1) Bernie: Sorry. I've had better days.
Henry: Hey, Bernie, please. Forget about it.
Bernie: It's coal into a furnace. I've been doing this for 36 years. Every day you still start from zero.
Henry: You okay?
Bernie: No. I'm in a …………… mood. I gotta get out of here early tonight, so page one is up to you and Alicia, but play nice.
Henry: I'll……………………….
Bernie: Why does that Sedona thing have to be today?
Henry: Because "………………." is wrong. I don't want to be wrong today.
Bernie: Hang with it if you want, but …………Lou do a subway page one just in case.
Henry: All right.
Bernie: I mean, we might get it. It's not even 4:00 yet, so--
Henry: Oh, man!
Bernie: Good luck.
2) Bernie: Deanne. Just give me a second. All right? It won't kill you.
Deanne: What are you doing here?
Bernie: I came to see my daughter. It's good to see you. My God. I don't believe this. You're married. You're married. Oh, my God. I have to sit down.
Deanne: I made it ……………. I don't wish to see you.
Bernie: You sound like you just walked out of your shrink's office. Hold it. That was a ……………thing to say. Hold it. I'm sorry. Let me start over.
Deanne: Why are you here?
Bernie: I saw your name in that piece we ……..on the Murray Hill trial. I was proud, Mrs Whatever-Your-Name-Is and I wanted to tell you that.
Deanne: Thank you. Let me just ask you this. Would you have …………….to come if my name hadn't been in your paper?
Bernie: Do you hate me? If you hate me, there's no………...
Deanne: I don't know you enough to hate you.
3) Tom: It turns out the guy they've been looking for 18 months has been dead for five years. He was 90 years old. He couldn't have stolen a ……………………………and driven it from Kansas City to Ozone Park.
Martha: That is so funny!
Tom: That's just an example. I could tell you dozens of stories exactly like that. You could do a whole ……………….on the Justice Department. People would like that.
Martha: I bet they would.
Tom: So, where's Henry tonight?
Martha: Working.
Tom:……………………………. You sure you don't want some juice?
Martha: You have another, though.
Tom: I think I will.
Martha: So, Tom, did you bring the list?
Tom: You can't take it. Just a look.
Martha: I'm supposed to memorize every single investor in a ………………bank?
Tom: You'll know what you're looking for when you see it. Tell me something. Did you honestly find even one of my stories funny?
Martha: No, Tom, I didn't.
Tom: Just wanted to know where I stood.
Martha: You knew when I called. Oh, my God!
Tom: Jumps right out at you, doesn't it?
Answer the questions.
1. Who was sent to cover the Williamsburg perp walk?
2. Why did Henry not want to have “Gotcha” for page one?
3. Why did Bernie’s daughter not want to talk to him?
4. Why did Martha decide to meet with Tom? What list did Tom bring with him?
5. Was Robin successful at doing artwork?
6. Did Carmen manage to get the cop quote?
7. What interesting facts did Martha tell Henry about the Sedona thing (the investor list)?
8. What did Alicia say to Henry to do with perp walk?
9. Why did Paul tell Henry that the offer about job was rescinded?
10. What reaction and emotions followed?
Finish the sentences in your own words.
Who said this?
Match the words.
1.Run a)to
2.Get b)on
3.To be up c)up
4.Ought d)in
5.Struck e)out
6.Go f)out
7.Take g)out
8.Call h)the page
9.Chack it i)to
10.Go j)out
11.Turn k)out
12.Get it l)out
13.Keep m)out
Complete the dialogue with the verbs from the box. Use the correct form.
Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
1. Henry admitted that Sandusky was really after McDougal.
2. One of the two black kids did six months for felonious assault.
3. Henry sent Bobby to get the art.
4. One of the fellow-workers’ entertainments was waiting for Fill to react.
5. McDougal suddenly yelled because Henry couldn’t talk to her wife.
6. Henry stole the idea of their headline off Bladden’s desk at “The Sentinel”.
7. When Henry asked black woan about McDougal’s calling, she said that she had no motive for lying.
8. Henry asked Karmen to go to police station when it was already six and half o’clock.
9. Alicia didn’t want to wait because every half hour cost $ 12.
10. Bernie became angry when he saw a ring on his daughter’s finger.
