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Complete what Patty says about cycling with these expressions, 6 mae, eatin be supposed fo a — , then star sed to ride my bike to work and realise letyou make you you're nat allowed te you're supposed to Iwas cycling now __ ride fry italian way. |mea fon the pavement or the wrang way up a one-way street, but in general in Italy peosle? do things Uke thatityou're net causing — | get off your bike ifyou're ‘any danger. In England, they? doing that. And of course, ha ights on your bike, but 1 aly no ane cai stopped by a in England, far not having lights! off.cor and given afi > Read what Abdou says andl the correct way to complete this statement ‘Abdou feels mare camfortable communicating in English face to face fan writing | eome from Fez, visitors around my city. [use English mainly, out alsa my first two languages, Arabic and Fren sm has developed here a lot inthe last few years, and Ive got a new and better jab ina travel Ly ‘agency, A a guide, I needed to have very good spoken English, but now! have to do. ot of writing ~ things like reports and press releases 2s well a5 emails - and I'm finding it quite hard. realise 'm not | the correct grammar and it’s hard when | h | syle. I'm hoping to do a short course in writing skills in Cairo next year. YOUR English 8 — Doyou feel more comfortable communicating in English face to face with people, or in writing? always worked as a tourist guide, showing ha ‘Abtou, Wargeco® 9 Look atthis table comparing speaking and writing. Tick (/? the points that are nct a problem for you, and put 2 cross Ix) against the points that you find difficult | Writing to someone ‘Speaking to someone face to face + You can express your ideas immediatel don't have much time to think 1 speak + Your pranunciation has to be clear. (7 Simalt grammar and vocabulary mistakes + Yoo don’t normally have to speak ina very formal way, = You normally have time to think and pl Co | before you write and as you are writing Cy | + Your handwriting/ty have to he clear ‘and punctuation + Your grammar and voeabulary need te + You quite offen need to use mere forma 1 | banguage. don't normally cause problems, 1 | beauite correct. a + If someone doasr't understand + If someone do: stand what normally stop and clarity TD] you've written, sometimes impossible to clarity a 10 Would you prefer to write or speak to someone in these situations? uu want to leave their course re getting married a tall a teacher y 0 tel, your Family you te invite someone you don’t know well to dinner = te ask a company if they have any job vacancies to apologise toa colleague for a mistake you've made

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