Family life conversation (My son is addicted to the phone.) English Conversation Practice

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seriously but how could he do that he's crazy
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no no I'm in my room are you kidding
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morning Robert your mom says breakfast  is served on the table are you coming
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00:30
what that's not what I said you  can't tell her that you'll be lying
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what Robert I'm talking to you  breakfast is ready come downstairs
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oh hi Dad all right I'll be  there in a minute thank you
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01:00
okay son we'll be waiting for you  your mom cooked delicious pancakes
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01:10
what no I'm gonna call Patricia to  tell her we are not going to her party
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01:19
because I prefer to stay here at home  playing online games it will be fun
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01:29
computer now nowadays a computer is  not necessary we have a smartphone
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01:39
yeah that bought this last generation  smartphone for me it has everything
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01:49
video call sure wait a minute I will  call Sebastian and Ronald to chat
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01:59
now they must be playing or sleeping now let's  have a video call to decide what to play tonight
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02:09
Robert we're waiting for you why haven't  you come down to have breakfast yet
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02:19
I'm not hungry that I'm okay thank you I  will eat something later as I was telling you
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02:28
what how come you're not hungry  you haven't eaten anything
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02:38
yeah I know that but seriously I'm not  hungry now I'll have breakfast later
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02:48
no you won't you're going to have  breakfast right now you get it
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02:57
Dad please I'm busy now I'm  talking to my friends from school
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03:07
I don't care what you're doing  now you have to eat your breakfast
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03:17
so you better stop using that cell phone and have  breakfast or I'll take that cell phone from you
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03:27
my phone and no no no no no please  okay I'm going now I'm already hungry
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03:37
all right I'll give you one minute if you're not  downstairs in one minute you lose your cell phone  
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03:47
sure okay what no it's my dad he  wants me to have breakfast now
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03:57
you're so funny about the video  call it will have to be later
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04:06
yeah my dad is usually like that hey  did you see Linda yesterday she was
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04:18
Robert come here right now or you  want me to go to your room again
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I'm going dad all right I have to  go downstairs for a while what no
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04:37
of course not we can keep talking  don't worry don't go offline
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04:46
oh my God Linda is calling me  what am I gonna do hang on a sec
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04:56
no I can't answer her call right now but I  will text her by WhatsApp yeah see you later
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05:06
oh hi Linda oh my God my dad if I don't  go downstairs I couldn't chat with Linda
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05:17
finally you're here what are you  doing Robert stop using that phone now
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05:27
I'm sorry Dad I can't do that this  is something very very important
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05:37
something important what can be something  more important than having breakfast
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05:47
oh um a homework I'm doing  an important science homework
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a science homework but you can do  that homework later after a breakfast
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06:06
oh I wish that but that teacher is too  strict she gets angry if we don't do it  
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06:16
that's why I have to finish with dad as  soon as possible and do you understand
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06:26
no I don't I've heard you talking  with your friends not doing homework
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06:36
oh that's because it's a group work we  all have to write a part of the homework
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06:46
you are not even looking at me Robert  you spend all day using that cell phone
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in the morning in the afternoon and  in the evenings all day every day
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07:06
whenever your mom or I want to talk to you  you're busy on the phone doing I don't know
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homework that doing homework you  don't know much about this because
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because it's not from your generation  nowadays we use the cell phone for everything
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07:35
but you used to do your homework  on the computer what happened
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07:45
computer that's not necessary that we  can use the smartphone as a computer
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in fact and this is better than using a computer  it's smaller and you can take it everywhere
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08:05
okay maybe you're right but I don't  believe you you are not doing your homework
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08:15
what are you doing stop using that cell  phone and look at me while I'm talking to you
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08:24
that please okay okay I'm  not doing my homework I lied
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08:34
but this is even more important than  my homework I'm talking to Linda
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08:44
Linda who is Linda I don't  know any Linda who is she
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08:54
Oh Linda is the most beautiful girl in  the school she's so intelligent and pretty
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09:04
she never talks to anyone and she texted  me isn't that amazing I'm so happy
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09:14
maybe that Linda is beautiful but I am your  father and you will look at me while I'm talking
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09:24
you are disrespecting me and I will not let  that happen so give me that cell phone now
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09:33
no no no no no wait a minute  she's calling me oh my God
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09:43
hello Linda yeah it's me Robert  what a surprise I can't believe it  
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09:53
what no no I'm not busy now I  was about to have breakfast but
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10:03
oh what you're so funny don't  tell me you sorry wait a second
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10:13
that I need some privacy please if  you can leave me alone thank you
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10:23
what no sorry I was talking  to my dad no no seriously
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10:33
dad what are you doing give me my  cell phone back please I need it now
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10:42
no I'm not giving you anything now you will  go to your room without this cell phone
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and you won't have breakfast either  now go to your room you're grounded
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11:02
but that this is not fair I'm not doing  anything wrong I'm just talking on the phone
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11:12
that's the problem you think you're doing  nothing wrong you have to think about it
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11:22
now go upstairs and you won't leave that  room until you've learned your lesson
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it has to learn he can't ignore  me just like that I am his father
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or maybe I was too hard on him yeah probably
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11:51
poor my son he hasn't even  had breakfast I'll talk to him
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12:03
son I want to apologize maybe I was too  hard on you and you didn't deserve to
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seriously are you now using the tablet oh my God
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I hope you liked this conversation if you  could improve your English a little more  
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