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Working with official documents
Textbook: pp. 147–148
GoalWork on official papers: application, reference, certificate, power of attorney.
New words
application · arizareference letter · tavsifnomacertificate · ma’lumotnomapower of attorney · ishonchnoma
Explanation
Official papers are written in an official style. An application is a document written to a higher office with a request or purpose. A reference letter describes a person's activity and qualities. A certificate gives official information about some fact. A power of attorney confirms entrusting some matter to another person. Each document has to whom, from whom, content, date and signature. In official papers sentences must be exact, short and spelled without errors.
Worked examples
To the school director, from Vali Aliyev, a 7th-grade pupil: APPLICATION — with the text of the request and a date.
Certificate: This document confirms that Dilnoza Karimova studies in the 7th grade.
Class activity
Writing an application: write one to the school director asking permission, and a classmate checks its structure.
Practice
1
What is an application?
A document written to a higher office with a request.
2
What does a reference letter give?
It describes a person's activity and qualities.
3
What kind of document is a power of attorney and why is it written?
An official paper; to confirm entrusting a matter to another person.
4
Why must official papers be free of spelling errors?
Because an official document must be exact and reliable.