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Instructions. Fill the gaps with the word that fits the context

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

and lawyers to accept. But, frankly, you know, we are the risk capital. And, remarkably, in the 10, 12,15 (1) ………….. years of the Internet and the ability for fans to discover artists on their own, et cetera, there really has not been one single Madonna or Green Day or U2,not ours, but any of these great artists, they know what their value is. (2) ………….. wants them is going to pay that or more, which certainly Live Nation did in the case of Madonna. We only sign this with younger acts so that we make the But there is an art to acquiring. And, when you acquire a business, you've got to – just like coming into a family, by marriage, or (3) ………….. , you have to respect the culture of that unit. And one of the ways that we can tell the people at Warner that traditional, stolid, people would assume it to be lower technology than, say, Google or QualComm or Motorola or (4) ………….. . But you said there were dangers of complacency coming into this high-tech industry. as good, and they're never going to be as good. You're going to be dealing with maybe higher capital, for sure lower margins, all the costs of startup, (5) ………….. they are in your industry. So you have to be willing to do that. Edgar Bronfman: Well, as I said, I think that there's going to be far more partnership, I think, between artists and their those business parters, (6) ………….. those business partners may ultimately be. I think record labels, music publishers will It is very difficult in the political front to find people who are willing to put interests beyond the next election, the next filibuster vote or (7) ………….. , talk about -- some of the issues Ted Turner was discussing of long-term issues of national welfare and international survival.

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

and lawyers to accept. But, frankly, you know, we are the risk capital. And, remarkably, in the 10, 12,15 (1) (whatever) years of the Internet and the ability for fans to discover artists on their own, et cetera, there really has not been one single Madonna or Green Day or U2,not ours, but any of these great artists, they know what their value is. (2) (Whoever) wants them is going to pay that or more, which certainly Live Nation did in the case of Madonna. We only sign this with younger acts so that we make the But there is an art to acquiring. And, when you acquire a business, you've got to – just like coming into a family, by marriage, or (3) (whatever) , you have to respect the culture of that unit. And one of the ways that we can tell the people at Warner that traditional, stolid, people would assume it to be lower technology than, say, Google or QualComm or Motorola or (4) (whatever) . But you said there were dangers of complacency coming into this high-tech industry. as good, and they're never going to be as good. You're going to be dealing with maybe higher capital, for sure lower margins, all the costs of startup, (5) (whatever) they are in your industry. So you have to be willing to do that. Edgar Bronfman: Well, as I said, I think that there's going to be far more partnership, I think, between artists and their those business parters, (6) (whoever) those business partners may ultimately be. I think record labels, music publishers will It is very difficult in the political front to find people who are willing to put interests beyond the next election, the next filibuster vote or (7) (whatever) , talk about -- some of the issues Ted Turner was discussing of long-term issues of national welfare and international survival.

Sources: 

Channel: ZeitgeistMinds. Lead - US Zeitgeist 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUKVktAPiy0

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