Jessica Karpinski

12-5 equipment and travelling to bad conditions' places Task1 You work at home and have a problem with a piece of equipment that you use for your job. - Write a letter to the shop or company which supplied the equipment. 1. Describe the problem with the equipment 2. Explain how this problem is affecting your work 3. Say what you want the shop or company to do. Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to request a replacement about for a faulty blender. As you know, I am have been a regular customer in your shop for three years. I purchased a the brand-new equipment in your shop two days ago. I was making a pumpkin hummus at home for my restaurant's new menu. The blender was good to grind chickpeas, but after several minutes it suddenly stopped. I washed the inside of it and tried to operate it again. Unfortunately, it didn't operate properly. I couldn't believe it. I am a chef and an owner in my restaurant. I was supposed to take it to my workplace so I need to could practice and measure for new recipes. I have an old blender in my workplace, however, it has problems as well, so I purchased a this brand-new blender. I was supposed to take it to my workplace. It's urgent for me because my recipes should be used use a blender. Not having a blender is hindering my ability to stay on top of my work. I need a blender in order to succeed at my job. I really need a new blender, I want you to replace the flawed blender with a new one as soon as possible. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours sincerely, XXXX Task2 Today more and more tourists are visiting places where conditions are difficult, such as the Sahara desert or the Antarctic. What are the benefits and disadvantages for tourists who visit such places? These days, people's lives are becoming stable. The more the economy is stable, the more people are interested in trips. Moreover, thanks to the advancement of public transportation and new technology such as smart phones and internets. Nowadays, many people can travel all over the world at an economic price and reduce travel time. Due to these reasons, today more and more tourists prefer visiting places where there are harsh weather conditions or to places that are difficult to access. I think there may be many advantages, but there can also be many dangerous factors in travelling to such places. In modern society, many tourists tend to research some tour information through the internet. They browse a lot of pictures of famous tour attractions and share information relating to places to visit. Due to these reasons, many travelers challenge themselves to visit new places that are off the beaten path. I think the a great benefit of visiting places with extremely tough weather places conditions is we can have the opportunity to experience new different natural environments. Through this experience, we are aware of the value of nature and be are encouraged to protect our natural fortune. It can be difficult to travel in extremely hot or cold countries. However, if many people begin to have more interests in such places, many tour companies and governments will invent invest in these places to develop as tour attractions. By contrast, there are more drawbacks to travel places where conditions are difficult. Especially, young people, they think they are healthy and can be endure bad weather conditions so they sometimes do not understand the severity of the climate in which they are travelling. In addition, they tend to have misinformation about tour attractions. So they are neither be trained nor prepared with safety gear. We frequently watch news on the TV relating to tour accidents frequently. [For instance, some in the cases that some people were stuck in heavy snow or were frozen in high mountain like Mt Everest. ] Rewording: For instance, there have been some reported cases of tourists being stuck in heavy snow storms or being frozen on mountains such as Mt. Everest because of their lack of preparation and misinformation. In the near future, more people will travel all over the world and more tour packages will be developed for travelers. I'm sure that visiting new environments gives us many benefits to understanding our nature and motivations to protect it. Nevertheless, if you are challenging yourself to travel to these extreme places with only your youth, misinformation or without the proper preparation, many fatal accidents will occur. (350 words) Advice for improvements: I've checked your essays and made some corrections.  I can really see an improvement in grammar and the phrases that you use.  For the letter about the broken blender, it was very easy to understand but I combined a few sentences so that the sentence lengths would vary a bit more.