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You run the Students' Club at the university. You have received this letter from Taubenhausen Orchestra, Austria, who are interested in giving a concert on your campus.

Write a letter in reply of between 220 and 270 words to the secretary of Taubenhausen Orchestra. Write about ALL the points you have underlined with the help of the bubbles. Explain each point in a minimum of 2 clauses, one of which should include your own idea.
Do not write any dates or addresses. End your letter appropriately, without a name underneath. Avoid borrowing from the letter below.

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am glad to inform you that we would be impressed to see your orchestra at our university. Besides our staff and students, it would be great pleasure for the city of Debrecen to have you and listen to your music on this very special occasion.

A modern concert hall with excellent acoustics was opened on our campus this year, where you will hopefully enjoy giving the concert. With regard to the date of your concert, I would like to inform you that it is only the last week of June that is appropriate for us, since we are holding a Theatre Festival right before that, during the 3rd week of the month.

As for your accommodation, I highly recommend the Tisza Hotel, which is equipped with all the modern conveniences and has nice and comfortable rooms for large groups too. As far as I know, the hotel can offer you a price reduction provided that you contact them in advance.

As far as financial matters are concerned, I am not in the position to make a decision about the fee or terms of its payment. However, I will ask the person responsible for providing information. And I am sure he will be happy to discuss all this with you.

I would appreciate it if you could send me a concert programme for future reference. May I also ask you to suggest a suitable time for a telephone conference on general questions regarding your visit?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Fogalmazás - humánmodul

Write a discursive essay of between 230 and 280 words with the title: "Music: an individual pleasure or a social need?"

In your essay you should discuss ALL the points given below in some detail (in a minimum of 2 clauses) using arguments both FOR and AGAINST for each of the points. Support the arguments with your experience, examples and other relevant evidence.

in the home

at work

MUSIC - AN INDIVIDUAL PLEASURE OR A SOCIAL NEED?

in places of worship

in public places
(supermarkets, sports events and activities)

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Music: an individual pleasure or a social need?

For most human beings music is either a very important or an absolutely necessary part of their lives. It is almost impossible to live a day without hearing music somewhere. But does music exist to make us happy as individuals or is it a social concept?
In religions music probably developed as a way of helping people to focus on God (or the Gods). People used music to create a feeling that was different from normal life - music transported them to a different, more holy place. Today music is still a spiritual matter for them, but perhaps not as social as it was.
At work, from the earliest times people sang so as to feel together and to help them do tiring jobs. Even today music in factories helps take our minds off a boring task. However, today it is more typical for individual people - especially for those working with their minds - to listen to personal music over the headphones to keep them going.
Probably in ancient times music was more public - people needed to be in a group to make real music. Nowadays we can listen to music at home as a way of isolating ourselves from the world. But music still has important social functions. It entertains people in shopping centres and in airports, but it can also help the individual focus on their own feelings and needs for example during their Christmas shopping in shopping centres.
In conclusion, we can say that music started out as a social event, but its role has changed during the centuries and today it has a much more complex function satisfying both social and individual needs.

Fogalmazás - reálmodul

Write a discursive essay of between 230 and 280 words with the title: "Robots - a curse or a blessing?"

reasons for the creation of robots

science fiction

ROBOTS - A CURSE OR A BLESSING?

development of robots - social consequences

future prospects

fields of application
(domestic, industrial, scientific)

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Robots - a curse or a blessing?

Robots have been gaining more and more importance in our life. Intelligent robots, equipped with a high power computer and capable of sophisticated movements, belong to the latest generation of robots. It is still a controversial issue though, whether robots are a curse or a blessing for us.

There is doubtless a huge demand for robots in numerous fields of life, given that they can replace or even surpass human control. Household appliances, such as the microwave oven or the washing machine, can be pre-programmed to cook or wash, and thus save us considerable time and energy. Besides, modern industries could hardly survive without them, since robots are indispensable where mass production and precise but monotonous work is required. They frequently serve scientific purposes too, especially where human life is at risk, such as in space exploration missions. The reason for their creation was that these tasks cannot be performed so efficiently by other means.

However, nobody can predict accurately what direction research into robots will take. Science fiction presents plenty of alternatives, the scariest of which is the extinction of all mankind, or at least our subjection to the control of robots. Of course, this is gross exaggeration. Still the widespread application of robots has already had some unfavourable social consequences, for instance, making thousands of workers redundant.

On the whole, it is our responsibility to find the balance. In order to benefit from robots, we should use them within reasonable limits. They certainly are and will be a guarantee of high living standards. However, losing control over them might even mean the end of civilisation.