2022年11月29日 星期二

A Letter to My Best Friend


Your best friend would like to quit college to pursue a singing or acting career. Write him/her an email (of about 250 words). In the first paragraph, you should state how you have become aware of his/her idea and understood the reasoning behind it. Your second paragraph should explain your stance with reasons.

 

Dear Chris,

 

        How’s life treating you? It has been some time since we last met up. When I saw Peter yesterday after a soccer game, he mentioned that you are seriously thinking about quitting medical school to pursue a singing career. It seems that you are under tremendous pressure at your studies and would desperately like a break. And you are hugely attracted to the idea of becoming a singer as you have a good voice and a flair for performance. Indeed you are prepared to give up your studies for this aspiration.

 

        No doubt you are musically talented. I have heard you sing and I must say I do enjoy your singing. However, it takes a lot of effort to become a singer. There have been much-publicized stories of people as talented as you are failing to make the grade and having to cope with the overwhelming disappointment of a failed journey in singing. It would be prudent for you to consider how you can really embark on a singing career, particularly how to transition from one step to another. This is particularly essential as you are already in your twenties, which can be a late start for a new singer. Any misstep can have disastrous consequences. I was also wondering if your interest in a singing career might be a means to stay away from your medical studies. If so, I suggest you think twice before deciding to quit medical school. After all, you have invested a lot in this, starting from high school when you put in extraordinary efforts to get good grades for admission to the best medical school in the country. You have always wanted to become a doctor and help the disadvantaged in society. It would be a pity if you changed course now. If you wanna a chat, I will be there.

 

Yours truly,

David

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