—You will hear five short recordings.—For each recording, decide what the speak

It’s been a bad day for us today. The art market is extremely sensitive and I’m afraid I expected the picture to go for a lot more.
    Unfortunately it didn’t reach its reserve price and so we are left with a very expensive picture which we have failed to sell. I’m afraid I have to take responsibility for that sort of thing in my job. I have to take that sort of risk.

I’ve got three deliveries in the London area and all of those are top priority. However, if you’re willing to take a chance, there’s a good possibility that I could do a pick-up from the airport early this after noon.