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Vocabulary
According to Wikipedia:
An international organization is an organization with an international membership, scope, or presence. There are two main types: governmental and non-governmental organizations. These pages provide facts sheets about some of these organizations.
1- Acronyms (abbreviations) of Famous International Organizations
UNESCO: United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
ICESCO: Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF: United Nations Children‘s Emergency Funds
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
WHO: World Health Organisation
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Crescent / Cross
TI: Transparency International
AI: Amnesty International
BIS: Bank for International Settlements
ILO: International Labour Organization
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
2– Some Collocations Related to International Organisations
NB: Credits for these collocations go to Mr. Bouhout Hamid
- hold a summit
- Maintain peace
- settle a dispute
- restore order
- recruit volunteers
- run a campaign
- veto a decision
- humanitarian aid
- fund-raising campaign
- emergency relief
- farewell speech
- cease fire
- financial assistance
- bilateral relations
- peace treaty
3- Other Vocabulary Related to International Organizations
Officials (persons)
- Spokesman
- deputy
- diplomat
- vice president
- commissioner
- ambassador
- secretary-general
Documents
- Charter
- resolution
- report
- declaration
- constitution
Establishment (places)
- Assembly general
- headquarters
- congress
- court
- council
Functions: Expressing Good News and Bad News
Telling Bad News
- I feel sad to tell you that…………
- I am sorry to tell you such bad news, but…………….
- I know it’s bad news, but…………….
- pull yourself together, ……………..
- I’ve got a bit of bad news to tell you……
- I have some bad news for you, ………
Telling Good News
- You won’t believe such good news, ……………….
- I have some joyful news for you, ………………
- I have some wonderful news to tell you, …………
- I’ve got a bit of good news to tell you……
Responding to Good News
- Sounds great
- My goodness
- That sounds like great news!
- Superb
- Congratulations
- Great news
- I’m glad to hear that!
- You cannot imagine how glad I am to hear such great news
- Are you kidding
- I can’t believe it
- What fantastic news!
- Really?
- Incredible
Responding to Bad News
- Sorry to hear that
- Oh, my Lord
- I’m sorry to hear such bad news.
- You cannot imagine how sad I am to hear such bad news
- Are you kidding
- I can’t believe it
- That must be terrible
- Really
Grammar: Linking Words
Linking words show logical relationships between clauses in a sentence, between sentences within a paragraph, or even between paragraphs. They may convey different ideas such as addition, contrast, concession, time, reason, result, etc.
Below are the most frequently used Linking words in Moroccan English textbooks.
Click here to see the LINKING WORDS LIST
Exercises are here:
Writing: Formal Letter
Click on the image below to see this lesson: How do You Write a Formal Letter?
thanks a lot
good luck
Very nice and useful website 😉
Writing?
Thank you
the lesson concerning writing in this unit is about writing an e-mail not a fromal letter
A formal letter to the editor or to an organization ( such as the case is unit 8) or to authorities or to a school magazine is similar to a formal email. The focus of the lesson is writing a formal letter/email: they are the same despite very few differences especially concerning addresses. At this point students should not worry much about this