Band 8+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. You have just read an article in a national newspaper which claims that town centres in your country all look very similar to each other. You don't fully agree with this opinion. Write a letter to the editor of the newspaper. In your letter say which points in the article you agree with explain ways in which your town centre is different from most other town centres offer to give a guided tour of your town to the writer of the article

Dear Sir,

I have just read your article in a newspaper, which states that there are no striking differences between the town centres in our country. Although I partly agree with this statement, there are a few arguments that I disagree with. However, I would like to begin with the parts where my opinion coincides with yours.

First of all, if we talk about the contemporary town centres, they are generally becoming less distinguishable from each other. The fact is that the approaches to urban planning and city development are being unified, leading to the similar looks of parts of towns.

However, if we take Moscow, the city I reside in, as an example, it proves your argument wrong. Due to unique historical development, the size of the city, and physical features of the territory, Moscow has developed a city inner structure different from other cities and towns, especially in a central area. In this part of the city, there are plenty of wide avenues along with narrow streets; the architecture is also more diverse, representing many historical periods.

To convince you about my arguments provided above, I would like to offer you a guided tour across Moscow. If you are interested, please let me know.

Best regards,

Barbara