You are looking for a place to live and see this advertisement for a houseboat to rent.
Do you want to live on a boat and not in a flat?
Houseboat to rent on the beautiful Calmway Canal
£500 per month
one spacious bedroom with double bed bathroom with full-size shower and new toilet newly-fitted kitchen with new appliances easy-to-control electric heaters
shops and cafes a 10-minute walk away
Rent includes:
• broadband and council tax
• houseboat maintenance
Writing Task
You are now living on the houseboat and it is very different from the advertisement. Write an email of complaint to the houseboat's owner, Mick Brown.
In your email, you should:
• describe the problems with the houseboat
• explain how the problems have affected you
• say what you want to happen next.
Răspunsuri la întrebare
Răspuns:
subject: Houseboat complaint
Hello, Mick. I've recently rented your houseboat for a few months, expecting the quality that you have promoted in your advertisement, however I've had quite a lot of issues that I simply cannot ignore any longer.
First of all, the bedroom is not at all spatious, I could barely fit my bags and I have difficulty simply walking around because of how crowded it is! Not only that, but the bed is not double. It's not much of an inconveniece, as I don't need a double bed, however I think it is important that you are more honest with your advertisements.
Secondly, the broadband needs to be replaced. It hardly even works and it has made it very difficult for me to get access to the internet. I frequently have to fix it. This is very important since I need a proper internet connection to do my work, so please do something about it.
Finally, the houseboat is almost half an hour away from all of the shops and cafes. I am a busy person and I cannot spend 1 hour simply walking to and from a cafe if I want to eat out. It's not like I have a choice, either, the kitchen appliances are old and most of them don't work properly, so I can't even cook for myself!
I expect you to at least do something about the broadband and the kitchen appliances, otherwise I will have to move out and find a better houseboat to rent.
Thank you in advance,
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In your contribution, you should:
• say whether or not you have been treated like Maria when shopping
• describe your own experiences, whether good or bad
• include advice for people who are treated badly in shops.
takeaway food – sandwiches, pizza, fish and chips,
curry, stir fry or something else.
Write a review of your favourite place to buy
takeaway food.
Writing Task
Write a review for your community website of your favourite place to buy takeaway food.
In your review, you should:
• say where the place is and how often you use it
• describe the food, staff and service
• explain why you like this place.
You should aim to write about 200 to 250 words.
Maria
I am furious. I was treated really badly in a clothes shop yesterday. The staff were so
rude and unhelpful. They completely ignored me and were only interested in chatting
to each other and checking their phones. When I went to pay, the assistant on the till
didn’t smile and hardly looked at me. No-one said ‘Thank you’ even though I spent a
lot of money. Is it just me who’s treated like this in shops?