You have received an email from an english friend inviting you to spend christmas in england. write an email of 50 - 80 words to your friend in which you: - thank him / her for inviting you - apologise for having to turn down the invitation - explain why you cannot accept the invitation. write your email on your answer sheet.

Dear friend,

Thanks a lot for your letter. We have been friends for lots of years now and I am very grateful for your invitation. It means a lot to me. Unfortunately, I have to turn down your invitation and I am very sorry for that. My family and I are visiting our grandmother this Christmas. We planned this trip a long time ago because she lives in another country. I hope to celebrate next Christmas with you.

Best wishes,

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October 29, 1978 on the shore of the wonderful lake Imandra at the end of the avenue Zhdanov was opened a monument in honor of Monchegorsk, who died during the Great Patriotic War. The authors are the Moscow sculptor Korolev Victor Efremovich, a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, the architect - Gorelik Mark Tevelievich, the head of the architectural group of the Monchegorsk branch of the Gipronickel Institute. The monument is a 13-meter-high stele, at the foot of which there are two figures - a sailor and a soldier.

Sculptures were cast from bronze at the Mytishchi plant of art casting. The city's Komsomol organization acted as the initiator of the creation of such a monument. Komsomol members earned money to build a monument on subbotniks, listing part of their salary, handing scrap metal, waste paper and even mushrooms and berries! Many Monchegorskites followed the patriotic example of youth. The workers of the Kolstroy Trust took part in the construction of the monument, the industrial complex manufactured blocks, the Severonickel Combine - stone tiles for facing.the whole city participated in the implementation of a noble idea - to perpetuate the memory of the defenders of the Arctic. Perhaps the most magnificent monument built on the territory of Monchegorsk is dedicated to the defenders of the Arctic. It is a 13-meter stele with two figures, located at its foot - a sailor and a soldier. The monument appeared here in 1978 on the initiative of the Komsomol organization, which raised funds for its construction. The stela was created by the Moscow sculptor V. Korolev and local architect M. Gorelik.

October 29, 1978 on the shore of the wonderful lake Imandra at the end of the avenue Zhdanov was opened a monument in honor of Monchegorsk, who died during the Great Patriotic War. The authors are the Moscow sculptor Korolev Victor Efremovich, a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, the architect - Gorelik Mark Tevelievich, the head of the architectural group of the Monchegorsk branch of the Gipronickel Institute. The monument is a 13-meter-high stele, at the foot of which there are two figures - a sailor and a soldier.

Sculptures were cast from bronze at the Mytishchi plant of art casting. The city's Komsomol organization acted as the initiator of the creation of such a monument. Komsomol members earned money to build a monument on subbotniks, listing part of their salary, handing scrap metal, waste paper and even mushrooms and berries! Many Monchegorskites followed the patriotic example of youth. The workers of the Kolstroy Trust took part in the construction of the monument, the industrial complex manufactured blocks, the Severonickel Combine - stone tiles for facing.the whole city participated in the implementation of a noble idea - to perpetuate the memory of the defenders of the Arctic. Perhaps the most magnificent monument built on the territory of Monchegorsk is dedicated to the defenders of the Arctic. It is a 13-meter stele with two figures, located at its foot - a sailor and a soldier. The monument appeared here in 1978 on the initiative of the Komsomol organization, which raised funds for its construction. The stela was created by the Moscow sculptor V. Korolev and local architect M. Gorelik.