Jenny frowned. “ File 1 ? ‘Hello, what’s your name?’ I don’t need that.”
“No,” Rob said. “I mean we go back to the old way . Page 4. ‘Getting to know you.’ We talk. Face to face. No screens.” american english file 1 third edition
They sat in a circle on the floor—Jenny, Rob, Jake, and Carol. The rain hit the window. The room was quiet except for the sound of the F train in the distance. Jenny frowned
“That’s not true,” Jenny said. But she smiled a little. “I mean we go back to the old way
For a moment, nobody moved.
Jenny sat at the small kitchen table. Her laptop was open to File 8A (“I’d like to speak to the manager”). She had a test tomorrow. But she wasn’t studying. She was staring at her phone.
And for the first time all week, nobody checked their phone for an hour.