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Graduate Diploma Reading & Writing Session 12 Model Essays Reporting Practice. Read the essay that Mark gives you and answer the following questions: - what is the essay about? - how does the essay begin? - how does the essay end? - what is the primary source text of the essay?
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Graduate DiplomaReading & Writing Session 12Model EssaysReporting Practice
Read the essay that Mark gives you and answer the following questions:- what is the essay about? - how does the essay begin?- how does the essay end?- what is the primary source text of the essay? - what ways does the writer use to refer to their source text?- did you find the writer’s opinion anywhere in the essay?
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The following extract comes from a Guardian entitled ‘New blow for Formula One as Toyota pulls out in bid to cut costs’ by Justin McCurry, published on the 4th November 2009...
The financial challenges facing Formula One increased today after Toyota confirmed it is to withdraw from the sport in an attempt to cut costs. The Toyota president Akio Toyoda said at an emotional news conference that the company wanted to focus on its core business. The world's largest car manufacturer posted its worst ever loss in the financial year which ended in March, and is expecting the losses to continue this fiscal year.
The financial challenges facing Formula One increased today after Toyotaconfirmed it is to withdraw from the sport in an attempt to cut costs. The Toyota president Akio Toyoda said at an emotional news conference that the company wanted to focus on its core business. The world's largest car manufacturer posted its worst ever loss in the financial year which ended in March, and is expecting the losses to continue this fiscal year.
The financial challenges facing Formula One increased today after Toyota confirmed it is to withdraw from the sport in an attempt to cut costs. The Toyota president Akio Toyoda said at an emotional news conference that the company wanted to focus on its core business. The world's largest car manufacturer posted its worst ever loss in the financial year which ended in March, and is expecting the losses to continue this fiscal year. Toyoda said: "Based on the current economic environment, we realise we have no choice but to withdraw. This has been a very painful decision. I offer my deepest apologies to Toyota's many fans for not being able to achieve the results we had targeted.“ Can you summarise the second paragraph in one sentence.