XVIII. This paragraph from a personal letter needs punctuation. Read it first for general meaning.
Perhaps Gail has told you about the new man in my life Paul Schleger sometimes I cant quite believe that there is really Someone in the world like him of course the problem is that he's may be moving back to Brisbane while I am in Brisbane Now but moving to Perth why is love always so difficult.
XIX. Choose two or three of the situations and write the letters. Make them realistic by including personal details of your current activities.
a) You have just received some photos from a friend who visited you last month. You write a letter of thanks and tell your friend briefly what has happened in you life since then.
b) You have just heard that a friend is getting married. You write a letter of congratulations and tell him or her some news.
c) Years ago you met and traveled with a person from another country. Suddenly you receive a letter from him/her, telling you that he or she is coming to live in Australia. You write a letter back and include some advice for your friend's first days in the country.
d) You have just moved from another city. You are missing some close friends you had there. You write a letter telling them how you feel and describing your first few weeks in your new city.
e) You are planning a trip to another part of the country. You write to some friends who live there, telling them of the trip and expressing your wish to see them.
f) You received a letter from your parents telling you about a friend's sickness. You write to the friend and include some news of your family and of your activities.
g) It is a friend's birthday. You send your birthday wishes in a letter which includes your news of the year.
h) A family member has gone to live overseas for a year. He or she has been gone for four months now and you have not had a letter. You are rather annoyed and so you write a letter.
i) Some friends have written to invite you to spend the holidays with them. You write back expressing your thanks and telling them whether or not you can go.
j) Someone has sent you a gift for your birthday. You write a letter of thanks and tell them about your birthday celebration.
h) Is there a personal letter you need to write at the moment? If so, write it now!
i) Some friends have written to invite you to spend the holidays with them. You write back expressing your thanks and telling them whether or not you can go.
j) Someone has sent you a gift for your birthday. You write a letter of thanks and tell them about your birthday celebration.
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k) Is there a personal letter you need to write at the moment? If so, write it now!
TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION
Part I
Surreal case of the Dalí images and a battle over artistic licence
Glasgow issues legal threats to stop poster firms and rock band illegally copying prized painting
For more than half a century, Salvador Dalí's dark and dramatic rendering of Christ's crucifixion has been regarded as his finest religious painting, attracting millions of visitors to an apparently modest municipal art gallery in Glasgow.
But now, 57 years after being bought direct from the artist by Glasgow's city fathers, the painting is at the centre of a legal investigation which may yet snare a death metal band from Alsace in France, ashtray manufacturers, and poster-makers in the US, Britain, Italy and Spain.
The council believes it has been losing tens of thousands of pounds in unpaid licensing fees and royalties a year from unauthorised copies of Christ of St John of the Cross, which was bought for £8,200 and now valued at more than £60m.
Lawyers acting for Glasgow city council have drawn up a hit-list of 50 companies, manufacturers and artists selling hand-painted copies, who are suspected of illegally copying it. Warnings have been issued to 25 firms and individuals across the world - some wrongly claiming to have the council's permission to reuse the image - to "cease and desist" or face legal action.
After intellectual property experts at Burness, the Glasgow-based law firm hired by the council, have finished with the largest suppliers of unapproved copies, the French rock band Mercyless may be next in line. The band's 1992 album Abject Offering, which features such tracks as Unformed Tumours and Burned at the Stake, has a cropped version of the painting on its cover. A council spokesman said the band was refused permission to use the painting but claimed on the album cover it was authorised to do so.
Colin Hulme, the intellectual property lawyer handling the case for the council, said their initial investigations had found that a handful of printing firms were responsible for a large proportion of the illicit copies. They may be asked or forced to repay royalties going back some years, he said.
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Some firms even claimed to have authority to reprint Christ of St John of the Cross from the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in Figueres, Spain, which oversees copyright for most Dalí works. But that claim was firmly denied yesterday by a spokeswoman for the foundation. "It's a very rare case that Dalí sold the work and the rights," she said. "But I can confirm that the owner of the painting does also own the copyright."
From The Times
January 28, 2009
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