(1) A letter is requesting a donation of water bottles from a water company for a walkathon event to raise money for UNICEF. (2) The school has a relationship with the water company as the sole supplier of bottled water and water dispensers. (3) The walkathon will be held on March 26th from 9am to 2pm starting at St. Patrick's School with 245 students participating.

1. Second Term Test Paper 2 – Listening and Integrated Skills

2. Task 5 (10 marks) Read the instruction – A letter of request for donations of water bottles!!! I am writing on behalf of … We have planned … a five-hour walkathon on 26 March 2010, from 9 am until 2 pm, starting from St.Patrick’s School.

3. Task 6 (20 marks) I also think that is important to help you understand a bit about East Timor and why the children there need your help. East Timor … It’s been another year at … I would like to tell you a bit about UNICEF. UNICEF…

4. We hope that you can … The money that is raised will be used … Marks 2 4 6 8 10 0-5 Style & Format 0-5 Language Points 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13 Task Fulfillment

5. Task 5 (Sample) I am writing on behalf of St. Patrick’s School. As you know, we have had a mutual relationship so far and (1) we sell only Spring Water Company bottled water in our cafeteria , and (2) all water dispensers used in school are from your company . Therefore, at this time, I am writing to request a donation from your company.

6. Task 5 (Con’t) We have planned (3, 4, 5) a five-hour walkathon on 26 March 2010, from 9 am until 2 pm, starting from St. Patrick’s School. (6) All donations raised will be going to UNICEF . (7) There will be 245 students taking part in the event . (8) We hope that Spring Water can donate one bottle of water to each student for the walkathon. I hope we will receive a favourable reply from you. Thank you very much.

7. Task 6 (Sample) (1) It’s been another great year at St. Patrick’s. Students have been progressing well academically as well as developing their athletic, artistic, social and organisational skills. We believe in an all-round education at St. Patrick’s. ( DF 2: A note to Mr Lewis from Mrs Moore )

8. Task 6 (Con’t) With this in mind, we will be organising two charity events to raise money for UNICEF, (2)the United Nations Children's Fund . UNICEF consists of (3) over 7,000 people (4) in 157 countries around the world. One area of concern is East Timor, (5) one of the world’s poorest countries . It has a (6) population of 924,000 people ,

9. Task 6 (Con’t) …of which (7) 184,000 of these are children under the age of 5 , and of these children, (8) almost half of them (46%) are underweight . Furthermore, (9) 88 out of every 1000 infants die at birth , mostly due to causes that could have been prevented.

10. Task 6 (Con’t) UNICEF has organised the (10) “Friends of UNICEF” donation programme to help these East Timorese children, and (11) this offers the best start to these children’s lives . With a donation of (12) HK$1200, 166 children can be given full doses of Vitamin A for one year . (13) This can help prevent blindness and resist disease .

11. Task 6 (Style & Format) We hope you will contribute financially to this worthy cause. Yours sincerely, Joanna Cheung Students Committee