When Sarah arrived, she didn’t have a workbook. She had a dog-eared notebook and a messy bun.
"Ready to practice?" she asked, her English fluid and fast—far faster than the audio tracks on the Navigate CD-ROM. Navigate Intermediate B1 Workbook (with key)
Sarah laughed gently. "Forget page 32. If you could travel anywhere tomorrow, without a textbook, where would you go?" When Sarah arrived, she didn’t have a workbook
"I... I have done the exercises on page 32," he managed, his voice small. Sarah laughed gently
By the end of the hour, the Navigate B1 workbook was buried under two coffee cups and a plate of muffin crumbs. Leo hadn't finished Unit 4, but for the first time, he was actually navigating.
The heavy blue textbook sat on the café table, its cover reading Navigate Intermediate B1 Workbook (with key) in bold, clinical letters. For Leo, it wasn’t just a book; it was a passport.
Leo froze. He knew the grammar. He knew the difference between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple. But as he looked at the exercises he had prepared, the words felt like heavy stones in his mouth.