Host Family Letter

Hallo Zusammen,
ich habe hier einen Brief an meine bisher noch unbekannte Gastfamilie geschrieben.
Es wäre nett wenn ihr ihn euch durchlesen könntet und mirverbesserungsvorschläge senden könntet.
Schonmal danke im vorrraus!!

Dear Host Family,

Before you read this letter I want to say “Thank You!” because you giving me the chance to live in another country for one year. It’s really nice of you to host a person who is interested in your country.

Now I will give you a first impression of who I am. My name is Timo Wörner and I am 15 years old. I live with my family in a house in a village called Ditzingen, it’s a little town near Stuttgart (maybe you know the city) in southern Germany.

My family is: my mom Brigitte (53), my dad Siegfried (53), my big brother Till (18), my little brother Nils (12) and of course our he-cat Tarzan (9).
My mum is housewife so she is most of time at home, my father works as organization programmer at a health-insurace fund.
My brother, who already is out of school, is doing an apprenteship as industrial clerk.
My little brother and I are still going to school, but in different ones.
Our he-cat Tarzan is a really sweet kitten and he is really important for me.

Our family is a really nice one. We sometimes do something together like going in the theater, to the cinema, or just sitting together at the table…
Sundays the men in the house are cooking which my mother does during the week.
In my parents’ free time my father do African music and karate, my mother sometimes do Tai-Chi.
Till do karate with my father too but most time he is not at home because he has got school and must work 8 hours a day.
Saturdays we usually watch a film together because we don’t have a TV.
But for us that’s no problem because we use to do other different thinks which are fun too.
We also travel together and I like it very much to see something different and new. l like the feeling to be somewhere you don’t know.
When my brother or I got a prelude (my brother Nils plays transverse flute) or a handball match my the family usually go with us and aid us.

At the moment I’m in 9th grade. In my school I have many subjects like Spanish, English, French, German, Maths, Biology, Geography, History, Sports, Music, Physics, Chemistry,…
But my favorite subjects are Sports and English. As well I find Physics and Chemistry interesting.
Most of my teachers are nice and I do have many friends in my school.
I am really looking forward to get to know another school system.
In my free time I like doing sports and playing music or meeting my friends who most live in the same village as I do.
I’m member of the local Handball Club and I like playing with my teammates. Last year we were second place in our league.
Also I do play in the local symphony orchestra with my violin.
I play violin since 7 years and piano since half a year. I also can play C flute.
I’m not only interested in classical music, I also listen to modern music.
Besides I am a lifeguard since 4 years, I have already the symbol silver.
I also juggle since 5 years and it’s great fun to learn more and more and my friends and I had already a few performances.
I like to read books too and I can read for hours when I have a good book.

I want to live in another country for one year because I am interested in other countries, cultures and languages. I want to meet new people and get to know other lifestyles and I want to learn the English language perfectly.
I love traveling too and I want to see more of the world.

Thank you for spending time reading this letter and I’m looking forward to meet you.

Yours sincerely
Timo

also am anfang hast du öfters mal anstatt does nur do geschrieben, („my fathers do african musc…“) müsste does heißen,

und im ersten satz hast du ein „are“ vergessen, vor „giving“

ich weiß ja nicht bei welches orga du bist, aber bei meiner haben die ausdrücklich gesagt, dass man nicht den nachnamen, oder die stadt sagen in der man wohnt sagen soll .

und das mit dem „he-cat“ … ich würd entweder einfach nur cat sagen, weil es nicht sooooo wichtig ist ob es nun eine männliche oder weibliche katze ist, finde ich. und wenn du das aber unbedingt erwähnen willst dann würd ich einfach „male cat“ schreiben :slight_smile:

ehm, und das mit dem lifeguard. so wie du das geschrieben hast, heißt das das du seit dem du 4 jahre alt bist ein lifeguard bist… wenn du sagen wolltest dass du seit vier jahren lifeguard bist dann würd ich schreiben „I’m a lifeguard since i was 11 years old“ oder " I’m a lifeguard for 4 years now"
das gleiche würd ich auch bei der sache mit dem juggeln, und mit dem violin spielen machen.

ich hoffe du hast immer verstanden was ich meinte :smiley:
Liebe Grüße :slight_smile: