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CONTENT

Let’s Start!

If you ask me, I would say ...

Learning Outcome

Exchange advice and suggestions in communicative situations.

Ask your partner:

Can Do Statements

Let’s Start!

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Where do you work or study?

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What do you do or what do you study?

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If someone asked you for advice about your work or studies, what would you say?

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I can discuss jobs and work.

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I can ask and offer help by e-mail.

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I can exchange opinions.

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Let’s Explore!

Sally replies to Angela's e-mail. Do you agree with her tips* and advice about becoming a freelancer**?

* “Tips” are small things or ideas that help a person deal with a certain situation.

** someone who ​works on different ​projects with different ​companies

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

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Dear Ms. Weston,

Thank you very much for your e-mail. It's true that journalism is a fascinating career field.

I know what you mean when you say you don't know what steps to take. I think it would be a good idea to take some courses in journalism. Taking a journalism program, which is offered in many local colleges, would give you expert guidance from professionals working in the field. This could help you obtain valuable work experience. You could even publish some of the stories that you write for your courses in Cambridge Life! I don't mind reading your articles before you send them in.

It looks like you are a person who knows a lot about social media. Don't you think that you could use that knowledge to help you start writing articles? I suggest you work as a

freelancer to start. You can find ideas for interesting stories online.

Here are some tips when you are working online. Make sure you save your data regularly, and you store it in an organized way. Could you do something for me, too? Could you complete the online survey on my blog?

Thanks for your e-mail. Good luck with your new career!

Best, Sally Davis

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Let’s Practice!

In her e-mail, Sally talks about the field of journalism.

In the e-mail response, Sally offers Angela help and suggestions.

Instructions: Match the two parts of the sentences from Column A to Column B.

Read the sentences aloud. Check your pronunciation with your instructor.

Instructions: Read the e-mail again. Select the correct answer.

1) Sally thinks that journalism ...

a) is valuable work experience

b) has professionals working in the area c) is a very interesting career field 2) Sally thinks a journalism program ...

a) is offered in a local college.

b) helps you become a freelancer.

c) gives you expert guidance.

3) When working online, Sally suggests that Angela ...

a) save her data frequently b) go to an organized store c) use a fast computer

Column A

1) I think it would be a good idea to take 2) I suggest you work

3) Here are some tips 4) I don't mind

5) Make sure you save

Column B

a) reading your articles before you send them in.

b) your data regularly, and you store it in an organized way.

c) some courses in journalism.

d) as a freelancer to start.

e) when you are working online.

Let’s Practice!

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Extension Activity

Write an e-mail response giving advice about your area of work of study.

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

Self-Assessment

I write a letter giving

information about my field of work or study.

I give my opinion.

I use appropriate expressions to conclude the letter.

I read the letter to a partner.

Target Words

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Imagine you received a request for advice from someone interested in starting work or studying in the same field as you.

Write a response to this request. Follow the structure of a letter, like the one in this lesson.

Say what you like or don't like about the field.

Give your opinion about what the person should do.

Conclude the letter with a final salutation, like Best or Sincerely.

Read your letter to a partner.

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b) c) d) e) f)

professional (noun): a person who works in field of professions, such as journalism or education

e.g. You could get expert guidance from professionals working in the field.

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guidance (noun): formal or professional help

e.g. Guidance from working professionals would be very helpful.

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career (noun): area of work over a period of time

e.g. It's true that journalism is a fascinating career.

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to publish (verb): to reproduce a document, like an article or a story, for many people to read

e.g. You could even publish some of your articles in Cambridge Life!

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story (noun): article in a magazine or newspaper

e.g. We publish many stories about business and education.

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Requesting and Offering Help by E-mail

When you contact someone asking for help by e-mail, it is important to be very polite.

Here are some common sentences and expressions that are considered polite in an e-mail.

Asking for Help Offering Help I'm not sure ...

Do you think you could ... ? Could you tell me ... ?

Don't you think ... ?

I think it would be a good idea to ...

Here are some tips ...

I don't mind ...

You can conclude an e-mail offering help with sentences like these:

Examples:

Subject and Object Relative Clauses

• Thanks again for your e-mail.

• Good luck with your new career!

• Don't you think you could use that knowledge to help you start writing articles?

• I think it would be a good idea to work as a freelancer to start.

• Here are some tips when you are working online.

Learning Points

Subject and Object Relative Clauses

When you want to make it clear which person or thing you are talking about, you use a relative clause.

You can begin a relative clause with the relative pronoun who for people, which for things or that for either people or things.

In spoken English you usually use that, rather than which or who.

You put the relative clause immediately after the noun it talks about.

A subject relative clause describes the subject of the clause.

Example:

The man who called wanted to speak to Tom.

Which man? The man who called.

The clause who called immediately follows man - the noun it describes.

An object relative clause describes the object of the clause.

Example:

Can you return the book that I lent you?

Which book? The book I lent you.

Example Clause Relative

Pronoun Taking a journalism program, which is offered in many

local colleges, would give you expert guidance from professionals working in the field.

... which is offered in many local colleges ...

which

You could even publish some of the stories that you

write for your courses in Cambridge Life! ... that you write for your courses ...

that

It looks like you are a person who knows a lot about

social media. ... who knows a

lot about social media.

who

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