Practice English Conversation (Family life - I was robbed) Improve English Speaking Skills

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hello officer please I need your help I have been  
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stolen help me please hey relax you  need to calm down okay tell me what
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happened I was walking down the street and a man  pointed a gun at me and took away all my things
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he took my cell phone my bag my computer because I  
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had a laptop in my back he also took  my wallet I had like $10,000 there or
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more it happened some minutes ago  if we hurry I'm sure we can get him
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okay you just go home okay everything will  
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be fine don't worry go home no I  think you don't understand I was
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robbed we need to catch the thief please  he took all my money and my things
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you are not going to tell me how to  do my job sir just go home and I will  
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look for your things but you don't even  know my name how could you know who I
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am all right give me your name  and your address please hurry up
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my name is Jordan Columbus  and my address is 123 Sams
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Street okay I got it now go home  and we will contact you okay see you
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later but wouldn't the right  thing be to go to the police  
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station to make that corresponding complaint
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no that's not necessary or well you can do it  if you want the police station is over there  
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just walk for four or five blocks and then  turn left you will see the police station  
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next to the bank yeah but can't you take me  there I am old you know I can't walk much
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what you say you can't walk but  you were walking when you were
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robbed I'm starting to think that you are probably  lying sir do you know that this is a serious
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crime I am not lying it's  true I was robbed help me
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and I was walking because I went  to the bank which is in front of us
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there I want to withdraw the  money from my retirement pension
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$10,000 and then I was walking to my house I live  
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in front of the park I just  need to cross the park sir
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$10,000 that's not possible you're
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lying nobody walks around with $10,000  in their hand nowadays that doesn't make
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sense I'm starting to believe that you are  faking a robbery so they can give you $10,000
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what no of course not I  would never do something like
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that here I have the withdrawal re  if you want to see it I swear I'm not
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lying I don't know it's difficult  to believe and why did you go alone
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have you not listened to the  government's recommendations for older
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people elderly people are advised not to  withdraw money alone you have to go with a
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person I don't know your sons or daughters  or maybe one of your grandchildren
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I don't have any grandchildren sir I never had  
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Sons or daughters I got married but we  never had children my wife never could
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anyway I don't have any sons or daughters to  go with me and my wife died some years ago
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M all right but what about a friend or maybe a
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relative many of my friends also passed  away I am alone I live with my pet Bobby  
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I don't have anyone to go with me  sir that's why I had to go alone
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but I really need that money to eat  to pay for my rent and other things
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please rent do you pay rent don't  tell me you don't have your own
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house people like you I mean old people  usually have a house and it is reasonable
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because before it was much easier to buy  a house you bought it with a couple of
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dollars now everything is more expensive  it was easier when you were younger
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right I have to live in my mother-in-law's  house why because I can't afford the house
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do you know how much is a house  nowadays I went to the bank last
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week $200,000 can you believe that  I will have to pay that loan for 30
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years that's not fair you had it easier and  you tell me now that you don't have a house
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officer with all due respect that is  not important the important here is my  
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things my money my wallet my laptop I  started with that I need those things  
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please help me laptop do you know how  to use a laptop that's weird study
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I don't know everything is so weird I'll  have to arrest you for trying to deceive an
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officer what what are you talking  about please don't do it help me I  
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need your help I know I know  this Captain Captain Montes
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yeah he works near here if you ask  him he will tell you that he knows me
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please Captain montis he's not  a mere officer he is the boss  
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how can you know someone like him now  get out of here or I will arrest you
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oh my God these old people  they should be in a nursing
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home hello officer I have been told you  didn't want to help an old man with the  
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robbery that's right oh hello Captain montis  me no of course not I was about to run to  
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catch the thief all right you better start  running then unless you want to get fired
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