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The Reply
Councillor Bishop's office answers the class's emails with four polite paragraphs. Marco thinks it is a no. Lina thinks it is a maybe. Grace, who reads better than anyone, shows them it is neither, and finds the one sentence that matters, in a second email nobody expected. Season 1, Episode 8 · CELPIP Reading Part 1: Reading Correspondence.
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Three readings
Grace read the reply three times on her lunch break, sitting in the staff room of the college library with a cheese sandwich she forgot to eat.
The first time, she read it quickly, the way everyone reads an email, looking for yes or no. She did not find either.
The second time, she read it slowly, and she started to feel something she recognized from work. At the library, she answered emails from students who had lost books, broken laptops, or forgotten deadlines. She knew how to write an email that sounded helpful and promised nothing. She had written hundreds.
The third time, she took a pencil and underlined.
By the time her break was over, the email was covered in little lines and question marks, and she knew exactly what it was.
Staffel 1 · Folgen
Alle Folgen- 1Room 420 Min.
- 2The Daughter17 Min.
- 3The Missing Letter17 Min.
- 4The Voicemail16 Min.
- 5Advice for a Cousin17 Min.
- 6The Notice16 Min.
- 7Why This Room16 Min.
- 8The Reply14 Min.
- 9The Survey16 Min.
- 10On the Radio14 Min.
- 11What Happens Next16 Min.
- 12The Floor Plan13 Min.
- 13After Closing14 Min.
- 14Two Letters16 Min.
- 15The Information Session15 Min.
- 16The Goat17 Min.
- 17The Panel14 Min.
- 18Three Minutes15 Min.
- 19Two Options14 Min.
- 20Results15 Min.
