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ThisistheBusinessEnglishCertificateHigher3,ListeningTest

1.

PartOne.Questions1to12.

YouwillhearthefounderofacompanycalledMansheetalking

tobusinessstudentsaboutitsdevelopment.

Asyoulisten,forquestions1to12,completethenotes,using

uptothreewordsoranumber.

Afteryouhavelistenedonce,replaytherecording.

Younowhaveforty-fivesecondstoreadthroughthenotes.

[pause]

Nowlisten,andcompletethenotes.

[pause]

Man:Goodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen.I’mhonouredto

havethisopportunitytotalktoyou.

Eightyearsago,Iboughtmyfirstcomputer,butIsoon

discoveredthatwhereIlived,itwasdifficulttofindaccessoriesfor

thatparticularmake.Thatmademerealisethatotherpeoplemust

havethesameproblem.

ThenIfoundthatforeignmagazinescontainedplentyof

advertisementsofmailordercompanies,soIstartedbuyingspare

partsandthingsthatwayandsellingthemontomyfriendsata

smallprofit.Thatwashowmycompany,Manshee,wasborn.

Fouryearslater,Mansheewasmakingaprofitandhad

reachedaturnoverofsixmillionpounds.Wehadfourdirectors-

myselfandthreeofmyfriends-plusastaffofseventeen.The

culturewasyoungandtheworkingenvironmentdidn’thaveany

structure.Thecompanyjustgrewandgrewwithitsown

momentum,andeverythingwedidseemedtostrikelucky.Ifwe

neededtobuysomeequipmentorredecoratethesalesoffice,we

decidedyesornoinisolation,onlytakingtheshortterm-usually

thecashflowforthatmonth-intoaccount.

However,themarketbecameincreasinglycutthroat,andthat

ledtofallingmargins.Werealised,ratherunwillingly,thatthetime

hadcometostructureourfuture,b