Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

you could bring yourself
to ask your mother-in-law 
to leave? (Maybe explaining that now the children are growing up 
they need more space.)
If you think that the old lady would then be too lonely
 don’t you 
think it would be a good idea
at least to ask somebody, probably some 
of your husband’s relatives, to invite her for a couple of weeks. It would 
somehow release tension in your family and entertain the old lady. I 
realize it’s much easier to give advice than really tackle the problem, 

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but 
if I were you I’d
think of some regular house chores that would 
keep her busy. And, Jean, 
why don’t you
try to show now and then that 
you appreciate her help. However it is very important for your mother-
in-law to feel that she is needed in the house, but let her know that the 
children are your responsibility. Your husband will no doubt be grate-
ful for your effort and things will turn out for the best I hope.
b) Here four people are presented, each of whom has written about a personal 
problem. Write each a letter of advice following the example letter from an agony 
aunt above. Use the appropriate functional phrases of giving advice, accepting 
or rejecting it from the list below
1. A twenty-year-old girl who has married a man of thirty. He works 
too hard and comes home very tired and bad-tempered.
2. A twenty-five-year-old girl is a university graduate. She has met 
a man who is impatient to marry her, but she wants to finish a year’s 
post-graduate study first.
3. A thirty-five-year-old man whose wife is a business-woman with 
a very successful career. She frequently comes home from work very 
late because she has meetings.
4. A woman of sixty, who is a divorcee herself, comes to know that 
her son-in-law has committed adultery. Her daughter is still unaware 
of it.
Giving Advice
I would advise you to DO...
Personally, I think your best course would be to DO... 
(
slightly formal
)
It might be a good idea if you DID... (
tentative
)
Your best bet would be to DO...
I suggest you DO...
Why don’t/can’t you DO... (
direct
)
I think you should DO...
(If I were you) I’d DO... (
direct: informal
)