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Some Good News You Received by Phone

Tell me about some good news you received by telephone.
You should say: what the news was about

when you received it whether you expected to receive it and explain how you felt when you received the good news.

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  Phone call from my friend last week, let me tell you about her previous situation. • She had moved to Xiamen to find a job instead of continuing her studies like me.
  
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  She couldn't find a job: she was depressed + pessimistic.
  
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  And last week, she called me to announce she had gotten a promising job.
  
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  Finding a good position = challenging + phone allows us to communicate so fast = positive
  

Last week, I received great news from my best friend, but before I tell you about the phone call, I need to introduce the situation to you.
Two months ago, my best friend decided to move to Xiamen in order to find a job. We graduated from the same university but we followed different paths. I am planning to move to Australia to continue my studies in accounting, but she has decided to find a job and begin her career.
At first she struggled. She spent a month sending her resume to many different multinationals in order to find a job as an accountant. Unfortunately, she got almost no reply and felt quite depressed and pessimistic. A month ago, she was invited for an interview but she was only offered a very low-paying position, so she turned it down (=refused). Because she could not find anything else after a month, she finally accepted a job as a receptionist in a small company. She was not pleased and I tried hard to encourage her, but it was impossible to cheer her up.
However, last week, she called me out of the blue, to tell me that she had just been hired as the accounting manager's assistant in an American company. She was absolutely thrilled! She explained to me that she had been very lucky because one woman had taken a maternity leave and they needed someone to replace her right away. She said that the job was promising and absolutely related to her field. She sounded very enthusiastic. We talked on the phone for about 30 minutes and then, she told me she should probably hang up and share the news with her parents too. I could not believe that she had called me first, before her parents!
I think that it is very challenging to find a good job in today's modern world. The competition is tough and bosses always require experience. On the other hand, modem technology allows us to communicate with our friends and relatives so much faster than before; it is incredible! We even send text messages through the phone to wish each other a happy New Year, and my foreign English teacher told me that he learned that his friend was getting married on Facebook! Life is a bit crazy, but it is also innovative and exciting!