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}\n .chat-header h2 { font-size: 20px; }\n .message { font-size: 15px; }\n }\n\n @media (max-width: 768px) {\n .chat-header h2 { font-size: 16px; }\n .message { font-size: 14px; }\n .word-box { font-size: 15px; }\n .voice-selection select { font-size: 14px; }\n }\n <\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n \n <div class=\"menu\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-conversation\/\">Conversation<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-vocabulary\/\">Vocabulary<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-real-life\/\">Real Life<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-describing-pictures\/\">Describing Pictures<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-reading-comprehension\/\">Reading<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-listening\/\">Listening<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"image-chat-wrapper\">\n <div class=\"image-container\">\n \n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/asiacall.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/11.png\"\n alt=\"Timeline of Carole\u2019s life from 1939 to 2015\">\n <div class=\"sentence-text\">\n Look at the pictures. Ask and answer questions about Carole\u2019s life: \n Where was she born? How old was she when she did different things? What did she do in each year?\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"word-box\" class=\"word-box\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"chat-container\">\n <div class=\"chat-header\">\n <h2>Carole\u2019s Life \u2013 Speaking Practice<\/h2>\n <div class=\"loader\" id=\"synthesis-loader\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"chat-messages\" id=\"chat-messages\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"chat-input\">\n <div class=\"voice-selection\">\n <label for=\"voice-select\">Choose Voice (US \/ UK):<\/label>\n <select id=\"voice-select\" aria-label=\"Select Voice\">\n <option value=\"\">Loading voices…<\/option>\n <\/select>\n <\/div>\n <button id=\"start-btn\" class=\"send-button\" aria-label=\"Start Lesson\">Start<\/button>\n <button id=\"stop-btn\" class=\"stop-button\" aria-label=\"Stop Lesson\">Stop<\/button>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"menu\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-conversation\/\">Conversation<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-vocabulary\/\">Vocabulary<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-real-life\/\">Real Life<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-describing-pictures\/\">Describing Pictures<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-reading-comprehension\/\">Reading<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-cte.org\/robot\/life-stories-listening\/\">Listening<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n<script>\n \/\/ Rounds for each stage of Carole's life\n const rounds = [\n {\n label: \"Birth \u2013 1939\",\n year: \"1939\",\n focus: \"birth\",\n question:\n \"First, talk about Carole\u2019s birth. 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What did she do in 1958?\",\n followUp:\n \"Say where she studied and what she studied, for example: In 1958 she went to Yale University to study Business.\",\n exampleAnswer:\n \"In 1958 she went to Yale University to study Business. She was nineteen.\"\n },\n {\n label: \"University graduation and Europe \u2013 1962\",\n year: \"1962\",\n focus: \"university graduation and vacation\",\n question:\n \"Now look at the pictures from 1962. What did she do in 1962?\",\n followUp:\n \"Use two sentences, for example: She graduated from Yale in 1962. In the summer of 1962 she went on vacation to Europe.\",\n exampleAnswer:\n \"She graduated from Yale in 1962. In the summer of 1962 she went on vacation to Europe.\"\n },\n {\n label: \"Job at Ford Motor Company \u2013 1963\",\n year: \"1963\",\n focus: \"job\",\n question:\n \"What happened in 1963? 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