Grace's dad in Chicago can't find his old messages on his new phone. Listen for the moment Grace realizes the problem is real, and for the teasing at the end.
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Listen first
No text yet. Listen for who, where and what goes wrong.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
- GraceText hidden. Listen first.
- DadText hidden. Listen first.
Practice · 3 min
Record Grace's line "Right, well, it looks like he, um—okay, he didn't." Start confidently, slow down on "um," and let "he didn't" fall flat. Play the model and compare. The broken sentence tells her dad the bad news a second before the words do, which softens it.
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Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.