Revolutionary Road
Conversation about Moving
to Paris:
APRIL: Frank. I ___________
(have) the most
wonderful idea. I
______________ (think) about it all day.
FRANK: Baby, what’s all
this about?
APRIL: You know how much
money we ____________(save)...?
(She hands Frank a glass of
brandy)
APRIL (CONT’D):Enough to
live on for six months without you earning another dime. And with the money we
could get from the house and the car, longer
than that.
FRANK: What we could get
for the house sweetheart...What __________ (you, talk) about?
Where ______________________(we, live)?
APRIL: ...Paris.
(Frank stares)
FRANK: What?
APRIL (CONT’D): You always
______________(say) it was the only
place you ____________
(ever, be) that was worth living. So why don’t we go
there?
FRANK: You’re serious?
APRIL: Yes. What
______________ (stop) us?
FRANK: What _______________
(stop) us? Well, I can think of a number of different things. For example, what
kind of a job could I possibly get?
APRIL: You _______________
(get) any kind of job, because I will.
(Frank laughs)
FRANK: Oh, right.
APRIL: _______________ (
not laugh) at me -- listen a minute!
Do you know what they pay
for secretarial positions in the
government agencies in Europe?
(Frank laughs again)
FRANK: No, I don’t.
APRIL: Listen Frank. I’m
serious about this Frank. Do you think I’m kidding or something?
FRANK: No, I know, I know. I
just have a couple of questions, is all. For
one thing, do you mind
___________ (tell) me
what exactly I
______________ (suppose) ____________ (do) while you______________ (be, out, earn) all this money?
(She draws back, shocked
that he doesn’t get it)
APRIL
Don’t you see that’s the
whole idea? You _______________ (do) what you
________________ (Should, allow) to do seven years ago. You’ll have time.
For the first time in your life.
You ______________ (have) time to find out what it is that you actually
want to do, and when you _________(figure)
it out you ___________ ( have) the time and the freedom to start doing it.
KEY
Conversation about Moving
to Paris
APRIL
Frank. I have had the most
wonderful idea. I’ve been thinking
about it all day.
FRANK
What’s all this about?
APRIL
You know how much money we have
saved...?
She hands Frank a glass of
brandy.
APRIL (CONT’D)
Enough to live on for six
months
without you earning another
dime.
And with the money we could
get
from the house and the car,
longer
than that.
FRANK
What we get for the
house...What
are
you talking
about? Where are
we
going to live?
APRIL
...Paris.
Frank stares.
APRIL (CONT’D)
You always said it was the only
place you’d ever been that was
worth living. So why don’t
we go
there?
26.
FRANK
You’re serious?
APRIL
Yes. What’s stopping us?
FRANK
What’s
stopping us?
Well, I can
think of a lot of things.
For
instance, what kind of a
job could
I possibly get?
APRIL
You won’t be getting any kind of
job, because I will.
Frank laughs.
FRANK
Oh, right.
APRIL
Don’t
laugh --
listen a minute!
Have you any idea what they
pay for
secretarial positions in
the
government agencies in Europe?
Embassies and those things.
Frank laughs again.
FRANK
No, I don’t.
APRIL
I’m serious about this
Frank. Do
you think I’m kidding or
something?
FRANK
No, I know, I know. I just
have a
couple of questions, is
all. For
one thing, do you mind telling me
what exactly I’m supposed to be
doing while you’re out earning all
this money?
She draws back, shocked
that he doesn’t get it.
27.
APRIL
Don’t you see that’s the
whole
idea? You’ll be doing what you
should’ve
been allowed to
do seven
years ago. You’ll have time,
Frank. You’ll have time to find
out what it is that you
actually
want to do, and when you figure it
out you’ll have the time and the
freedom to start doing it.
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