A message to a new friend

A message to a new friend

Read a direct message on social media to practise and improve your reading skills. 

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

Hi Lucia

How are you? It was so nice to meet you last week in Sydney at the sales meeting. How was the rest of your trip? Did you see any kangaroos? I hope you got home to Mexico City OK.

Anyway, I have the documents about the new Berlin offices. We're going to be open in three months. I moved here from London just last week. They are very nice offices, and the location is perfect. There are lots of restaurants, cafés and banks in the area. There's also public transport; we are next to an U-Bahn (that is the name for the metro here). Maybe you can come and see them one day? I would love to show you Berlin, especially in the winter. You said you have never seen snow – you will see lots here!

Here's a photo of you and me at the restaurant in Sydney. That was a very fun night! Remember the singing Englishman? Crazy! Please send me any other photos you have of that night. Good memories.

Please give me your email address and I will send you the documents.

Bye for now

Mikel

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Submitted by Naru Yasuda on Wed, 20/05/2020 - 03:28

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I always use LINE to make plans or to contact my friends. It is very useful application to talk friends. It is because it is free of charge and can use chat and phone. I sometimes use phone, but mostly I use chat. Chat is very convenient, because we can see the message anytime. Adding to the above many people use LINE. So, I can communicate everyone. I often use the message application, but it has a bad point. It is less to talk with friend. Decidedly, it is very helpful for us, but it is important to talk directly. So, I want to phone or meet to make plan more.

Submitted by fukuzawa on Wed, 20/05/2020 - 02:19

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I use messenger. The reason is that that information can be transmitted most quickly among them.

Submitted by Hiyori Ueno on Tue, 19/05/2020 - 18:50

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I usually make plans with friends by phone call because it is efficient. In Japan, most people uses LINE. The app can send pictures while we call with my friends. So it is good for make plans.

Submitted by Natsumi Tamura on Tue, 19/05/2020 - 15:11

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I usually make plans with friends by messenger because it is easy to get in touch with them.

Submitted by mouna99 on Tue, 19/05/2020 - 12:29

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I make plans with my friends by calling or texting them

Submitted by Noyama Juri on Tue, 19/05/2020 - 07:36

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Hello every one. I would call or meet in person when planning to play with my friends. Recently, lines and Instagram and Twitter are popular in the world. I think it's good to use sns such as email, But. I think it may not be transmitted unless you speak directly. And when it comes to e-mail, the communication may take longer. But email has the advantage of being late for whatever time you are busy. But I prefer to speak directly.So when I make a plan to play with my friends, I call them so they can communicate directly with them.

Submitted by Maiko Tanzawa on Tue, 19/05/2020 - 06:08

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I always use the messenger app when making plans with my friends. Because it's easy to interact and in addition to sending messages,there are various useful functions such as a calendar function that can tell my friends a free day. However important appointments are decided by phone.

Submitted by Yuri Chida on Tue, 19/05/2020 - 02:43

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I mostly message via LINE when I make plans with my friends. But I sometimes use a phone call. We can send and receive messages via LINE whenever we want. I think this is a good point of SNS such as LINE and DM of Twitter or Instagram. Also, leaving a message is a good point. On the other hand, we can hear the voice directly and understand how you feel by using a phone call. In comparison with LINE a phone call is certain. Both of them have pros and cons. Therefore, I use phone call or LINE depending on the situation.

Submitted by hoshi on Tue, 19/05/2020 - 00:33

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Hello.I usually make plans with my friends by messenger. For example,I use LINE,Twitter and Instagram. They are very useful for me.and my most friends use their. Their application most people install.if I have new acquaintance,we can contact to be easy and quickly. I often use telephone too. I talk with my friends by using it more detailed. On the other hand,I don't use E-mail that much. It is because I don't feel like typing Email address every time. But I sometimes use it with teacher,store manager and online shopping. At that time,I almost only reply their message.

Submitted by Ryusei Nagashima on Mon, 18/05/2020 - 13:31

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Usually, I make plans with my friends by messenger. I rarely send messages by Email. Because, I don't feel like typing Email address every time. But, messenger is easy to reply quickly. For these reasons, I keep in touch with my friends by messenger.