Part 1: Meet the Class

On Monday morning, Jenny arrives at school early. There is a new student. His name is Marco. He is from Mexico. He is a musician. He plays the guitar in a band.

He looks under his chair, on the desk, and next to his computer. Finally, Paul says, "Rob! Look at your hand!" And yes — the keys are in Rob’s hand. Everyone laughs.

Jenny is a teacher. She works at a language school in London. She is from the UK, but her students are from all over the world: Spain, Japan, Brazil, and Poland. Every morning, she opens her red folder. Inside is her English File Elementary book. "Open your books to page 10," she says. "Today is the present simple."

She opens her folder. She writes on the board: “I am, you are, he/she/it is…”

On Saturday, Jenny doesn’t work. She gets up at 9:00 a.m. She has breakfast — toast and orange juice. Then she takes the train to the city centre. She meets her friend, Ana. Ana is a doctor. She works in a hospital.