&8226;You have decided to work at home tomorrow.
&8226;Write a note for your colleague, Susan:
Saying you won't be in the office tomorrow
Explaining why you are going to work at home
Giving your home telephone number.
&8226;Write 30 -40 words.
&8226;Write on your Answer Sheet.
Joshua Golder wants to find out which companies have invested in Ireland．
A NEW CRUISE SHIP
One of the biggest passenger ships in history, the Island Princess, carries people on cruises around the Caribbean. More than double 【C1】__ weight of the Titanic (the large passenger ship which sank in 1912), it was 【C2】__ large to be built in 【C3】__ piece. Instead, forty-eight sections 【C4】__ total were made in different places. The ship was then put together 【C5】__ these sections at a shipbuilding yard in Italy.
The huge weight of the Island Princess is partly due to her enormous height, 【C6】__ is an incredible forty-one metres. When compared with the Titanic, she is also a much broader ship. As 【C7】__ as length is concerned, there's 【C8】__ a great difference, each ship 【C9】__ over two hundred and fifty metres long.
The Island Princess can carry 【C10】__ to 2,600 passengers and has 1,321 cabins, including twenty-five specially designed 【C11】__ use by disabled passengers. There is entertainment on board to suit 【C12】__ age and interest, from dancing to good drama. The Island Princess seems very likely to be a popular holiday choice for many years to 【C13】__ even though most people will 【C14】__ to save up in order to be 【C15】__ to afford the trip.
【C1】__
PLAYING CHESS
0 In your last letter you asked me to tell you why I like playing
00 chess so much. Well, I nevertheless think it is because chess gives
me a feeling of the excitement. I am quite competitive and like
me challenge of playing one-to-one. It gets intense sometimes;
in a game you can get extremely nervous and excited and have all
sorts of emotions. If I have played such a good player, put up
a good fight and lost, then that is too satisfying, but it is always
better than to win! There is also a good social side to chess. I
have made lots of friends at playing in competitions across
Europe. It is really interesting seeing cultures more different from
mine and trying to practise other languages! Now I play most of
weekends and holidays, but I do not know for certain if I will continue
to take part in competitions. During the last couple of years while I
have had more schoolwork, in which makes life more difficult. You
have got to be an extremely ,good player for chess to be so financially
worthwhile. However, I would like recommend it as a hobby to
anyone. If you are interested, you should to join a chess club at once.
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Tim Longman wants to have a general knowledge of the development of Ireland.
上海合作组织成员国能够超越彼此在地缘，文化等方面的巨大差异，紧密团结在一起，共同应对国际和地区风云变幻的考验，最根本的一点就是，上海合作组织的宗旨和原则符合各成员国的切身利益。它们是：第一，致力于发展成员国之间的睦邻友好关系；第二，致力于发展成员国在经济、文化、教育各个具体领域的合作，照顾各成员国的利益；第三，致力于打击恐怖主义、分裂主义和极端主义，维护地区的和平与稳定；第四，致力于促进建立公正和平文明的政治经济新秩序。这4个方面完全符合成员国的现实和长远利益。因此，尽管在过去5年国际上和本地区发生不少事情，但都没能动摇上海合作组织的基础。上海合作组织显示出强大的生命力，正蓬勃向前发展。