Read the situation below and write an email in response. You have 9 minutes. You should write 80–120 words.
You recently signed up as a volunteer for a coastal citizen science project monitoring coral bleaching. However, you have not yet received your briefing pack or the schedule for the upcoming training session on reef health surveys. Write an email to the project coordinator.
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Read the situation below and write an email in response. You have 9 minutes. You should write 80–120 words.
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You are a secondary school science teacher planning a class excursion to a local public aquarium to study tidal pool biodiversity and marine invertebrates. You need specific arrangements before finalising the booking. Write an email to the education officer at the aquarium.
You and a university classmate are scheduled to conduct night patrols along a local beach to record sea turtle nesting activity for a marine ecology assignment. You need to adjust the meeting arrangements. Write an email to your classmate.
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