Task 3. Listen to a passage about business negotiations and fill in the blanks. If you’re in business, you’re a negotiator. You have no choice. Business doesn’t happen unless two or more people enter into a (1) _______________. This can be as (2) __________ as buying inventory or as complicated as a merger of two public companies. Without transactions, business doesn’t happen, and every transaction involves a certain amount of (3) _______________. When you’re in business, negotiating the best (4) __________________ is a high, if not the highest, priority. As a business (5) ___________, you can’t know enough about negotiating. It’s a lot easier to describe what negotiation “isn’t” than what it “is”. Let’s get some things straight upfront. Negotiation is not: a. a search for (6) _____________, justice and the American way. b. a friendly (7) ________________ at the corner of Starbucks. c. (8) ______________ the perfect solution to a business problem. Make no mistake. Negotiation is a game. The goal in negotiation is to win — to get the best deal you can.