This is a jumbled audio listening activity using material from the film Margin Call. The context is of an emergency meeting where a new risk analyst is called to report.
Task 1
Assemble the meeting minutes into the right order.
Task 2
The Following Script has been all jumbled up. There are 15 lines that need to be numbered appropriately. You can download the Margin Call PDF to help you complete the task below.
Task 3
Record this script with a friend. Okay, let's go right into the introductions. This is Sarah Robertson, who you know. Chief Risk Management Officer. Ramesh Shah from upstairs. And David Horn, one of the firm's in-house counsel.
Nice to meet you all. This is my Head of Trading, Will Emerson, and this is... Peter Sullivan and Seth Bregman. They work in our Risk Department.
Where's Eric Dale? He was let go today. Who do you have left in your Risk Department? As of today that would be Peter and our Junior Analyst, Seth. Really?
Will Emerson? Yes, please. Just hand them out. Thank you. Apparently, Eric had been working on this for some time, but he wasn't able to finish it. This morning, as he left the building, he handed the program to Peter here and asked him to take a look at it. Peter did. He put a few things in that Eric seemed to be missing, and this is what came out.
Peter, is this your work? Mostly Mr. Dale's.
But is this your draft? Yes. Again, expanded on the original work by Mr. Dale. But, yes.
What's your background?
My background?
Your CV?
I've been with the firm for two and a half years, working with Eric that whole time. But I hold a doctorate in engineering, specialty in propulsion, from MIT with a bachelor's from Penn.
What is a specialty in propulsion, exactly?
My thesis was a study in the ways that friction ratios affect steering outcomes in aeronautical use under reduced gravity loads.
So, you're a rocket scientist? I was.
What's your background?
My background?
Your CV?
I've been with the firm for two and a half years, working with Eric that whole time. But I hold a doctorate in engineering, specialty in propulsion, from MIT with a bachelor's from Penn.
What is a specialty in propulsion, exactly?
My thesis was a study in the ways that friction ratios affect steering outcomes in aeronautical use under reduced gravity loads.
So, you're a rocket scientist? I was.
Yeah.
Interesting.
How did you end up here?
It's all just numbers, really. Just changing what you're adding up. And to speak freely, the money here is considerably more attractive.
Interesting.
How did you end up here?
It's all just numbers, really. Just changing what you're adding up. And to speak freely, the money here is considerably more attractive.
Task 4
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