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Read the rubric and do the
writing task.
Your English-speaking friend,
Eric, is going on holiday in your
country. Write an email to him
recommending a village/town in
your country for him to visit
(100-120 words). In your email:
give the name and location of
the place.
• say what activities you can do
there.
give information on cultural
attractions there.
O

Thank you for your letter. I was so happy to get it. I'm glad you are all right. I'm fine too. Well, you ask me what I would recommend for you to read. As far as Russian authors are concerned, there are a lot of them who are famous all over the world and at first, I was at my wit ends whom of them should I recommend to you. But then I decided that the first book shouldn't be very thick and serious. So I think you should start with short stories. For example, you can take for reading a book of short stories by Leo Tolstoy or Anton Chekhov. Leo Tolstoy's stories are interesting, educative and easy to understand. Anton Chekhov's stories are on the one hand more humorous, but on the other hand, they are a bit more difficult to understand at the beginning and they remind me some stories by O'Henry. I mean everything becomes clear only after reading the last sentence of the story and the ending is quite unpredictable but always very amazing. I like such stories. And what about you? Hope to hear soon which book you will have chosen.

Looking forward to your email.

Best wishes,

Nikita