La correspondencia con amigos de otros países
ha sido durante mucho tiempo un medio popular de descubrir formas de vida
diferentes de la propia y de practicar una lengua extranjera.
En esta página se muestran dos cartas: una
dirigida a un servicio imaginario de amigos por correspondencia, y otra
dirigida a un nuevo amigo. La primera le proporciona un ejemplo de carta
formal y la segunda, de carta informal. Lee ambas cartas y, como en
anteriores ejemplos de este curso, observa las diferentes normas que rigen
la disposición y el estilo de lenguaje empleados en ellas.
Formal letter to a
Pen-friend Service
PO Box 5318
Buenos Aires
Argentina
April 29th, 2008
Universal Pen-friend Service
35 Wellington Avenue
Southern Valley, CA, 32015
U.S.A.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I noticed your advertisement in the
website 'OM Personal Multimedia English', and I am
writing to you in the hope that you can find me a
pen-friend.
The following is some information
about myself:
I am Argentine, I am eighteen years
old, and I am in my last year at school. Next year I
will be beginning my studies at an Engineering College.
I am interested in movies, computers, software and all
kinds of music. I would like to correspond with
English-speaking people in the United States or Canada.
I hope you can help me and I look
forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Roberto Castro Cisneros
Informal letter to a
pen-friend
PO Box 5318
Buenos Aires
Argentina
June 2nd, 2008
Dear Stephen,
I got your name and address from the Universal
Pen-friend Service in the United States.
Let me tell you about myself: I am Argentine, I am 18,
and I am in my last year at school. Next year I'm going
to start my studies at an Engineering College. I'm
interested in movies, computers, software and all kinds
of music.
Intenta completar adecuadamente este email que
Bernardo dirige a Marina, su nueva amiga epistolar. Selecciona del menú las alternativas
correctas (preposiciones y conectores llevan color
rojo).
Hello Marina,
My name's Bernardo and I'm
Argentina. I
in Cordoba,
but we live Buenos Aires
now. I live my parents, my
and my brother
and sister.
I'm twenty-two and I'm
. I'm studying
Technology. I'm in my third year university.
When I finish my university course I'm going a job
an engineer in
an international company. That's why I English.
In my free time I sport.
weekends I
play basketball the university
team. I also .
Intenta completar ahora este breve texto seleccionando del menú las alternativas
correctas.
OM Personal suggests that you now
find some pen-friends in the English-speaking countries.
all the pleasure
you will get from your letters, you will be practising
your English in a very real and interesting way.
how people live
in the Anglo-Saxon world, you will broaden your horizons
and,
, you will make
friendships that will be
to you if you
travel abroad one day.
There are several pen-friend
organizations for school-children and young people.
to do is to write
to one of them sending your first name and last name and
address, giving your age, sex and hobbies, and
mentioning the languages you know
the countries in
which you would like to have a pen-friend.
add whether you would prefer a male or a female
correspondent and indicate his/her approximate age.
