WE Dormitory Program

MANAGING DIVERSITY                                                           Interviewer : Tell me, Mr. Griffin, are 1…………….. risks really still an issue? Aren’t companies these days dealing with diversity? AG           : Oh yes, they are very much an 2………….. . We have come a long way since those days when employers were 3……………… to discriminate against job candidates just because of their race or their 4…………… . The trouble is, the boundaries of diversity and 5…………….. are widening. Companies have a lot more to 6………………. than a person’s skin colour or a person’s gender. Interviewer: So can you give 7……………… an example of what kind of things you are referring to here? AG         : Okay. let’s see, well, one 8……………… area of discrimination is ageism. In 9……………. , companies in the United States had to 10……………. more than fifty five million dollars to employers who had filed age related discrimination complaints against their 11……………. . That’s a lot of money. Interviewer : Phew

Tourist Information Tourist : Excuse me.  1……….. .....speak  English? Woman : Yes, of course. 2……….. help you? Tourist : Yes, we’ve just 3…………on holiday here. Have you 4………. map of the town? Woman : Yes. 5…………. The tourist office is just 6…….. I’ll mark it with a cross. If you 7………….. this street here, you get to the 8…………. It’s about 5 minutes. Tourist : Thank you. Where is the old 9……….. of the town? Woman : 10………... You can see 11……….. narrow winding 12………., and there’s the 13………... Tourist : How long would it take to 14………… there? Woman : About 10 or 15 minutes. The 15………… way from here is to turn left and go 16………….along the road until you 17……….. the bus station, and then turn 18………… Tourist : Is there a 19……………. as well as a 20……………? Woman : Yes. The train station is here on 21…………. of the town. I’ll just get you some 22…………... (pause and rustling) 23……… you have a train 24…………, and one for the buses.               Tourist : Thanks very much. Do you have any 25………. about thing

The Bec Exam A : Hey, didn’t you have your exam 1…………..? B : Yes, I did. A : So, what was it like? It was a 2………… exam, wasn’t it? B : Yes. It was. It was the BEC 3……………. A : What does that 4……………? B : Well, it’s the 5…………….. one. There are three BEC exams; the 6……….., the Vantage and the Higher. A : So what level is that, 7………….. to FCE for example. B : Well, it’s like the FCE. It’s an Upper 8…………….. level. A : So what did you have to do? Was there a speaking test? Were you 9……………? B : Hang on! One 10……………….. at a time. A : Sorry! B : There are four exams; Reading, Writing, 11………….. and 12……………….. A : And how are they marked? I mean, do you have to pass all of the 13……………. in order to pass the exam? Or do they work out an 14………………. score? B : Each paper is worth 25% of the total 15…………….. So if you don’t do too well in one paper, you can make  up the marks on another 16………….. . A : How long did the exam last? B : The Reading paper was the 17……………….; th

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