Essay 1-01a: letter to a host family

Dear my host family

Hello. My name is Risa. I’m nineteen years old.

I like to watch movies. My favorite movie is “Pirate of the Caribbean”. I bought the DVD of this movie. I also like animals. I especially like cats. I have two cats. Do you have any pets? If you have pets, I’m glad and I want to meet them early.

I like sweets and fried chicken but I don’t like mushrooms and spicy foods. In my childhood, I didn’t like vegetables and I couldn’t eat them but nowadays I also eat vegetables. However, I don’t like any vegetables now. For example, green pepper and broccoli.

My family has five people and I have two sisters. One is three years older than me and other is six years younger. How many people do you have in your family?

I like shopping too. But this is the first time that I go to America. So I don’t know which goods are good or not. I also want to buy some souvenirs for my family and friends. Can you recommend something good gift or sweets and snacks? Please help me to buy souvenirs.

Recently I’m interested in cooking and I learned some recipes from my mother. When I go to your home, can you help your cooking and learn some easy cooking? I’ve started to learn cooking since only a month ago, so that I’m not good at cooking. But I hope I can learn at least one recipe.

I’m looking forward to seeing you.

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