[听力原文] 11-15
(11)（）, when I was a small boy, my father arranged me to spend two summer vacations at (12) （）in South Dakota. He thought it would be good for me, and he was fight. It taught me a great deal about the importance of (13) （）. The people who lived there were practically self-sufficient. They raised sheep for wool, wove it into cloth, and built their cabins from wood. The place was so (14)（） that the owner’s daughter, who must have been in her early twenties, said that she had never been away from home or seen (15)（）.
[听力原文] 11-15
(11)（）, when I was a small boy, my father arranged me to spend two summer vacations at (12) （）in South Dakota. He thought it would be good for me, and he was fight. It taught me a great deal about the importance of (13) （）. The people who lived there were practically self-sufficient. They raised sheep for wool, wove it into cloth, and built their cabins from wood. The place was so (14)（） that the owner’s daughter, who must have been in her early twenties, said that she had never been away from home or seen (15)（）.
[听力原文]11-15
Thirty years ago, when I was a small boy, my father arranged me to spend two summer vacations at a farm in South Dakota. He thought it would be good for me, and he was right. It taught me a great deal about the importance of independence. The people who lived there were practically self-sufficient. They raised sheep for wool, wove it into cloth, and built their cabins from wood. The place was so isolated that the owner’s daughter, who must have been in her early twenties, said that she had never been away from home or seen a train.
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M Today my guest is Carolyn Whitcombe, whose business consultancy is now celebrating its tenth anniversary Welcome to the studio, Carolyn.
F Thank you.
M What exactly does your consultancy do, Carolyn
F We provide various business-to-business services, but whereas some consultancies focus on a particular niche, we prefer to have a broader palette. A lot of our clients tend to be small and medium enterprises. It could be someone wanting to know the best sources of finance for their particular business, or a company wanting solutions to a problem; in which case they might ask for recommendations, or commission us to do the work for them.
M Has the company evolved in its ten years of existence
F Oh yes. When we started, companies generally asked us to analyse a particular situation, and write a report. For instance, on what IT system they ought to install to meet their particular needs. These days we’re far more likely to
A. spread sales more evenly through the year
B. anticipate likely sales more accurately
C. standardise sales across its stores
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