1. Your Address:

22 Green Lane, Bath, Avon

b) The name an Address of the Person you are writing to:

The Project Director, Amazon Expedition, 8 Bell St., London WC3 5 YA

c) The Date:

5. The Beginning: Dear Sir,

6. The Ending: Yours faithfully,

2. Compare Letter 1 with Letter 2. What stylistics distinctive differences on all levels as described in Chapter 4 can you name?

A letter of complaint

I would like to apologise on behalf of the company for your flight (1) setting off later than scheduled. However, the circumstances made this unavoidable. We asked the airport authorities for a separate area in which our passengers could wait. They assured us that they could provide (2) roomy and comfortable conditions. It was not until later that we discovered that the room was, in fact, (3) on the smaller side and (4) pretty nasty. They also assured us that the cafeteria would be (5) handy, and that would be (6) a plenty of refreshments available. The fact that (7) it was a bit of trek to the cafeteria and the food and drink was (8) a bit pricey was unfortunate but this is not our responsibility and I’m afraid that we cannot...

(taken from Mc William “Reward Upper-Intermediate”)

Vocabulary

on behalf of the company – от лица моей компании

to set off – отложить рейс

scheduled – согласно расписанию

the circumstances – обстоятельства

they assured – они уверили

roomy – вместительный

pretty nasty – довольно таки пасмурно

handy – удобный, портативный

a bit of trek to – густонаселенный

a bit pricey – дороговатый

Tasks

1. Read this reply to a letter of complaint. Replace the underlined words with more formal equivalents.

2. Give the stylistic analysis of this letter as described in Chapter 4.

Sending a fax

Janet Cooper wants to go to Spain on holiday with her family. She decides to fax the receptionist at the Hotel Plaza in Alicante to see if they have the accommodation, she requires. The code for Spain from the UK is 00 34

HOTEL PLAZA This luxury hotel is situated on the water’s edge of one of the most beautiful beaches of Spain For reservations and enquires PHONE (6) 527 21 56 FAX (6) 527 15 02

Janet and Peter Cooper

8 Fast Lane

Chesswood

Herts WD5 8Qr

Tel: 01923284908

Fax: 01923285446

FAX TRANSMISSION From ----------------- Page -------------- To ------------------ Date -------------- For the attention of ------------------ To fax no -------------- Message rooms/hotel/I/ to/some/would/like/reserve/at/your in/28 July/We/on/Alicante/are/arriving ten/hope/stay/to/We/for/nights/leaving/7 August/on and/husband/like/room/I/My/double/balcony/a/would/with/preferably/a require/Our/a/daughters /two/teenage/twin room are/all/en-suite/that/We/understand/your bedrooms confirm/you/ /this/ Could? a/sea view/possible/Is/have/it/rooms/to/with? available/if/me/let/you/Please/for/know/have/dates/these/rooms grateful/if/I/be/would/also/me/you/could/tell/room/each/price/the/of from/I/forward/look/you/to/hearing Yours faithfully Janet Cooper

(taken from “New Headway Intermediate”)

Tasks

1. Look at the information on this page, and fill in the first part of Janet’s fax.

2. Write out the words of Janet’s fax message in the correct order.

3. Point out the stylistic distinctive features of this fax that testify to its specific character as described in Chapter 4.

Chapter 5

Scientific / Academic style

Distinctive stylistic linguistics features of scientific / academic style

1. Compositional features: types of texts compositionally depend on the scientific genre: monograph, article, presentation, thesis, dissertation, etc. Logical and consistent narration, sequential presentation of material and facts strive for the most generalized form of expression. Extensive use of citation, references and foot-notes. Definite structural arrangement in a hierarchical order: introduction, chapters, paragraphs, conclusion tend to be objective, precise, unemotional, devoid of any individuality.