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LETTERS TO AUNT ANNE
I. Dear Anne, I really need your
help. At the beginning of this school year a new boy came to my school. He was shy and didn’t feel happy, so I talked to him and asked
him to sit next to me. Since then, we have become very good friends. Several
times a week, we do homework together and visit each other and at the weekend
we go to the cinema or to parties together, but a few weeks ago I noticed that my feelings for
him were changing. I now think that what started off as friendship has become
more than that. Now I like him more and more; however, I can’t really tell if he feels the same way. I
don’t know for certain if it’s OK to tell him about my feelings. What can you
recommend.
II. Dear Anne, Since I was a child I’ve never been good at physical exercise. Unlike other boys my age, I have always preferred intellectual activities such as reading or listening to music. Last year, I got a new computer for Christmas. And although at first I used it only a few hours a day, after a few weeks things got out of hand. I started chatting with people from other cities and now I chat 6 or even 10 hours a day. I can be connected to the Internet the whole night. I have stopped going out because I spend all my free time chatting and surfing. I’m sure it’s not healthy and besides, my parents get really annoyed with me. What can I do?
III. Dear Anne, Until some time ago, I believed that I was a normal 16-year old with common interests and regular social habits. I go to the gym twice a week, get good and bad grades at school just like any other kid and I love going to the mall with my friends to shop for clothes. However, I have recently noticed that when I get sad or depressed I start eating. And when it happens, I eat anything that I can find – chocolate, bread, crisps, fruit and even pickles and cold meat! Once, I ate a whole tub of ice-cream! I feel terrible every time I binge and then I get even more depressed. In the last few weeks I’ve noticed that it happens more and more often. And because I eat so much, my dresses and my school skirt don’t fit me any more. I know it’s not right, I am really worried and I don’t know what to do.
IV. Dear Anne, I decided to write to you because my parents and I are
having serious problems about the clothes I wear. Until last year I dressed in
the clothes my mother bought for me but then I started wearing baggy trousers, heavy boots and
sweatshirts which my parents hate. I also decided to cut my hair really short
and my dad nearly had a fit! He says that when he looks at me he’s not certain
if he’s looking at a boy or a girl! When I want to go out with friends my
father says I can’t because I’m not wearing the proper clothes! I love my
parents very much, so I
don’t want to make them sad or upset.
I’m a good student and I usually obey my parents, but I feel that they just
don’t understand my style.
