It would be a great honour for me to correspond with you and other researchers in your country and to exchange reprints.

I hope to hear from you soon. Yours sincerely,

Name

Laboratory of European Studies, Chief

Letter 3

Dear Dr....,

Please find enclosed the galley-proof of your review ... for final reading. Since we are eager to have the book published before the end of the year, we ask you to make the appropriate corrections and return the proofs without delay.

The printers have set a December 10, 2017 deadline for printing the review. Please take that into account.

In compliance with your request I am sending you a copy of the History of Germany, V. 3, No. 4, 2012. Please acknowledge the receipt of the journal.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Note: here are some more phrases used to make a request:

•I would greatly appreciate receiving a reprint of your paper....

•Please acknowledge the receipt of the following publication (reprint) ....

•Please let me know whether I may have the text of my paper distributed among the participants.

•Could you inform me about the scientific program in more detail? I would appreciate further details of the symposium program. I would very much appreciate information about accommodation, travel and living expenses and the terms of financing them.

•We would like your permission to translate your reprint and submit it to (publish it in) the Journal of Mathematics.

•I would like to ask you to.... Could you please ... ?

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•I would appreciate it very much if you could.... Would it be possible for you to ... ?

•I would be very grateful to you if you could....

Task 2

A.Write a letter expressing a request for exchanging scientific information. Explain why you want to exchange information.

B.Write a letter requesting a reprint of the paper that was published in “European Studies”, December 19, 2017 under the title ....

C.Write a letter asking Dr.... to supply you with the recent experimental data on .... Explain why you need the experimental data.

D.Now read the following samples and note how to reply a request favourably.

Letter 1

Dear Dr....,

I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 15 in which you ask me to supply you with the samples of... I have already instructed some of my co-workers to collect the following samples for you:

1. ... 2.... 3....

I am happy to be of assistance to you and wish you much success in your work.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Letter 2

Dear Prof…,

I’ve received your letter of January 3, 2018 from which I learned that you are interested in my paper “…..” It gives me great pleasure to send you the reprint, and I hope the information will be of help to you.

Thank you very much for the New Year wishes. My best regards to you and your wife.

I look forward to hearing from you soon. Your sincerely,

Name

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