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C1 Examination for Goethe-Institute in wrirting expressions (65 minutes) Today  many people write emails as a means of communication. What advantages and disadvantages of emails do you see when you compare them to writing a letter? State your thoughts, considering following 4 points. 1. Examples for email (Your personal experiences) 2. Meaning of email in your coutry 3. Argument for these communications 4. Your personal opinion A large amount of people write more email than a letter these days in Japan. I find the means of email totally modern. Thanks to Microsoft Corp. personal comupters developed dramatically in 1990s. The advantages of email are simple, fast and free of charges. Furthermore adresees can pick up your email anytime he likes without wasting his important time. Here I'd like to show you examples. I used to write emails to an American. About 10 minutes later I got an answer from him. It was surprising that I was able to receive it so fast. I could have r

Good morning, everyone. Today I'd like to talk about my memory of New Year Holidays in my  childhood, in Koenji, Tokyo. One the Eve of New Year, my mother bought a pine tree and decorated the front door of our house with it. When the wall-clock hit 12:00 O'clock midnight, I ate "over the year noodles" with my family, hearing temples' bell ringig 108 times. On the first day of January we ate for breakfast  Ozoni made of Bonito's soup, a rectangular shaped rice cake and various vegetables. My mother cooked the best Ozoni in my life. After breakfast I went outside to see Aki-Chan, my best friend in the neighborhood. We went to an elementary school nearby. On the school ground we flew kites high up in the sky. Then we dropped in Aki-chan's house where we played various games together, for example a banker's game, a baseball game produced by Epox Company. We had lots of fun. During the course of time Aki-chan went to Gakushuin school while I went to S

Hello everyone! Today I'd like to introduce to you a book entitled "Seduction". It was written by an Austrian author by the name of Marlene Streeuwitz. She was born in Viena in 1950. At a university she studied law, slavish and cultural history. After graduation she worked as a film director and pesided over theater performances and TV dramas. I decided to read this novel, because Goethe-Institute recommended that those who take intitute's C2 examination should read the book beforehand and write a review of the book during the examination. The main character is a 30-year-old young woman named Helene Gebhradt, who is a single mother. For she married Greror in her early 20s. But soon he walked out on her because of his secretary. Therefore Helene had to take care of thier small daughters, Barbara and Katharina, while she worked for a PR company to get a salary. At the same time she was always looking for right guys to satisfy her sexual desire. She had a best friend