PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 32 MINUTES
What Sao Paulo Doesn't Have
Tuesday the eighth of April, twenty thirty-one, the office by the river, in the Northeast. Larissa has an offer from Sao Paulo, more money, the thing she said at her interview that everyone good ends up doing, and she gives Daniel a week. He can't match the money and says so; what he offers in return is a senior title, December, and the one thing Sao Paulo doesn't have. Edson abstains. Larissa's answer takes the whole day and comes with a condition of her own, and Fernanda approves it in six minutes. At eight, on video, Alice, sixteen months, says daddy for the first time, to a phone screen. Say "I can't pay what Sao Paulo pays", "in return, I offer what Sao Paulo doesn't have", "I'll give up Sao Paulo, but I'm not giving up the raise" and "to a phone screen, but she said it".
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THE STORY
Tuesday the eighth of April, twenty thirty-one, nine in the morning, the office by the river, in the Northeast. Larissa closes the door and doesn't sit down. She has an offer from Sao Paulo, more money, a lot more, and she gives Daniel a week. He can't match the money, and says what he can offer instead. Edson, at his desk, abstains. At six, Larissa's answer, with a condition of her own. At eight, on video from Botafogo, Alice, sixteen months, says her fourth word, the one for her father, to a phone screen. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.
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