Conversation Three.
Questions 9 to 12.
Look at the notes below.
You will bear a journalist asking for information about a conference.
You have 15 seconds to read through the notes.
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Now listen, and fill in the spaces.
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Woman: New Vision, Conference Department, Janet Edwards speaking.
Man: Hello. This is Nick Brown from Business News. I hear you’re running a rather special conference in Newcastle.
Woman: You mean our event on the tenth of October?
Man: Yes. Can you tell me something about it, so I can mention it in our paper?
Woman: Certainly. The name should give you a clue - we’re calling it ‘Innovations’. Not the usual ‘Better Sales Techniques’, etc.
Man: That sounds very forward-looking. I assume it’s about new developments in technology?
Woman: We thought there were too many seminars on that. We’re focusing on human resources instead.
Man: New ways of approaching it, I suppose. Interesting! So, who have you got to lead it?
Woman: Well, this is a little different, too - Daniel Christie.
Man: Is he the man from Cambridge Business School who’s just written that book on incentive schemes?
Woman: I believe teamwork is actually his field.
Man: So, for example, the way people interact... Any other special features?
Woman: We’re planning some practical and very unusual workshops about motivation. I think that’ll cause a few surprises.
Man: How ‘unusual’?
Woman: Come and see for yourself. I’ll send you a complimentary ticket.
Man: Thank you. I will.
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Now listen to the recording again.
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That is the end of Part One. You now have 20 seconds to check your answers.