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1 Writing: An e-mail to the editor After having read Peter Taylor’s article in The Sunday Times (see pages 12–13), you decide to write an email to the editor of that newspaper in order to voice your views. In your e-mail to the editor you should: • outline a personal estimation whether lasting peace in Northern Ireland has a chance • discuss an example to illustrate your point • make further suggestions for a successful peace process Write around 250 words . 1 Reading: Ireland 25 years ago and today Read the text about Paul Clements’ travel experiences. Some parts are missing. Choose the correct part (A–H) for each gap (1–5). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 2 Can express […] views effectively in writing, and relate to those of others. (B2) In 1991 Paul Clements hitchhiked the Irish coastline for his first travel book – 25 years on, he retraced his steps for a new book based on a journey along the Wild Atlantic Way. A quarter century has passed since I hoped for the best on a month-long hitchhike of the coast in June 1991 which turned out to be the wettest on record. After lonely hours and days spent waiting for lifts in the howling wind and rain, I questioned my sanity. Gradually people started to pick me up, telling me their stories, … 0 . Two years later, Irish Shores: A Journey Round the Rim of Ireland was released on an unsuspecting reading public. For my meandering journey in 2015, from Malin Head to Kinsale, … 1 . At first appearance the physical face of the countryside with its rich, green farmland, shape-shifting light, wide skies and seascapes in harmony is essentially the same. But the landscape, which was clutter-free apart from pylons, is now swathed with wind turbines which have denatured the countryside. Several hundred of these towering superstructures are scattered across the hills as the wind energy industry strives to meet EU emissions targets. Many parts of the west coast have also been infested with holiday homes and bungalows, twice as big and twice as numerous, … 2 . In 1991 the “Kerry brand” consisted of an unspoilt landscape and clean environment, but the situation has changed dramatically since then. In the boom years, between 2002 and 2007, a staggering 17,600 homes were built in Kerry alone; 7,600 of these were one-off houses in the countryside. Between 2007 and 2012, … 3 and one of the most significant social shifts has been from drinking in pubs to at home. Those pubs which survived reinvented themselves, serving food along with rolling news and sports coverage on monster 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 18 Ireland Check-out Now you can • Give an overview of Ireland’s history and geography. • Analyse and interpret Irish poetry and song lyrics. • Write a new scene for a film script. • Write a film review. • Avoid mistakes caused by wrong spelling. • Use apostrophes and the possessive case correctly. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv