【正文】 。1. He has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it39。Viewing and speakingTask 1casheasyresultspaybillshead26 percent / 26%close the dealfiguresideaplanfinebusiness guidevoting rightssaystrong pointinvestment150,000 / 15000026 percent / 26%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 pany 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.Further listening and speakingFurther listeningTask 1ABDBCs back to basics for a fun evening of number crunching and spread sheets,9) it39。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 cash7) Cyclepods can39。s a realistic amount to take this manufacturing business forward.3) they must update their initial business plan4) it39。Let39。Listening inTask 1future needssharesriskbanks30a halfratecapital lossinterchangeablysavingsUnit 10Basic listeningDCABCTask 3ABCDCFurther listening and speakingFurther listening Task 1AABBBLet39。Task 3restSundayindustrial revolutionGodsixday work weeklate 19th and early 20threlaxationgreat boonconsumer spendingSecond World Wartwo daysdo not workreligious activitiesUnit 7Basic listeningAADBCListening in Task 1DCAABViewing and speakingTask 1s parrot watched every show and began to understand what the magician did in each trick. Once he understood that, he started shouting in the middle of the show.3. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laughter. The 4. performance he intended to be dark and mysterious turned into a edy.4. The ship collided with an enormous iceberg and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and the parrot was by his side.5. He said, OK, I give up. But I hope you39。Task 2AABBAs talkTask 1mysteryinside outlargestthree millionoutsideinnerhis theoryused upthe base137meterpurposetall, narrow100,000 or soradar trustexamsmore satisfiedworked less lucky constructive actionmuch less even more superstitiousfalling stock marketsArmstrong attempted to explain this phenomenon: When students are preparing for exams with a lucky charm, they may trust the charm, rather than doing some extra revision.There was no evidence that superstitions ever worked, even when people were instructed to carry lucky charms for a week. They didn39。It is interesting to note that lucky people were much less superstitious and tended to take constructive action to improve their lives. Conversely, superstitious people tended to regard themselves as among the less lucky, worried about life, had a strong need for control, and could not tolerate ambiguity.The number seven also has some superstition connected to it. It is said that God created the world in seven days, and any association with the number is lucky. The seventh son of the seventh son is said to be the luckiest of men, and when people talk about the sevenyear itch they mean that every seven years a person undergoes a plete change in personality.Of all numbers, 13 is the most associated with bad luck. Some people claim that the number is bad luck because 13 people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified, and with this in mind few hosts will serve dinner with 13 at the table. And according to an ancient Norwegian tale, 12 gods had gathered for a feast when a 13th, Loki, entered. After the meal, Loki killed Baldr, who was the most beloved of all the gods.listening in task 2Are you worried because you have just broken a mirror? Some people believe that breaking a mirror is a terrible thing to do. They say it will bring you seven years of misfortune. The reason behind this belief stems from the old idea that a person39。Task 3 CBADCListening ins happening on a daytoday basis. You meet so many different people and it just puts you in such a privileged position. And I just love it. I just think it39。Journalism is just fantastic because you don39。In 10 years I think I39。s) so much you can do. So you can stay in newspapers, you can go into radio, television—there39。t happen.re bigger or smaller ones you know. It39。ve got to keep chasing it and then while you39。ve got this thing over my head because I know I39。OK thanks, bye.re working really long hours, and it39。t very much to live on. But