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A museum near your home is looking for people to do part-time voluntary/unpaid work. You would like to do some voluntary/unpaid work at the museum. Write a letter to the museum director to apply for the voluntary/unpaid work. In your letter - explain why you want to do voluntary/unpaid work at the museum - describe some skills and qualities you have that would be useful - give details of when you would be available for work Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to apply for
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part-time voluntary
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 the Oxford Museum. I have seen your advertisement looking for a voluntary tour guide on the university notice board. I major in history at
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Oxford College. I plan to do
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voluntary
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 summer vacation. I attended a course on
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local history
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 semester,
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, I am quite familiar with the collections in the Oxford Museum.
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, I am
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 an excellent team player, and I have experience in unpaid community service. I can speak English, Spanish and Chinese,
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 I can help people from different cultural backgrounds. With my knowledge
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 history, various experience and multilingual skills, I am pretty sure that I would be a qualified candidate for
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volutary
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voluntary
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. I would be grateful
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if you could invite
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 an interview. I am available both on weekdays and weekends during the summer vacation for
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. I hope to receive your reply soon. Yours sincerely, Ada

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