Unit 9 Lead in
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Basic listening practice ACDBA Listening in
Task 1 BCDCB Task 2 CDCAB
Task 3 downtown loan security agreed against underground settle That’ll be $5000 in principal and $20.30 in interest.
We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little confused.
Where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for only $20.30 and expect it to be there where I return? Let’s talk
(1) trouble (2) sales (3) save (4) backed (5) salary (6) private medical (7) 100000 pounds (8) another (9) money (10) hire (11) debt (12) face the facts (13) securing (14) difficult (15) contacts (16) schoolboy excuse Further listening and speaking
Task 1 environment economy minus enterprise benefits demands balanced,sustainable generations Task 2 CDDAB Task 3 BABAA Viewing and speaking
(1) marketing campaign (2) huge challenge (3) market (4) football (5) eight new teams (6) time-consuming (7) the marketing and the organisation Unit 9 Unit test ACDCD
(1)-(7)measure modest showed weakest reluctant economist Analysts
(8)Inflation rose at a relatively speedy 3.3 percent rate in the second quarter, the same as at the start of the year
(9)Other data on Friday showed consumer spirits have brightened a bit this month while business activity has picked up in the Midwest
(10)When you combine the first quarter and the second quarter, we're growing at 3.75 percent, which is a very strong, sustainable growth rate BCDAC
ADDAA DCBBA Unit 10
Basic listening DCABC Listening in
Task 1 future needs shares risk banks 30 a half rate capital loss interchangeably savings Task 2
DBCCA Task 3 ABBAA
Let's talk Task 1
1) they must sort out their cash flow problem by selling a part of the business to investors. 2) it's a realistic amount to take this manufacturing business forward. 3) they must update their initial business plan
4) it's time to put on the suit and try to sell part of Cyclepods to an investor. 5) so I'll have to... maybe get the heavies in or something.
6) The most important thing James needs to do over the next two months is to raise cash 7) Cyclepods can't do anything without an updated business plan.
8) it's back to basics for a fun evening of number crunching and spread sheets,
9) it's time for a professional and considered rehearsal to get his sales pitch just right. 10) Presentation skills are going to be crucial Further listening and speaking Further listening Task 1 ABDBC Task 2 CBDAC Task 3
1. He has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it's driving him mad. 2. Stocks are pretty hard to predict. So she has put her money into hedge funds.
3. A hedge is a way of reducing risk. A hedge fund is a company that creates a stock portfolio that tries to balance the market activity.
4. Analysts examine stocks to assess which ones are likely to go up, and which will likely go down. 5. He says that if he leaves his money with a fund manager, perhaps the manager can trade his stocks in a more profitable way. Viewing and speaking
Task 1 cash easy results pay bills head 26% close the deal figures idea plan fine business guide voting rights say strong point investment 150000 26% Unit 10 Unit test BDCDB
(1)-(7)individual owned managed invest ownership shareholders investors
(8)shareholders are often able to own a greater and more diverse number of stocks than if they invested directly in the stock market
(9)the investment management company sponsoring the fund issues new shares to investors and buys back shares from investors wishing to leave the fund
(10)The sponsor does not buy back or issue shares after a closed-end fund is launched, so the investor must trade them through a broker CDCAA
BCADB CDADB