Englisch by David Clarke

Author:David Clarke
Language: deu
Format: epub
Publisher: Cornelsen Scriptor
Published: 2015-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

8.1 Leserbrief

Letter to the editor

Weil sie veröffentlicht werden könnten, verwenden auch Leserbriefe an eine Zeitung oder Ähnliches einen formellen Stil. In vielerlei Hinsicht gehören Briefe an seriöse Zeitungen zu den förmlichsten Schreiben. (➚ Gehobener Stil, S. 70)

Da sie sich normalerweise mit einem umstrittenen Tagesthema oder Zeitungsbeitrag beschäftigen, weisen sie oft die Struktur einer Argumentation auf. (➚ Argumentative Sachtexte, S. 49)

Hier ein Beispiel für einen Leserbrief:

Sir or madam – I refer to the article on animal rights in today’s edition of the Messenger. In it, you devote a great deal of space to describing the “success” of animal-rights activists in closing breeding establishments for laboratory animals. Nowhere was there a reference to the important benefits to seriously ill humans from animal experiments conducted according to high veterinary and ethical standards. I am a consultant in newborn intensive care and have worked clinically with sick newborn babies for over 20 years. Like virtually all hospitals delivering babies in developed countries, we use two life-saving treatments that would never have been discovered and developed without the use of animal experimentation: corticosteroids, given to mothers about to give birth prematurely; and surfactant, given into the lungs of premature babies whose breathing has failed. Both treatments have been instrumental in relieving much suffering and saving many lives. (…)

Dr Brian Sutton, Leeds

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