Write a short formal email to the Editor of a newspaper about a report in the paper the
previous week that a local hospital is going to close. You think the hospital should not
close because:
- • The nearest other hospital is 50 kilometres away.
- • 200 people work at the hospital; they will lose their jobs.
- • The hospital makes an important contribution to the local economy.
- • It is the only hospital in the region with a special cancer unit.
- • It is being closed for political reasons, not genuine economic ones.
Try to include as many as possible of these linking words and phrases:
Possible Answer
Dear Editor,
With reference to the article in your newspaper about the closure of Newton Hospital, I would like
to express my strong opposition to the proposal, for the following reasons. Firstly, the nearest other
hospital is 50 kilometres away. Secondly, 200 people work at the hospital and they will lose their
jobs and the whole region will suffer, that is to say the hospital makes an important contribution to
the local economy. Finally, it is the only hospital in the region with a special cancer unit. But leaving
aside the economic and medical questions, the hospital is obviously being closed for political
reasons, and this is quite wrong.
To sum up, the closure of our hospital would be a disaster both for the people and for the economy
of this region.
Yours sincerely,
Anna Green
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