Ich habe jetzt meinen Brief an die Gastfamilie fertig und wollt ihn mal hier reinstellen und euch fragen ob er so passt oder ob ihr noch verbesserungsvorschläge habt. Außerdem können noch grammatische Fehler und so drin sein. Könnt ihr mir die dann bitte auch sagen!?
Dear host family,
First of all I want to thank you that you give me the chance to experience a country on the other part of the world. In this letter I want to tell you something about my life, my family, my personality and my friends.
I’m Caroline ****, a fifteen-year-old girl which lives with her parents and her little brother in a small village near Munich. The first time I thought about a high school year was when a friend of mine was abroud as an exchange pupil. My mother said: “That would be also your thing.” So I decided to go half a year to Australia. I choose this country because I have always admired it. Above all I love the beautiful countryside and the amazing animals. I think I will get a lot of new impressions and come home with a new personality. I want to improve my English, to become a self-reliant person and a real member of your family, because I don’t want to see Australia as a tourist. Besides, I’d like to tell you many things about Germany.
Another reason was your school system because it’s very different from ours. I like it that I can choose the subjects I want. For example, I’m very interested in debating and photography. But I don’t know if this is offered in my Australian high school. In Germany my favourite subjects are French, English and Arts.
My mum, Claudia, and my dad, Manfred, are working together for the German army as technical employees. Dad is interested in computers and my mother loves to learn foreign languages like Italian or French. Fabian, my little brother is nine years old and visits the 3rd grade. He is crazy about agriculture, technical things and other interesting topics like “How does a nuclear power station work?” Sometimes he knows more than me about a topic my class is talking about.
My other relatives like uncles, grandmothers or cousins are living far away. We only see them four times a year. However, my family is the most important part in my life. And I will miss them very much, especially my brother and my parents.
In my free time I like to play the flute. I have been practising for six years. One year ago I was a member in an orchestra but I lost. I hope I can take part in an orchestra in Australia, too, because I love the sound of all instruments together. I think it’s very amazing.
In winter I love to go skiing with my family or my friends. There is a school trip to a ski resort every year and my friends and I always take part in it. I also go on ski holidays with my family some days a year. In summer we always go on holiday to Italy on a little island near Venice.
Another hobby of mine is tennis. I have been playing for nine years. I can’t imagine to stop playing so I hope to have an opportunity to play at school in Australia. My hole family is playing tennis so it is very practical that we only need five minutes by bike to get to the court. I play tennis nearly every day in summer.
Some years ago, when all children in my tennis club were still eight or nine years we weren’t really friends but now we are like a big family. In summer we meet nearly every day and in winter every weekend. I always enjoy being with them.
I have other friends in school, too. There are Martin an Michael which are like my two older brothers I’ve never had. With Martin I can talk about everything and I like to discuss with Michael although he’s always right (sometimes I don’t think so).
There is also Stefanie who I got to know on my first skiing lesson. She was the best and I the worst. Because of this I didn’t like her. But then, some years later, we visited the same class and gradually we got to know better. Now we are best friends.
I took part in an exchange program with France two years ago when I can’t speak any French word. I went to France with an organisation of a neighbour village which had a twin town. Last year the French people were in Germany and it was much fun. Next month I will go there again and I hope that I can communicate with them very well.
I will also go to Great Britain next month with my school. It is a school trip to Broadstairs for one week. This is a town which is located on the east coast of England. It is only 100 km to London so we will go there for one day. On the other days we will see the sights of other interesting towns and go to school three or four days. There we will be teached by native speakers. I’m looking forward to go there. So you can see that I love going abroad.
Thank you for opening your home for me and for putting me up in your family.
Was schreib ich denn als „Abschlussformel“?? Yours oder love???
Ich find ihn vom inhalt eigentlich gar nicht so schlecht…was sagt ihr??
lg Caroline
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