Writing practice : writing a letter Dear team members You may notice that we will have a meeting next month. The meeting will be held in Toronto from July 12th to July 15th. I have been asked to organize this business trip. I already booked the flight depart from Calgary airport on July 11th 3 pm and arrive at Toronto airport at the same day 4 pm. As usual, I made the reservation at AAA hotel, which has long-term partnership with our company. I also booked a rental car at the airport, so we do not need to worry about how to go to the hotel. I have not confirmed the return flight yet. Because July 16th is weekend, I think we can stay one more night and take flight on July 16th. Then we can take good rest and have a short tour in Toronto Downtown. If you have any idea or option about this plan, please do not hesitate to let me know. Thank you Tim

Writing a letter Hi I just saw your advertisement about a new hiking club at the library. I love hiking and I was the leader of a hiking club in my college. After I graduated, it is hard to find a group of the people like hiking and go hiking together. May I join your group? I have some questions about joining the group. First, how much for the membership? Can I pay monthly? Second, how often the group will meet? and when? My job usually need to work on weekends, but I can shift my day-off previously with other colleagues. Besides, I want to recommend my favorite place. Have you ever been to Ali Mountain? The path is not very difficult but a little challenge. When you reach the top of the mountain, you can see a lake in the middle. It is so beautiful. The lake is like a mirror and reflects the sky. I hope our group could have a chance to go there. Can’t wait to join your group and go hiking together. Tim

Responding to Survey Questions Both options have their advantages, and I can see why some colleague would prefer Option A. If I had to choose one, however, there are several reasons why Option B would be my preference. First, It would be more comfortable to stay in the restaurant then have a barbeque in the beach. The average temperature is high in July, especially in the middle of the day. If we choose to have a lunch in the beach, I think we would not enjoy the barbeque because of the weather. However, we stay in the restaurant with the air conditioner would be more pleasant. Second, we already had a barbeque last month. Even though most of the people like barbeque, I think it is time to change different type of the food. I saw the review of the restaurant; most customers commented their food is good and fresh. I think my colleague would like these as well. So for the reasons I have outlined, I feel Option B is the better choice.

Writing Email Dear colleagues Every morning I take my lunch box to our work place and put it into the southern side refrigerator. Recently, I am processing a diet plan for my lunch, so I made a special meal to myself. My lunch box is yellow, and I put my name label on the cover. I think it is very easy to recognize. Last few days, when I opened my lunch box, I found somebody had eaten part of the meal. I am very angry of this. The size of the lunch was calculated. I only can eat half of it. Furthermore, I am on a diet, I do not have other option to eat outside. As a result, I feel very hungry at afternoon. I hope someone could stop eating my lunch. I already talk to our manager, he advises me to write this mail as a warning. If this happened again, I would ask our security guard to look the monitor and see who eat this. Thank you Tim