Business writing (деловое письмо). Палагина С.С. - 110 стр.

     .g). (1) that ……(2) the meeting with you scheduled for next Tuesday.
Unfortunately, I have been ……(3) by my company to ……(4) some problems in one
of our overseas offices ……(5) for cancelling our meeting at such short notice.

     ……(6) that you have been able to ……(7) a credit limit of ₤6000 for me until I
receive my bonus from work. However, I understand you wish to meet with me to
discuss my loan and mortgage repayments. I will ……(8) your secretaty on return to
……(9) our meeting. ……(10) meeting you to discuss these issues.

     ……(11)
     Harvey Collins

       10.1.6 Jack, a close friend, helped Harvey before he left London by lending
him some money and organising the flight tickets. Harvey wants to thank him,
tell him how he and Susie are feeling, what they're doing, and what their plans
are. Write Harvey's letter to Jack a week after arriving in Hong Kong.

     Keys.
     1) In Hong Kong. Harvey borrowed some money from his company. His boss
threatened to call the police if he didn't give it back. Harvey panicked and decided to
leave London quickly.
     2) Pete is probably a friend of Harvey's. Susie is probably Harvey's wife /
partner / girlfriend.
     3) To sell Harvey's computer, hi-fi and car and to send the money to Harvey.
     4) Informal.

      10.2 Avoiding repetition

     1) Read Marisol's story.

       One of the most frightening experiences of my life happened while I was
spending Christmas in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. My brother Jose was working
there and unfortunately he couldn't get any time to come home, so I spent the holiday
with him. On the last day of my visit we decided to go up Mt Teide - a volcano in the
centre of the island and officially the second largest mountain in Europe. We hired a
little car for the day - I couldn't drive at the time, but my brother could.
       Jose and set off in brilliant sunshine, before long it got much colder and by the
time we reached the crater of Mt Teide it was snowing. What is more, all the
restaurants, hotels and petrol stations at the top Mt Teide were shut. It was then that
Jose and I realised that we had almost run out of petrol. Running out of petrol was
particularly desperate because I had to catch the plane home that evening, and if I
didn't catch the plane, I would have to pay for a new ticket. So Jose decided to do
something incredibly dangerous - Jose decided to switch off the engine of the car and
freewheel down the other side of Mt Teide. Jose freewheeled down the side of Mt
Teide for several kilometres, along hairpin bends on dangerous icy roads. I was
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