Letters / A letter for a penfriend in Australia to tell her about my last journey. [3]

Test 1- This is a letter I received from Mary

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"I've just got back from Australia-it was a 27-hour flight.
Tell me about the longest journey you've ever made. Where did you go? How did you travel? What was the journey like?"

Dear Mary,
I am so thankful that you came home safe and sound. It has been a long time since I received your last poster in Paris two years ago. Therefore, receiving your lovely letter from a very far distance brightened up my day.

As usual, I had nearly two months off in the summer as students had finished the first semester of the school year. Hence, some of my colleagues and I made a journey to Son Dong cave from my hometown, BD. In the beginning, my husband, Vuong, suggested going there by coach but I preferred traveling by motorbikes because moving a far distance on public means of transportation makes me feel nervous. Finally, we all agreed that when moving there by motorbikes we could break our journey somewhere easily. On the way heading towards Son Dong, we stopped by many places to enjoy local specialties and landmarks such as Dragon bridge in Danang, Hue citadel, and Huon River in Hue city. After 3 days of riding and resting, we came to our last destination and hardly believed in our eyes because the cave was so wild, rocky, and enormous. It was hard to go into it without the help of the cave managers who gave each of us a light. After climbing inside the cave, our mouths fell open because there are no words to describe exactly the spectacular scenery above and in front of us. I was quite pleased with the ten-day journey which brought us many sweet memories and travel experiences. I consider it the best journey I've ever made before. I am so proud of what nature mother has given to my country. Should you have free time, come to visit me, and surely, I will take you there.

Writing Feedback / Natural Resources - Explain a situation, using specific reasons and examples [3]

Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests, animals or clean water.

Choose one resource that is disappearing and explain why it needs to be saved.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. (250 words)

There is a considerable decrease in natural resources such as animals, forests, and clean water nowadays. This essay elaborates on the importance of forests which need urgent protection from people around the world.

First, we consider forests as air filters which function like the Earth' lungs. Leaves of the trees take carbon dioxide in the air, sunlight and water to produce nutrition during the process of photosynthesis in which oxygen, a necessary chemical element for all living things, is released into the air. As the results, the atmosphere becomes cleaner and fresher with more oxygen and less carbon dioxide.

Second, forests play a vital role in reducing floods and landslides. Roots of trees, bushes and grass help to stop or slow water flows. Thanks to forests, fatal floods are in control, so death rate is low. Similarity trees and bushes help stabilize soil layers that helps to eliminate landslides, which are very dangerous for people and animals.

Lastly, forests are the safest habitats for many flora and fauna. If people keep destroying them for any reasons, there would be no home grounds for wild animals and plants. In Vietnam, forests have been being destroyed seriously in mountainous regions. As the results, many rare spices such as Sumatra and one-horn rhinoceros, trunk pigs and koala have come into extinction.

In conclusion, forests bring loads of benefits to living things around the world, especially human beings. Hence, protecting and preserving the forests is necessary to save living things on the planet. (250 words)