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🇺🇸 English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Owning a sending mistake

Ana sent partners an old time and calls to fix it before it spreads, and learns to correct a mistake directly and take ownership of the corrective action. Say Carla I sent you the wrong time this morning the correct start is nine not ten, I already forwarded it to twelve families, I was afraid of that to put this right I'll write to the twelve myself, you don't have their emails, then I'll write the message and you forward it with my name on it, your name, my mistake my name, that's unusual, it's quicker than being unusual on Saturday at nine with no one there, send it.

Audio instruction: Brazilian Portuguese

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THE STORY

On the phone with Carla, Ana corrects a wrong time she sent herself, before twelve families arrive an hour late on Saturday.

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Carla, I sent you the wrong time this morning. The correct start is nine, not ten.KÁR-la, ai sént iú tha róng táim this MÓR-ning. tha ko-RÉKT start iz náin, nót ténCarla, I sent you the wrong time this morning. The correct start is nine, not ten.
I already forwarded it to twelve families.ai ól-RÉ-di FÓR-uar-ded it tu tuélv FÉ-mi-lizI already forwarded it to twelve families.
I was afraid of that. To put this right, I'll write to the twelve myself.ai uóz a-FRÊID ov thét. tu put this ráit, áil ráit tu tha tuélv mai-SÉLFI was afraid of that. To put this right, I'll write to the twelve myself.
You don't have their emails.iú dôunt rév thér Í-meilzYou don't have their emails.
Then I'll write the message and you forward it, with my name on it.then áil ráit tha MÉ-sidj end iú FÓR-uard it, uíth mai nêim on itThen I'll write the message and you forward it, with my name on it.
Your name?iór nêimYour name?
My mistake, my name.mai mis-TÊIK, mai nêimMy mistake, my name.
That's unusual.théts ân-IÚ-ju-alThat's unusual.
It's quicker than being unusual on Saturday at nine with no one there.its KUÍ-ker then BÍ-ing ân-IÚ-ju-al on SÉ-ter-dei et náin uíth nôu uân thérIt's quicker than being unusual on Saturday at nine with no one there.
Send it.sénd itSend it.