ePracticeSpeakingPractice:Insmallgroups,talkaboutthefollowing.Doyouthinkweshouldworktoliveorlivetowork?Whatdoyouthinkisthedifferencebetweenhardworkersandworkaholics?Whatshouldwedoinordertomaintainaproperwork-lifebalance?PracticalWritingWriteALetterofCondolenceorSympathyThebestcondolenceorsympathylettersarelikeconversationsyouwouldhavetothefamily,onlyinwrittenform.Thelettersareusuallyhandwritten,underonepageinlengthandaresentpromptly. Theycanbeaddressedtothepersoninthefamilyyoufeeltheclosestto,ortothefamilyasawhole. Awellstructuredcondolenceorsympathyletterusuallyhassevenparts:1)Acknowledgetheloss. 2) Expressyoursympathy. 3) Notethespecialqualitiesofthedeceasedyouadmiredorappreciated.4)Recountamemoryaboutthedeceased.5)Offerassistance.6)Closewithathoughtfulwordorphrase.7)Theendingandsignoff.