   neutral   Judy, what is everybody talking about?     neutral   Haven ’ t you heard? Richard was fired by our manager.  
    surprise   You ’ re kidding. It can ’ t be true.     neutral   Believe it or not. Everybody is talking about it in the company.  
    surprise   Really? I ’ m surprised.     surprise   
 Me, too! How could such thing happen? 
 Yeah, really.    neutral  Just think that nobody would have thought he'd last