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Listen to Detective Smart and read how he solved the sailing boat mystery. Tapescript It was Saturday 21st July at five past four in the afternoon. I was walking with my dog on Paradise Beach while my wife was visiting her mother. I was throwing a stick to my dog when I heard a scream. A woman, Mary Simpson, was running out of the water. She was waving at me and shouting, "murder, murder!" I asked the witness why she was shouting and she pointed at a big sailing boat. The sailing boat was floating in the water and people were swimming near it. Well, I thought they were swimming! I jumped into a small boat with my dog and rowed out to the sailing boat. There were seven victims in the water - three men and four women. They were wearing swimsuits, but they weren't swimming. They were all dead. I rowed round the sailing boat and looked at it from every side. It wasn't moving. It looked normal but I solved the problem quickly. The Past Continuous describes unfinished actions in the past and the Past Simple describes finished actions which interrupt the unfinished action. Examples: - I was watching TV when she called. - When the phone rang, she was writing a letter. - While we were having the picnic, it started to rain. - What were you doing when the earthquake started? - I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm. - While John was sleeping last night, someone stole his car. - Sammy was waiting for us when we got off the plane. - While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off. - A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?    B: I was snowboarding.