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Reading for Writing 1. Read the passage for details. 2. Learn the language features and structure of a letter of advice. 3. Try to write a letter of advice. Learning Objectives Warming up 1. What problems will you face as a teenager? 2. How will you often solve the problems? Study pressure, friendship crisis, parents gap, resident adaptation, learning skills, etc. Ask teachers for help. Turn to parents for advice. Talk with friends about solution. Write letters to advisers for suggestion. … Reading Susan Luo, an adviser for teenagers, has received a letter asking for some advice. She gave a reply. The style of the letter of advice is that used by advice columns in newspapers and magazines. Most people offering advice in these columns are women, so the people who write advice columns in England have come to be known as “Agony Aunts”. In America, they are always called “advice columnists”. 1.Cultural Note 4 2.Learn the original parts of such a letter: date, greeting, body, close and signature. 1.What is Worried Friend’s problem? Worried Friend is worried about that his or her friend, Chen Lei, plays computer games too often and spends too much time online. 3.Read and discuss the questions. Perhaps the advice is useful, because it is always good to talk to a friend about his or her problems and offer advice. I would tell Chen Lei that he should spend his time more productively with an eye on his future. For example , instead of playing computer games, he could learn computer programming. He might become a great figure in that field when he’s older. 2. Do you think Ms Luo’s advice is useful? Why or why not? 3. What other kinds of advice would you give? 6 4.Further understanding 7 You wrote that you are very worried about your friend, Chen Lei. I understand quite well that you are anxious and feel terrible. You think that your friend plays computer games too often and spends too much time online. I recommend that you talk to your friend about his behaviour. It is not un