Accident To the manager of landlord, My name is Danilo Martins and I was about to move to the apartment 156B, in the next month. I am very excited to move in and finally leave my parents’ house. I have just started my university and can’t study so much living with parents due to some personal problem (noisy). But, however, a very bad thing just happened to me. On my way back home at the day before yesterday, I was riding my motorcycle when all of sudden a car cross the road and I unfortunately ran into him. Now I am at the hospital. I broke my leg in two parts and I will have to stay with my family for three more months. Given that, I wonder if we can postpone the date to move in. According to the doctor, in two months I will be able to walk again. So I think that in three months I can move in. Please, let me know if we can postargate the renting. I am very looking forward to hearing back from you. Regards, Danilo Martins

Crime - IELTS Crime rates has been increasing a lot during the 20 years and one of the main reasons for such event is due to high poverty and the lack of education. Several studies has found that one of the ways to solve this problem is increasing the competitiveness and improving the current system education. A high poverty in the society make the natural human instinct to survive speak louder, which it means to do what is necessary to improve his own condition. In addition, due to the lack of education and more specialized skills, a person in needed is more likely to find illegal and faster manners to solve such a problem, as committing crimes. A more competitive environment would if not solve the problem, deeply decrease it. Such environment can be reached by reducing the inequality among people, with financial supports for those with less opportunity in life. Also, investing in education and make it accessible for those not so fortunate, will turn a population with more better options to improve the quality of their lives and so that there will not be the necessity to appeal to illegal ways. Finally, although it well known that crime rates has increased over time, it is also known what to do to solve the problem. It is not an easy duty, but with the correct investment of the government in order to reduce the poverty and improve our system education, such problem can be resolved or reduced, and also it will end up in a more reach society and country, leading the other consequent improvements.

IETLS - Simulation Dear James, My name is Danilo Martins and I contracted your service to help me out to find an intensive specialization course and accommodation. The course is paid by my own and I expect to get the most out of this studies. But in order to achieve this, I need a comfortable environment to be able to focus on the matter of my course. I arrived 3 days ago and my course started right away. The accommodation is not bad, it is close to the school, the neighborhood is calm, they offered breakfast and there is a good restaurant nearby with a reasonable price. However, a big issue is making my goal harder to achieve. When I contracted your service I did let you know that I needed a bedroom not so soft due to my backbone problem. Without a bedroom like this, my spine pains all day long and so that I can’t concentrate as much as I wish. I have already talked to the owner of the hotel but he said all bedroom are the same and so that they can’t do anything. Given that, I wonder if you could move my accommodation to the hotel in the opposite side of the street. I already checked with them and they have the bedroom that I need to my back. I am counting on you and I am looking forward to hearing back. Thank you in advance, Danilo Martins

Part-time job - IELTS Dear Sir, My name is Danilo, I am a student in Harvard University. I am currently looking for a part-time job in this summer in order to complement my parents financial support. Given that, I wonder if there is any opportunity in your football club? I am a very communicative person and I know how to host people. I also love football, so I will be more than excited to take part of your staff. Besides that, I can also help with administrative tasks as well, since I have already done this type of job in my father’s company. In case you are interested in hire me, I will be available of the whole summer, from June 15th to July 30th. As I will be on vacations, I will be available any time you need and I could work for around 8 hours a day. Looking forward to your answer and please let me know if you need any further information Your sincerely, Danilo

Getting a part-time job You have seen an advertisement in an English newspaper for a job working in the City Museum shop during the holidays. You decide to apply for the job. Write a letter to the director of the Museum. In your letter: - introduce yourself - explain what experience and special skills you have - explain why you are interested in the job To the director of City Museum This is Danilo and I have seen an advertisement in Montreal News about an opportunity to work in City Museum. I am currently doing my colleague and I think I can be the right person for this spot during the holidays. I have already worked in an amusing park and I know very well how to host adults and children visitors. I can also help the museum out with some administrative task, as accounting, payments of bills and so on. The reason I am reaching you out is because I can’t get a full-time job due to my studies. And as I can’t totally depend on my parents, it would be very good to make some money during this period and I promise you I will do my best in case you accept me as a new employee. I look forward to hearing from you back. Yours sincerely, Danilo Pacheco Martins

Too bad if I make a joke at the IELTS speaking? I was practicing the speaking part of IELTS with my wife and I asked the following question: What do you find most interesting about your course? And so she answered "the bar in front of my university"... and so after she said it was just a joke and did the correct answer. What do you think it would have happened if she had said this to the examiner?

Construction To the management of R2, I am writing to you regarding an emergent matter. R2 has been working on my property since the beginning of this year and some serious problems has been taken place. Please, allow me to describe the situation. I have been assisting the construction of my house and I notice some issues that let me very worried. I measured the size of the gate and it has only 3 meters of length and according to our contract it was supposed to have 5 meters. Besides that, the sidewalk doesn't have the same patterns of the neighbor’s houses, which I think it’ll point out my house in a improper way. Another point I would like to chime in is that it looks like the construction is not going to be ready until the due date. There is only 3 more months to finish the constructions and the roof there even hasn’t been built. Given such scenario, I expect immediate action to be taken on your side to resolve this problem. When I signed the contract R2 told me that everything would go on as agreed and I am very sure I can trust in this company. Looking forward to hearing back from you soon, Danilo

Job abroad Hi there, The idea of this text is to write a letter to a friend who lives abroad, in a country where I plan to study and get a part-time job. For this letter, I must give details of my study plans, explain why I want to get a part-time job and suggest how my friend could help me find a job. Please, fell free to suggest some changes to make the letter better. Thank you in advance. Hi John, I hope this letter find you well. As you already know, I’m intending to study abroad and after some searching, I came to the conclusion that the country you live is the best one for me. My plan is to get some experience abroad in my area of working and also take the opportunity to practice my English. So in order to get the most advantage of the plan, I think the best approach is to also get a part-time job in my area together with some technical course. Due to that, I wonder if there is any possibility you to recommend me in the company you work for. Is it possible? You already know me very well, know my strength and weakness, I’m pretty sure I can be very helpful. I can’t wait to arrive there and catch up with you. Regards, Danilo.