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English Conversation Practice - Corporate Espionage
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SPEAK WITH BELL
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Gina: Did you hear our competitor stole the restaurant's secret recipe book?
Bell: When?
Gina: Last night.
Bell: How?
Gina: One of their employees broke into the kitchen and stole it from the safe.
Bell: The owner must be very angry.
Gina: No, she's not.
Bell: Why not?
Gina: She put a fake recipe book in the safe. No one knows where the real one is.
Bell: She is a clever woman and a great cook!
1. What did the competitor steal?
A secret recipe book
Customers
Money
Ideas
2. Where was the item stolen from?
The bank
A safe
The owner's house
Behind the counter
3. Why isn't the owner mad about the theft?
Because the stolen item isn't expensive
Because the stolen item is ugly
Because the stolen item is fake
Because the stolen item is broken
4. What does Bell call the owner?
Clever
Good cook
Both A and B
None of the above
1. A secret recipe book
2. A safe
3. Because the stolen item is fake
4. Both A and B