Past Continuous conversation (Interviewing a famous actor) English Conversation Practice

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hello Thomas I see you have finished  your class can I talk to you for a
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moment good afternoon Mr Peterson  sure tell me how can I help
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you I suppose you already know about the problem  
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we had last week am I right problem  what problem no I don't know what is
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that someone broke into the school secretary's  office and stole all the money she had
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saved oh really wow I didn't know that I mean  I have heard about it but I didn't believe  
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it well that's true she says she was having  lunch at that time and she couldn't see the
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person well so far she's the only suspect in  this crime but I have to make some questions  
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to everyone in the school you know it is the  process just some formalities I need you to
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coperate of course if I can do  anything to help just let me know  
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I'm here yeah what were you doing  on Thursday at about 1 or 2 in the
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afternoon on Thursday but why do you ask  that do you really think I was the person  
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who no of course not that's impossible  but I need to ask the same questions to
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everyone I already did it with the English  teacher the math teacher and the other
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ones oh I understand on Thursday well  I suppose I was having lunch at that
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time you were having lunch and where  were you having lunch on Thursday at that
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time I was eating in my lunch  at the school cafeteria as
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usual that's weird because the school cook  says she was cooking there and from 1:  
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to 2: in the afternoon she was  helping the others to serve the
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food she says she didn't see any teacher that  day because everyone was having lunch in a  
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restaurant in a restaurant all right yeah  I remember now we were having lunch in a
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restaurant it was Anthony's birthday so we  were celebrating at that time I forgot it
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sorry yeah we were eating some delicious  plates and we were also singing Happy
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Birthday what else oh I remember we were  drinking wine but just a little don't
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worry I see so all the teachers  were were there then is that
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correct yes that's right Michael was there  he was eating a chicken salad Christal  
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was also there he wasn't eating anything  because he's on a diet that's what he told  
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me chrisy was dancing in the restaurant  can you believe it because it was like a
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Parry I wasn't dancing of course I don't  like to dance I was just sitting next to the
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table I also so Mary she wasn't drinking  wine she was drinking a bottle of
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soda Melissa and Marcus were eating  cake while Francisco was talking to a
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girl I don't remember her face  but everyone was there celebrating  
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Anthony's birthday it was funny I see  and what about the secretary was she also
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there I am not sure her name is  Linda right Linda M what did she tell
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you but you should know you were at the  party did you see her at the party or
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not um yeah of course she  was there she was singing
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too really because Linda says she was  having lunch with her mother that day  
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her mother was sick and she had to go  to the hospital so she had lunch in the
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hospital unfortunately no one can corroborate  his admission to the hospital not even her
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mother because she was sleeping  and she said she just entered the
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hospital I mean she forgot her identification  document and that's why she had to go  
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straight ahead that is why no one can  corroborate his statement what do you
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think wow who would have believed it  Linda was a thief I can't believe it  
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I don't think she's said Thief I have  worked with her for a long time and I  
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know her well she won't do something  like that she's a great person I know
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that well sometimes people are not what  they seem people lie a lot you know that
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yes but Linda said something interesting  she said you invited her out some days  
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ago and you asked her a lot of things  about the school including about the
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money it's curious you say you don't remember  her name when you two went out for dinner
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what oh Linda that Linda sure yeah we  went for dinner but it was only one  
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time we had fun and then that  was all I don't know her very
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well come on Thomas you perfectly know what  I mean you were the one who took the money
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what why would I do something like
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that you don't need to lie anymore come  on I know you took the money it was
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$10,000 but no that's not true I didn't take
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$100,000 that's right it was
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$100,000 you took
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them I know you needed the money for something  I won't tell anyone you can trust me I was  
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thinking maybe we could share that money  50 and 50 nobody will know seriously wow  
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I'm surprised all right I have the money in  my locker let's go that's all I wanted to  
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hear thank you very much for your cooperation  officer come in sir come with me please from  
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this moment on you are under arrest you have  the right to remain silent I hope you liked  
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