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Hi, teachers.I transcribed and summarized a part of an interview below.Could you please check (1??)-(5??) and (6??), teacher???????[5:33-6:37](transcribed)LARRY CULP(GE CEO) David, good to be with you. It's uh... it's been an interesting two years, uh, on this turnaround journey. Uh, but you'll recall when I think you and I were together in March, we were in a very different place, right? We knew that our aviation and healthcare businesses were outstanding franchises, and the, the challenge in early 2020 was take that next step (1??)and I'll be leveraging which we did in March with the, uh, 20 billion-dollar proceeds for our BioPharma sale, and really then continued to build momentum with respect to turnaround in both our power and our renewable businesses. I think today's results headlined by 500-million-dollar positive free cash number gives, uh, real support to the argument that the turnaround is underway. It's still early, David. (2??)make... uh... make no mistake. (What does this sentence mean, teacher???) But we're very encouraged by what we saw on our power business particularly in gas power. And, uh, (3??)renewable sources properable was a source the first time in two years (4??)we had for our recording segments in fact profitable. Healthcare though was the standout business force in the third quarter. Aviation is still (5??)in the pressure of back of the departures being down now 40 percent.(6??)summary: GE saw a good number today, but our businesses are still afoot to go forward.??????

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ANNE202(1??)and I'll be leveraging

"and our deleveraging" The audio is terrible. It sounds like he's talking through a paper-towel tube into a toy cassette recorder. Deleveraging is basically paying down debt, that is, eliminating leverage.

ANNE202 (2??)make... uh... make no mistake

Right. "Make no mistake" is a figure of speech meaning "I assure you that this is correct."

ANNE202 (3??)renewable sources properable was a source

"renewables is profitable—this is the first time" By "renewables" he means the part of the company that sells energy produced from renewable resources such as solar and wind. They are General Electric, after all.

ANNE202(4??)we had for our recording segments

"we've had all four of our reporting sements" A reporting segemnt of a business is a part of it considered separately for financial reporting.

ANNE202 (5??)in the pressure of back of the departures

"on the back of departures" "On the back of" is a figure of speech that he is using rather too loosely here, I'd say. He means "as a consequence of". When speaking of an airline, a departure is a plane flight. The plane departs the gate with its passengers.

ANNE202(6??)summary: GE saw a good number today, but our businesses are still afoot to go forward.

Not up to your usual standard. I don't agree with your conclusion, but that aside, "saw a good number" should probably be "saw good numbers". You can't be afoot to go forward. "Afoot" means astir. Perhaps you were thinking of "on good footing".

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