Fill in the gaps or finish the sentences. 1) Henry: They've got maps, seating ., guys wearing
1) Henry: They've got maps, seating…………………., guys wearing…………………..
Martha: You did it………………………..! You did exactly what I asked you not to do!
Henry: I-- You're shouting, first of all.
Martha: I know I'm shouting! I like to shout! Don't you notice? I keep talking louder because you haven't heard!
Henry: I try to have a sense of humour. All it gets me is a …….. on the head.
Martha: You don't listen! You don't see!
Henry: Of course I see. Hi. See what?
Martha: How scared I am.
Henry: I will be there. I swear to God I will be there. We mean more to me than anything else. You know that.
Martha: Let me give you a………………………..
Henry: Really?
Martha: A guy breaks into the apartment. He's got a gun, holds it to my head. He says, "I ……………… ……..................... or I blow up the "Sun" building." Choose. Now. What do you say?
Henry: What do you think I say? It's………………………... It's not gonna happen.
Martha: That is exactly my…………………... It is never one big dramatic choice. It is little, …………… situations every day and you're either there or you're not. If you keep waiting for the guy with the gun to show up, it will be too late.
2) Bernie: Yeah, 99 % of your time and …………………goes into three …………….. things: your house, your work, your family.
Bartender: Well?
Bernie: Women in general if you don't have a family, or men or sheep or…………………..
Bartender: I made the leap, Bern.
Bernie: If you put them all together the three of them want more than you gotta give, so what do you do?
Bartender: That's a ………………… one.
Bernie: Now, your family, they're people, so you figure you can get a little …………………… there. You figure they'll bend. But—
Bartender: So you crap all over them.
Bernie: Yeah, you do. You do.
3) Richie: I told you a million times: You want to talk to me, talk to me at home.
McDougal: We think we know what happened. Nick D'Onofrio wanted to……………………... His guys made it look like a race war. Now they got the neighbourhoods all …………………… up.
Richie: You know what would happen to me if somebody saw us talking?
McDougal: What's going on? You guys looking at D'Onofrio?
Henry: The dead guys lost his five million bucks. What's he gonna do, buy 'em Giants tickets?
Richie: Congratulations. You have a firm grasp of the………………….
Henry: Thank you. Then if you do suspect him, why are those two kids in jail?
Richie: I ain't…………………………….
Answer the questions.
1. Why did Robin look so upset when she came to the Sun Office?
2. Why was Martha shouting at Henry near the restaurant?
3. Why were Henry and McDougal going to McDougal’s friend?
4. Who was Gram? What did Alicia discuss with him?
5. How did Henry and McDougal manage to get past the desk sergeant?
6. Why did the policeman not want “Gotcha” as Sun’s headline?
7. What did Henry and McDougal tell Richie about kids thrown in jail?
8. Did Richie give the official quote to Henry?
Finish the sentences in your own words.
Who said this?
Match the words.
Complete the dialogue with the verbs from the box. Use the correct form.
Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
1) Henry offered McDougal to meet at Gus Place where he was going to dine with his father.
2) Henry’s father in law considered that the Sentinel was a fictitious paper.
3) Henry was anxious in the restaurant because he had forgotten his wallet at work.
4) Bernie believed that 99% of time and effort went into three basic things: your house, your work, your family.
5) Black boy advised his friend not to sleep when he was scared.
6) An oratory and a confident wave got Henry and McDougal into the police building.
7) Richie was angry at first because he told McDougal to talk with him only in the street.
8) Richie didn’t want to talk about the facts of the affair because he may be fired.
9) McDougal was smoking near Henry very quietly when the latter tried to make Richie tell the truth.
Put the conversation into the correct order.
Choose the right variant.
1) Henry told McDougle to take a .......
a) clipboards
b) clipboard
c) voice recorder
d) pen
2) Henry: “You're not a ........... You're a reporter who writes long”.
a) columnist
b) journalist
c) writer
d) author
3) Henry’s Father: “The New York Sentinel. That's what I call a ..........”.
a) magazine
b) hole
c) newspaper
d) chance
4) Henry: “I can't stay. I have to put the ........ to bed”.
a) daughter
b) Paper
c) Martha
d) McDougle
5) Richie : “I told you a million times: You want to talk to me, talk to me at ........”
a) the park
b) phone
c) face to face
d) home
6) “Your wife says, "How was your day?" ....... do you say?”
a) how
b) what will
c) what
d) which
7) Richie said about guys: ........
a) they do it
b) they could do it
c) they killed many people
d) they didn’t do it