Fill in the gaps or finish the sentences. Учебно-методическое пособие для студентов
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Учебно-методическое пособие для студентов
Автор-составитель
Малкова
Наталья
Вячеславовна
THE PAPER
STUDENT’S BOOK
COMPILED BY
NATALIA MALKOVA, Associate Professor
CONTENTS
Plot summary
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Plot
Henry Hackett is the metro editor of the New York Sun, a fictional New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. He is at risk of experiencing the same fate as his Publisher, Bernie White, who put his work first at the expense of his family.
The paper's owner, Graham Keighley, faces dire financial straits, so he has Alicia Clark, the managing editor and Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks. Henry's wife Martha, a reporter on leave and about to give birth, is fed up because Henry seems to have less and less time for her, and she really dislikes Alicia Clark. She urges him to seriously consider an offer from Paul Bladden to leave the Sun and become as an assistant managing editor at the New York Sentinel, a fictional newspaper based on The New York Times, which would mean more money, shorter hours, more respectability...but might also be a bit boring for his tastes.
A hot story confronts Henry with tough decisions, deadlines and personal crises. He literally has to yell "stop the presses" to correct an injustice, while his star columnist, McDougal, is threatened by an angry and drunk city official named Sandusky that McDougal's column had been tormenting for the past several weeks. Their drunken confrontation in a bar leads to gunfire, which gets Alicia shot in the leg through the wall. And Henry's wife is rushed to the hospital at the end of a wild 24 hours.
Cast
§ Henry Hackett
§ Bernie White
§ Alicia Clark
§ Martha Hackett
§ Michael McDougal
§ Graham Keightley
§ Marion Sandusky
§ Paul Bladden
§ Susan
§ Janet
§ Phil
§ Carmen
§ Robin
§ Ray Blaisch
§ Lou
§ Deanne White
§ Howard Hackett
§ Augusta Hackett
§ Carl
Unit 1
Fill in the gaps or finish the sentences.
1)
Martha: The "Daily News" kind of kicked your …………today. "Welcome to New York. You're Dead."
Henry: They got that? How did they get that? It happened in Brooklyn at midnight. I can't believe this. Did "Newsday--" I don't know-- Did they-- Did "Newsday--" Don't show me. They got it. I don't want to see the "Post."
Martha: What do you guys have today? Oh, "No Parking, Except For Me." Really, Henry. McDougal's gotta ………………….the parking commissioner again?
Henry: Good……………, though, isn't it? That's great art. Look at that. Sandusky double-parked in front of his office.Hon, look. You're missing it. Commissioner of the whole city, double-parked, no ticket. This doesn't …………………you?
Martha: Sweetie, it's horse shit.I know it's horse shit. I tried to get the damn Brooklyn thing. Wilder won't answer his beeper. He's up there jerking off. You okay?
Martha: You never really appreciate bladder control until it's gone.
Henry: Oh, boy. I'm sorry, honey. Look at that "Sentinel"…………………….. See, this kind of stuff is just shameless."Nepal Premier Won't Resign." That is-- They're just trying to sell newspapers. That's sensationalism, and I……………………………….
Martha: I miss everybody. Say hi to everybody for me. Everybody except Alicia. Who else do I hate?
Henry: You're not gonna …………………again today, are you?
Martha: That was a one-time thing. I've got a million projects. I never even get to finish a book when I'm reporting.Or the baby's room. I really want to get to that dresser.
Henry: I gotta go.
Martha: If you weren't making a sacrifice too, that would be different. That would be a lot different.
Henry: I know. Gonna call me later?
Martha: Wear a tie for the interview. And promise me you won't …………………….on purpose, okay?
Henry: Why would I………………………?
Martha: Henry, you know those days that can change your whole life? This is one of them for us. For good or bad, it can happen either way today. So don't ……………it.
2)
Henry: Who's trying to kill you now?
McDougal: Sandusky.
Henry: The parking guy?........................................................?
McDougal: My columns aren't………………..
Henry: Give it up, would you? Get it out of your system. So they towed your car and scratched it a bit.
McDougal: Six thousand dollars. Six thousand dollars damage to a vintage automobile.
Henry: You're …………………..now, babe.
McDougal: I bust my ass...to find something fresh, and when I get it, I bang it like a cheap drum. People love this shit. You should read my mail…………………………………………….., will you? How the hell are you supposed to sleep around here?
Henry: Jeez. What are these?
Janet: Subway……………….., West th Street this morning. Did you find the one with the--
Henry: Is that an arm?
Janet: Yeah, you found it.
Henry: Don't put these on my desk in the morning, okay? Not until I've had three cokes. Three Cokes, then a picture. That's the rule.
3)
Henry: Look, Bernie. I know you know about the "Sentinel" interview. It's an …………………………………………. thing. It's really more sideways than up. You can ………………………….. anytime.
Bernie: What are you looking for? You want me to make it easy for you to go to another paper? You want a ………….. uptown? You want me to wait outside and think positive thoughts? That's not my job. My job is to keep your ass downstairs.
Henry: What am I supposed to do?
Bernie: I don't know.
Henry: It's……………………. It's more money. It's less hours. Martha-- We're having the baby, and she ………………..her job.
Bernie: So it's for her. That's okay.
Henry: Not just for her. It's for me too. Bernie, you've got kids. How'd you keep doing the job?
Bernie: Don't ask …………………advice from a guy with two ex-wives...and a daughter that won't speak to him. The problem with being my age is everybody thinks you're a father figure... but you're really just the same asshole you always were. You do have a problem, Henry, but it's your problem.
Henry: Thanks, Bernie. You've been a big…………..
Answer the questions.
1) What was at the top of the news at WINS that morning? What happened in Williamsburg?
2) Why would the fact that a guy gets home from work at 4:00 make anyone mad?
3) Who from Martha’s point of view kicked Henry’s butt?
4) Which papers managed to write about the murder in Williamsburg first?
5) Does it enrage Martha that Commissioner of the whole city, double-parked, no ticket?
6) Why couldn’t Henry get the damn Brooklyn thing?
7) What happened to Donald Trump?
8) Why did Henry’s wife say, that it was the day that could change their whole life?
9) Why does Henry want to work for "The Sentinel"?
10) Who was trying to bigfoot Wilder?
11) Is it easy to give love to children, beeing a journalist? Why?
12) What was written on the car, where men were killed?
13) Who is Bernie?
14) What did Henry’s wife ask him for when she called?
15) Who's trying to kill McDougal and why?
16) Why did McDougal write his articles about parking guy?