Пример заполнения открытки на английском

Beginning a postcard

• Dear Susan,
• Hi Peter!

Saying where you are

• I’m in Rome.
• I’m spending my holiday at the seaside / in the mountains.
• I’ve just arrived at the airport / railway station / bus station.
• I’m going to stay here for two weeks.
• Here I am in Turkey!

Saying what you are doing

• Every day there are many things to do.
• I’m very busy every day.
• There are morning / evening activities.
• We climb mountains / visit places of interest

Describing the weather

• The weather is pretty good / fine / awful / horrible.
• It’s raining / snowing all the time.
• It’s sunny / cold most of the time.

Saying how you are feeling

• I enjoy it.
• I’m having a great time.
• I’m glad / happy / disappointed / unhappy because …
• It’s my best / worst holiday / stay abroad ever.
• I’m enjoying / hating every minute here.

Asking about the person you are writing to

• How about your holidays?
• I hope you’re fine.
• I hope you’re having a great time.
• How’s your summer/ holiday?

Finishing a postcard

• All the best
• Best wishes
• See you soon
• Love
• XOXOXO (Kisses and Hugs)

► Postcards are written in an informal style. Start and finish your postcard using informal phrases.

► Use abbreviations.

► You can use phrases without a verb.

► Remember that a postcard should be concise.

Sample Exam Task

You are attending a summer course at an English school in Dublin. Write a postcard to your Australian friend Peter. In your postcard, you should:

• explain where you are
• describe two typical activities you do every day
• write what you like most about the course

Hi Peter,

I’m here in Dublin on a summer language course.

I’m very busy every day. We have four language classes every day. There are also evening activities; for example, Irish dancing. The weather’s rather horrible. Just rain most of the time. I’m enjoying the course because there are so many people from all over the world!

How about your holiday? I hope you’re having a great time, too.

Love,

Adam

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Have Practice

Exercise 1. Read the following exam task and a student’s response to it. It is correct but a bit monotonous. Why?

You are on holidays in the mountains and you received a text message from your English friend:

Hi, I bet you’re still travelling? I wish I could go on holiday now, I really need one! Where are you now? I hope the weather is all right? Let me know what the hotel and the local people are like! And don’t forget to send me a postcard! :o) Cheers, Jackie

Write a postcard to your friend answering all her questions.

Hi Jackie,

I’m in the mountains. I’m having a really nice holiday. My room’s very nice, and the views from the windows are really nice. The local people are always nice to us, the food’s nice, and the weather has been nice ever since we came. Wish you were here!

Love,

Klara

Exercise 2. Match the adjectives to the nouns they can describe.

1. friendly
2. sunny
3. delicious
4. enjoyable
5. spectacular
6. comfortable

• holiday
• room
• views
• people
• food
• weather

Exercisese 3. Complete these strong positive and negative adjectives.     

It’s …

FA_ _ _ST _ C!

WO _ D_R_ _L!

L_V_ _Y!

BR _ _ _I_NT!

It’s ….

DR_ _ _ F_L!

AW_ _L!

HOP_ _ _ _ S!

HO_ _ _ B_E!

Exercise 4. Now write an improved version of Klara’s postcard.

Exercise 5. Read the exam task below and write a postcard.

You’re studying in the USA and decided to spend a weekend in New York. This is a part of an email you received from your English friends.

So you are in New York now? How great! How did you get there? Are you travelling alone? We are very worried about you! You must write us a postcard! So what is the best thing about New York for you? Have you got any plans for the evening? Oh, we wish we were there with you!

Write a postcard to your friends answering all their questions.

Writing a Postcard

• Приветствие: Dear … , к которому добавляется имя. Пишется слева без отступа на красную строку.
• После обращения — запятая (а не восклицательный знак).

• Информация о твоем местоположении.

• Дополнительная информация (о погоде, местах, в которых ты побывал, впечатлениях от поездки и т.д) или ответы на вопросы, которые задал твой друг.

• Заключение + подпись
• See you soon!
• В конце открытки не забудь написать завершающее слово  Love,   на отдельной строке.
• На отдельной строке после завершающей фразы подпиши открытку — напиши  своё имя .

