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16. NEW MESSAGE Hey Fran, I haven’t heard from you since you arrived in Edinburgh. How are you getting on? Is the family you’re staying with OK? What are your English classes like? Write soon! Simon Fran Romero to Simon Allen Hi Simon, sorry I haven’t written till now. Since I got here I’ve been really busy with the course and making new friends. I’m speaking English all the time and going out in the evenings with my classmates. We’re a real mix of nationalities: Chinese, Russian, Thai, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian… We all talk in English but I’m learning loads about other languages and countries too. My host family are really nice. The parents, Susan and Paul, are very friendly and kind. The children are called Lewis and Amy. They’re both in primary school and are very sweet but they can be a bit annoying too. If I have to watch the film Frozen with them one more time, I’m going to go crazy! I know all the songs by heart now. Ahhhh! We live pretty near the school so I walk there every day. It’s only a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre, and there are loads of shops and cafés there, there’s an ancient castle too and we’re going there on a school trip next week. Edinburgh is a really interesting place to be and there’s a festival on at the moment, it’s awesome but a bit expensive for us students, so we’ve been hanging out in the streets watching the free street performances from actors and musicians. Yesterday I saw a magician doing cards tricks – it was so much fun! I’ll send some photos of Edinburgh Castle next time. Take care and let me know how you are doing. Fran 1- Reproduce the mail from the point of view of Simon. 2- Who said the following and why? a) I’m going to go crazy! 3- Explain why Fran was enjoying his stay in Edinburgh so much. 4- Join the following group of sentences. You can add or omit words, of course, and make any other small changes necessary, but you should not alter the sense. One night a cow broke into Mr Bates’ garden. It walked over his flower-beds. It ate his vegetables. It did a lot of damage. The noise woke him up. He got out of bed. He chased it away.