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Read the text and answer the questions after it. Writing Letters Everybody likes to receive a letter or an e-mail from a friend. A letter tells you that someone was thinking about you. Unlike a telephone call, you can keep a letter and read it again and again. You need to write letters too. Sometimes you want to write a letter to a friend. Sometimes you need to write a thank-you note or an invitation. Sometimes you have to write a business letter to get or to give some information. First you will learn to write informal letters and do it correctly. You may soon enjoy writing letters as much as you enjoy receiving them. You usually write informal letters to family members and friends. You may think that nowadays fewer and fewer people write letters using pen and paper. It is true that e-mail has partly replaced the traditional letter. Sending e-mails is fast and not so expensive, which makes it popular. However, an e-mail looks very much like a letter: it has more or less the same parts and the reason for writing it is very much the same — you write letters and e-mails to exchange news or just to say hello. Besides, in some situations a traditional letter may be preferable because it is warmer and more personal. Questions: 1) How often do you write traditional pen-and-paper letters? To whom do you write them? 2) Are your letters well planned or spontaneous? How long does it usually take you to write a letter? 3) Do you find letter writing easy or difficult? 4) Why do you think people say that there is an art of writing letters? 5) Do you ever write e-mails? With whom do you exchange them and how often? 6) What kind of information do you usually give in your messages? 7) Do letters and e-mail messages help you to keep in touch with your friends and family? 8) Do you think traditional letters will disappear altogether in the future? How soon will it happen if it does? Will you be sorry if people stop writing traditional letters?

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