Mei's flight from Shanghai lands late in Dubai, and her connection to Nairobi has already left. Listen for how she presses the agent for a straight answer, and how he tells her things he isn't supposed to promise.
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Practice · 3 min
Record Mei's question "Pretty much full, or actually full?" Stress "pretty much" and "actually", and let your voice go up on the first half and down on the second. Play the model and compare. That rise-then-fall is how a choice question sounds when you already suspect the answer.
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