• You will hear five short recordings. • For each recording, decide what stage of agreement each speaker is talking about.

Man: Well, you see I’ve looked through the contract several times and I think all the important items have been covered. I don’t think my people will have any problem with it. For the time being, it seems that what we need to do is to set up a date to have it signed and then we can go about putting it into effect. As far as I am concerned, we can sign the contract in a couple of days. It shouldn’t take more than three days max.

Man: I just had a glance at the contract drawn up by Ms. Lee’s office. It looks pretty good. So far I don’t see any reason for any change. But still, I need to look through it once again. After I’ve had a chance to review it, we’ll have a talk. Say, I think I’ll be ready tomorrow.