• !!! Не забудьте употреблять сокращенные формы:  I’d like ,  I’m going, I’m, It’s

Адрес, куда и кому ты посылаешь открытку, пишется в таком порядке:

• 1-ая строка — Имя и фамилия адресата
• 2-ая строка — Номер дома, Название улицы
• 3-я строка — Город, Почтовый индекс
• 4-ая строка — Страна

Напишите открытку своему другу, соблюдая правила ее оформления

You are on holiday with your parents. Write a postcard to your friend Ann. Remember to write about:

• where you are;
• what the weather is like;
• what you do;
• how much you like it there, why.

• Your friend Ann White lives in Oxford at 2 Victoria Street.
• Her postcode is OX 2 006.

(Write 50 words.)

Полезные фразы

Dear Mark/ Hi Mark/ Mark – Дорогой Марк/ Привет Марк/ Марк

I’m writing to you from … – Пишу тебе из…

Greetings from… – Привет из…

I’m… in the mountains/ at the seaside/ on the beach now – Я… в горах/ на море/ на пляже сейчас.

I’m having a great time here – Я прекрасно провожу время

I’m spending my holiday at the seaside – Я провожу свой отпуск/ каникулы на морском побережье.

I’ve just arrived at the airport – Я только что прибыл в аэропорт.

I’m going to stay here for two weeks – Я собираюсь остаться здесь на две недели.

I’m staiyng at a big, five-star hotel – Я остановился в большом пятизвездочном отеле.

The weather is bad/ nice/ great – Погода плохая/ хорошая/ прекрасная.

It’s warm/ cold/ cloudy/ sunny/ windy – Здесь тепло/ холодно/ облачно/ солнечно/ ветрено.

I spent some time in…/a lot of time in…/3 days in… – Я провел некоторое время в…/ много времени в…/ 3 дня в…

I’ve seen… – Я видел…

I’ve visited… – Я посетил…

Every day there are many things to do – Каждый день у меня много дел.

I’m very busy every day – Каждый день я очень занят.

How about your holidays? – А как твой отпуск/ каникулы/ выходные?

There are many morning/evening activities – Здесь много утренних/ вечерних мероприятий.

I’ll ring you as soon as I’m back – Я позвоню тебе, как только я вернусь.

I’ll be back next week – Я вернусь на следующей неделе.

I wish you were here – Как бы мне хотелось, чтобы ты был здесь/ Жаль, что тебя здесь нет.

I hope you’re fine – Надеюсь, что у тебя все хорошо.

I hope to hear from you soon! – Надеюсь, что ты скоро мне напишешь (в ответ).

Regards –Привет/ Пока/ С наилучшими пожеланиями.

Give my love/ Say hi to… / Say hello – Передай мою любовь/ Передавай привет…/ Скажи привет.

See you/ Keep well/ See you all – Увидимся/ Будь здоров.

Почтовая открытка оформление:

1. Обращение начинается с Dear, к которому добавляется имя.

2. Всё обращение пишется не посередине, а на левой стороне без отступа на красную строку.

3. Не забудь поставить запятую (а не восклицательный знак) после обращения.

4. Объясни (напомни), почему ты пишешь эту открытку.

5. Ответь на вопросы, которые задал тебе друг в своей открытке.

6. В конце открытки не забудь написать завершающую фразу Best wishes (С наилучшими пожеланиями) на отдельной строке.

7. Не забудь поставить запятую после Best wishes,

8. На отдельной строке после завершающей фразы подпиши открытку — напиши своё имя.

Адрес, куда и кому ты посылаешь открытку, пишется в таком порядке:

1-ая строка — Имя и фамилия адресата

2-ая строка — Номер дома, Название улицы

3-я строка – Город, Почтовый индекс

4-ая строка – Страна

Стратегия написания открытки

Прочитайте задание и открытку от вашего предполагаемого друга по переписке.

Подчеркните содержащиеся в ней вопросы, на которые вы должны ответить.

Добавьте обращение: Dear Ann,

Сразу после обращения на следующей строке добавьте предложение, объясняющее почему вы пишите эту открытку.

