Today food often travels thousands of miles from the farm to the consumer. Some people believe it would be better for the environment and the economy if people only ate food produced by local farmers. Would the advantages of this idea outweigh the disadvantages?

Hi Louis, How are you? I hope you are doing fine. I’m writing

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letter to let you know about a recent family gathering I attended. Most families would accept that the presence of a television in the living room is more instructive and destructive of a gathering than anything else. So every weekend our extended family will go to have breakfast and coffee together at the café. My family is quite big. I have a father, mother, and brother and my grandma

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lives with us. My aunt and cousin live next door, so it’s easy to meet. At family gatherings, we often share with each other about the difficulties in life that we are facing. After listening, some members will give suggestions and solutions to the problem. In every family, there is always a black sheep. My family is the same, before my brother was quite different from the rest of the family. All the members are friendly and usually talk to each other, but he is not. It was like he had a world of his own. He didn’t talk much at that time and he didn’t talk to us often. So we always try to start a lot of conversations, share more stories and spend more time with him. A short time later, he changed and opened up to us a lot more. Family gatherings from

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my brother and cousin are still students, the topic we often talk about is stories from school and friends. As for adults, they often talk to each other about topics that I don’t understand like accounting or business. Those are my family gathering every week. How about you? If so, please let me know. Have a nice day! Yours sincerely, Luna