Describe a time you sent a message or an email but got no reply for a long time

الدرجة 6

I would like to talk about an email I sent to a music school last January and did not get a reply for a long time. I live in Valparaíso, in Chile, and I wanted to learn the guitar, so I wrote to a small school in Santiago to ask about evening lessons. My friend Camila told me the teachers there were good, so I was excited. I writeخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «wrote» about my age, my level and the days when I could go there. After one week nobody answered, and I thought they did not want a new student. I waited for three weekخطأ في صيغة الجمع، والصواب «three weeks», and every morning I checked my phone, you knowعبارة حشو مستخدمة علامةً على التردد, but there was nothing. I was very disappointedأداة تشديد وصفة بسيطتان، وهذا يحدّ من درجة الثروة اللغوية and a little angry. I did not want to look for another school because this one was near my house. Then I used the school’s website and wrote a short message in the contact form, and I also sent a message on their social media page. Two days later the teacher, Mr Rojas, answerخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «answered» me. He said sorry and told me that my first email was in his spam folder, so he did not see it. I felt very relievedأداة تشديد وصفة بسيطتان، وهذا يحدّ من درجة الثروة اللغوية, and also, erعلامة تردد طبيعية، وحشو بسيط, a little silly because I thought bad things about the school. Now I have lessons every Tuesday after work, and I am practising a song for my mother’s birthday. It teach meخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «It taught me» that if nobody answers, I must send a message in another way.

الدرجة 7

I’d like to talk about an email I sent to a music school last January that went unanswered for weeks. I live in Valparaíso, in Chile, and I wanted to learn the guitar, so I wrote to a small school in Santiago to ask about evening lessons. My friend Camila had told me the teachers there were excellent, so I was really looking forward to it. I explained my age, my level and the days when I could travel there. After a week there was still nothing, and I started to think that they weren’t interested in taking on a beginnerاستخدام دقيق للماضي في فكرة منقولة. I waited three weeks, checking my phone every morning, and honestly, I’d almost given upأداة ربط طبيعية تعبّر عن الإحباط. I felt let downتعبير بفعل مركب بدلًا من صفة بسيطة and a bit annoyed, but I didn’t want to try another school, because this one was close to my home. Eventually I tried the contact form on their website and sent a message on their social media page as well. Two days later the teacher, Mr Rojas, replied. He apologised and explained that my first email had landed in his spam folderمتلازمة لفظية طبيعية, which he only noticed by chance. I was hugely relieved, though also a little embarrassingخطأ في صيغة الصفة، والصواب «embarrassed» because I’d imagined the worst. I now have lessons every Tuesday, I’m even practising a song for my mother’s birthday, and I’ve learned to follow upفعل مركب دقيق يعني التواصل مع شخص ما مجددًا in a different way instead of to waitخطأ في صيغة الفعل، والصواب «waiting» and assuming the worst.

الدرجة 8

I’d like to talk about an email I sent to a music school last January and then heard nothing back about for weeks. I live in Valparaíso, in Chile, and I’d decided to learn the guitar, so I wrote to a small school in Santiago to ask about evening lessons, explaining my age, my level and the days when I could travel there. A friend, Camila, had told me the teachers there were excellent, so I was looking forward to it. After a week there was still no answer, and I began to suspect that they couldn’t be bothered with a beginnerعبارة اصطلاحية مع فعل مساعد مستخدم بدقة في فكرة منقولة. I waited three weeks, checking my phone every morning, and to be perfectly honest, I’d all but given upأداة ربط طبيعية مع عبارة ثابتة. I felt quietly let downظرف دقيق وصفة مركبة, though I didn’t fancy starting again with another school, since this one was close to home. In the end I tried the contact form on their website and messaged their social media page as well. Two days later the teacher, Mr Rojas, replied. He apologised and explained that my first email had ended up in his spam folderمتلازمة لفظية طبيعية, which he only discovered by chance. I was enormously relieved, if a little sheepish, because I’d jumped to conclusionsتعبير اصطلاحي دقيق يعني التسرع في الحكم about the school. I now have lessons every Tuesday, I’m even rehearsing a song for my mother’s birthday, and the experience taught me to chase things up through another channel rather than sit and assume the worstبنية مقابلة تحمل التأمل.