working ones that do not have the time to supervise their children after school. Besides that, students are heavily influenced by the others who smoke. As they see their peers smoking, they can’t help giving it a try. Undoubtedly, the family structures and backgrounds and the social surrounding play a determining role in this fact.
Academically, students who do poorly in school are known to be taking up smoking more than any others. The school frustrations and the feeling of an inability to keep up with the rest of the class push some students to do irresponsible deeds.
It goes without saying that smoking has a negative impact on every addict. Among young people, the short-term health effects of smoking include damage to the respiratory system, addiction to nicotine, and the associated risk of other drug use. Long-term health consequences of youth smoking are reinforced by the fact that most young people who smoke regularly continue to smoke throughout adulthood. Therefore, they become vulnerable to many illnesses, such as cancer.
To conclude, smoking is a major youth problem that needs the help and the contribution of everyone of us to try to limit this bad habit. Indeed, it is imperative that each and every one of us take a step towards informing and sensitizing our youth of the dangers of smoking. By way of this same contribution I have been glad to write you these lines to state my stand in your promising magazine