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 You are going away to travel for the summer. A friend will be looking after your house while you are away. Write a letter your friend. In your letter:  Say where you are going  Describe your house  Explain some of the things your friend must do to look after your house • You should write at least 150 words. • You do NOT need to write your own address.

#travel #summer #friend #house #address
In the
post war
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 period, the US, UK, and other European countries generally had
the
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 reduction in
income
inequality
.
This
 was helped by periods of full-time employment, rising real wages,
increase
 in benefits and taxes.
However
, since the early
1980’s
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 trend was perpetually in reverse causing
greater
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increase
 in
income
inequality
 which gave the invention of
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 ‘’the rich get richer and poor get poorer’’. In
this
essay
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 we will review the cause and solution to
this
 global issue. The fundamental cause of
income
inequality
 appears to be
welfare
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 and
benefit
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benefits
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system
 of a country.
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 growth of
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benefit
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benefits
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system
 in the countries like UK and
US
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the US
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 affects the real wages of
people
. Those
people
 who
lives
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 on the
benefit
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benefits
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system
 have become worse off. Other factors include
cut
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 in
income
 tax thereby
increase
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 in indirect taxes has
widen
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 the gap between rich and poor to a greater extent. Arguably globalization and economic development
depends
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 on
skilled
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labor
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 of a country. Nowadays, there
are
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 less work for unskilled
labors
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;
this
 is because jobs like manufacturing
has
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 been moved to
east
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.
This
 leads to unemployment causing
people
 to opt for low paying jobs, temporary jobs which offers little protection. The rich can
benefit
 from owning an asset like
house
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 and the asset value increases as the years go by, widening the gap between rich and poor. In order to reduce the
income
inequality
, the government have to
increase
 the minimum wage, expand the earned
income
 tax based on
income
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 level of each individual, build assets for working families who
lives
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 on
benefit
 systems, redistribute the welfare
system
 for the
people
 who have lower
income
. The government should aid private sector industries by providing benefits in their taxation to avoid relocating which in turn helps to employ unskilled
labors
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. After discussing the pertinent problems associated with increasing disparity, I felt that the only way to solve them is through joint efforts from the government, individuals, and private companies.

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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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  • Can’t speak smoothly without pauses.
  • Use simple words and lack vocabulary.
  • Feel nervous and anxious when speaking.
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