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Writing

Understandin

g the task

Part 1, letter

1

Read th is writing

task a nd the extrac ts. Who is in favour of closing

th e zoo?

You are currently living in England and a friend of yours

is working at a small zoo in

the area. You recently read an article in the local pape

r about the likely closure of the

zoo. You have asked you r friend for some informatio

n, so that you can write a letter

to the editor of the paper.

Read the advertisement for the zoo, the newspap er article

, and your friend 's letter.

why you think the zoo

Then, using the information, write a letter to the editor, stating

should be closed.

It seems that the spoilsports

amongst us are

having

their way

again. Barbarham

Zoo , which

first opened its doors 54 year s

ago , has been

visited

by

inspectors and council

staff and

looks likely to close within the

next two months.

who can

Those of you

remember the

happy childhood

hoors you spent gazing

at Ero l

the elephant

(still

goin g stro ng)

of the zoo's

will be sad to learn

.

No more will

probable demise

it provide hour

s o f plea sure for

old alike.

the young and

th at

The council says

Barbarham no lon ger serves a

useful purpose and

that

co nditio ns for

th e a nimals are

unsatisfactory. Accord ing to a

tearful Mrs Parkinson , who has

acte d as anima

l feede r, ticket

co llecto r and car-park

attenda nt for the last fifteen

years , many of these

animals

will now have

to be put down

,

as no other zoo can take them .

In these days

of conservation

when there ha s been

an up surge

of interest in creatures of the

wild, it is asto und

ing that sma ll

zoos like Barbarham are being

threatened with closure.

We

would like to hea r from ou r

readers on this issue.