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English Reading Practice – The Right to Privacy
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adds | and | are | backs | bankruptcy | believe | both | characters | gossip | guess | have | ignore | interrupts | is | meet | no | often | old | on | one | people | practically | privacy | realize | same | talk | That | to | totally | tries | wish | work | Wow | zoo
Sherry, Brenda, and Gloria are
friends. They always
for coffee on Thursday mornings.
Sherry and Brenda
together, so they know many of the
people. Thursday mornings
turn into gossip sessions about their friends
coworkers.
This morning is
exception.
"Can you
the men Chantelle dates? They are
criminals!" Sherry says
Brenda.
Gloria rolls her eyes and
to change the subject, "What do you girls plan to do this weekend?"
Sherry and Brenda ignore her. "I know!" Brenda exclaims, "Alex says she
pregnant too."
Gloria says, "My kids want to go to the
on Saturday."
Sherry continues to
her. "There is also a rumor about David and
. Did you hear that
? Apparently, he is
broke!"
"
is enough!" Gloria
. "You are
out of control! It is not okay to
like this! These
you work with are people, with rights. They are not
in a book. They
real people and they
the right to live their lives however they
. They have the right to
! You do not have the right to
about them behind their
!"
Sherry and Brenda look shocked. "
," Brenda says, "I
you have a point. I did not
. Sorry."
"Yeah, sorry," Sherry
. "So, a trip to the zoo
Saturday, huh?"
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