Task 1: Writing an Email
You use the local public library several times every week. However, the library is closed on Sundays and Mondays. You think the library should be open every day.
Write an email to the chief librarian in about 150–200 words. Your email should do the following things:
- Describe the importance of the library for you.
- Explain why the opening hours don’t work for you.
- Suggest how people could use the library if it were open every day.
Sample Response
Dear Ms. Sonora,
My name is Charles Stevens. As a longstanding resident of the neighbourhood, I have had an Annex Library Card for two decades. I truly appreciate the work that you do as the Chief Librarian, in making it such an inclusive environment and fostering the local community.
Now, as a parent of two children (Gary, 6, and Sofia, 4) it is clear to me that the library’s service to the community could be enhanced if opening hours were extended to Sundays and Mondays. As you know, many families have sports activities and shopping scheduled on Saturday mornings. Sunday is the only day on which we could all enjoy the library’s play rooms, youth groups, and creative programs. Monday is the only night on which all member of the Annex Theatrical Troupe can practice in the auditorium.
These opinions are widely shared: parents at Annex Kindergarten are unanimous in their desire to share a Sunday cappuccino in the downstairs coffee shop, and to rehearse their lines in the auditorium on Mondays.
Please consider opening the library seven days a week; I hope to raise the issue at your next steering committee meeting.
Warm regards,
Charles Stevens
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