Напишите ответы на вопросы. Помните, что в открытке (это неформальный стиль) употребляются сокращенные формы (I’m, I’d like).

Напишите заключительную фразу:

Best wishes,

How to Write a Postcard.

1. You may begin and end in any way you like because postcards are informal and personal.

2. There is not much space in a postcard. So you usually mention just a few things and use shortened sentence forms.

3. You don’t have to follow strict rules of punctuation. For example, you may use dashes (-) instead of full stops or commas to separate ideas.

4. To emphasize words or expressions in a postcard you can use: capital letters, underlining, exclamation marks.

5. In postcards you often use descriptive words to show you like something or someone (e.g. wonderful, great, beautiful, exciting, fabulous or bad, miserable, unfriendly and so on).

How to get started:

Dear Paul / Dear Mr. Black / Hello Sally / Hi Mark!

Choose any variant or invent your own. But be sure to refer to the person by name. Then also there are options:

How are things? / How are you? / How’s it going? / Many thanks for your letter / It’s been such a long time since we wrote to each other / How was (your holiday)?

How to continue:

Great news about … / Glad to hear that … / Sorry to hear about … /

Talk about the news:

Listen! Did I tell you about … / You’ll never believe that … / You remember I told you in my last letter that…

Offer something:

Why don’t you…? / May be you could … / How about…?

How to finish:

  Give my love (regards) to … / Say hello to … / See you soon! / Hope to hear from you soon / Please, write (drop) me a line soon / I look forward to meeting up again soon.

Signature:

Love, / Lots of love … / Yours, / All the best … / Regards…

Task:

Write a postcard to your friend and tell about where you are and your impressions. Ask him about how he spends holidays. Write address correctly.

Example:

Hi, Galina and Gennady.

How are you?

Well. Here we’re in PARADISE!

It has been a FANTASTIC holiday in Turkey.

It’s been very beautiful and relaxing for us two.

Regards from Stephanie and family.

Postcard written by Zakhrova Polina (student of the 8^th form)

Hello Nastya,

Many thanks for your letter.

Some news about my holidays.

We are in Turkey now, the weather is wonderful

and we have a great time here.

I enjoy the holiday, sunbathe and swim.

I want you to be here too.

Wait for me and my present.

What about you, please, write me a line soon about your holiday.

Love,

Polina

Sending mail to the Russian Federation

( http://www.russianpost.ru/rp/servise/ru/home/postuslug/rule_adress )

Sending mail to the UK

(http://www.royalmail.com/personal/help-and-support/How-do-I-address-my-mail-correctly )

When sending mail to UK addresses you need to use a full and accurate address complete with the postcode. You do not need to include a county name, as long as the post town and postcode are used. Avoid using commas or full stops and do not centre or stagger your lines.

Fictional example of UK address

Miss S Pollard

1 Chapel Hill

Heswall

BOURNEMOUTH

BH1 1AA

There should be a generous margin around the address.

Line 1 – the addressee’s name

Line 2 – building number and street name

Line 3 – locality name, if required

Line 4 – POST TOWN, please print in capitals

Line 5 – POSTCODE, please print in capitals, in full and on a separate line

Ten useful hints on how to have good and longstanding pen friends

(http://www.europa-pages.com/penpal_form )

1. Imagine yourself «in the best light,» take care of positive image.

2. The first letter is most important: arrange a new friend to communicate.

3. Do not forget to reply to the message. If you did not get a long letter of response, do not worry. Write again.

4. Do not write on trivial topics. discuss something concrete, not wasting a lot. Do your letter interesting to read, add pictures, photos, etc.

5. Try to find common ground with your hobbies respondent.

6. Treat correspondence creatively: to propose new topics for discussion, accompanied by audio or video materials, hint that you, too, would like to get something similar.

7. Be sensitive, attentive to the news, thoughts and emotions of your friend: express your participation, empathy, sharing the joy or sadness.

8. Use maximum of the chance to learn more about the country lifestyle companion. Tell the story of his country.

9. Respect the feelings, customs and way of life of the other people. Do not think that you are better or smarter than your pen pal.

10. Strengthen your friendship: it will lead to long-term friendship, real communication, and mutual visits.

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