【正文】 u have to meet them because it39。 it39。s still scary. OK. It39。s my story. Exciting!Unit 4 task 1You don39。re sort of earning, I think, about 150 to 180 pounds a week, which really isn39。re looking to get14,000 ayear, 15,000,16,000 ayear. And you know you39。s hard work.Waiting for phone calls and waiting for people to get back to you is really frustrating. Like today I had other things to keep me going and I was doing other things, but you know I39。ve got to get this quote and I39。re working on other stories whether they39。s very frustrating because you just want to get this done and out of the way, but it just doesn39。Journalism is just a, is a great career to go into because (there39。s just so much out there, and I guess at the stage where I am—sort of just starting out, just really looking at what there is and what I will enjoy doing more.d like to be an editor of a section of a national paper either here or abroad, 20 years, launching my own paper.t know what39。s great.Unit 6Basic listening CCADBTask 1Task 2terriblemisfortunereflectiondamagedheavenpickwashedSome people claim that the number is bad luck because 13 people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucifiedFriday the 13th of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the 13th of March is the worst of them allthey mean that every seven years a person undergoes a plete change in personalityfalling stock marketseven more superstitiousmuch lessconstructive actionless luckyworkedmore satisfiedexamstrustrevisions soul is in their reflection, so if you smash your mirror, your soul will be damaged too, dooming you to an early death, and not giving you entry to heaven. Is there any way to reverse this bad luck? Yes, if you very carefully pick up all the broken pieces of the mirror and throw them into a river or stream, then the bad luck will be washed away.Friday the 13th of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the 13th of March is the worst of them all.Unit 6 listening in task 3Thanks, perhaps, to falling stock markets and unrest in theMiddle East, Britons have bee even more superstitious than usual, according to a report published today. There has been a significant increase in superstition over the last month, possibly as a result of current economic and political uncertainties, stated Dr. Dick Armstrong. He launched an Internet survey of national superstition, and found it to be surprisingly high, even among those with a scientific background. Only one in ten of those surveyed claimed not to be superstitious at all. Three out of four people inBritainfeel the need to touch wood, and 65 percent cross their fingers.The survey also revealed some unexpected beliefs. For example, one respondent could not stay in the bathroom once a toilet had been flushed.t feel any luckier or more satisfied with their lives at the end of that week than when they started. revisionLet39。Further listening and speakingFurther listeningTask 1ABDDBTask 31. The magician did the same tricks over and over again.2. The captain39。ll tell me what trick you are going to do with the boat.feetshapestheorymanmadelook afterexpertsa millionouter spaceextraterrestrialconceivablecircle makerimageexplaingenuinelifting out ofrubbishmysterymysteriousfarmerscatchappearlandscapeTask 2DCAABs talkTask 1held backtransporthighestsubsistencelower2,000kilometermineralspotentialdevelopmentnumber onetourismonly twolandscapesfascinatingmutingtouristruinedhistorytraditionalmistakesTask 2CABBDViewing and speakingTask 1booksearch enginesreal customersjudge250 poundstwo days / 2 dayspartyingclicktargetingTask 2DBCCATask 3ABBAAs talkTask 11) they must sort out their cash flow problem by selling a part of the business to investors.2) it39。s time to put on the suit and try to sell part of Cyclepods to an investor.5) so I39。t do anything without an updated business plan.8) it39。s time for a professional and considered rehearsal to get his sales pitch just right.10) Presentation skills are going to be crucialTask 2CBDACTask 31. He has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it39。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.