“I’ll make the tea,” he said.
Mrs. Carmo smiled and sat across from him. “When I was young,” she said, “I had a Laser B1 Student’s Book too. Same blue cover. Same impossible page 39.”
Marco had been staring at the same page for forty minutes. Page 39 of the Laser B1 Student’s Book . The grammar exercise stared back, half-finished, like an accusation.
“I’ll make the tea,” he said.
Mrs. Carmo smiled and sat across from him. “When I was young,” she said, “I had a Laser B1 Student’s Book too. Same blue cover. Same impossible page 39.”
Marco had been staring at the same page for forty minutes. Page 39 of the Laser B1 Student’s Book . The grammar exercise stared back, half-finished, like an accusation.