Julie Meyer II: AVON

We talked about Julie Meyer two weeks ago. One week ago, I wrote a short article about her and her succesful career. She is the CEO of AVON and other succesful companies. She is one of the most well-paid managers in the world.
Today we are gonna talk about AVON. I am going to write short links which are supposed to be visited
(hehehehehe) and completed. You can share your results and write your oppinions to me.
Good luck!
In "british" english: http://www.businessenglishmaterials.com/avon.mp3
In "american" english: http://www.businessenglishmaterials.com/avon1.mp3
The article:
Avon is the world’s largest cosmetics and perfume company. It’s also one of the oldest. It was founded in New York in 1886 by a door-to-door book salesman David H. McConnell who gave away perfume to encourage sales. The perfume became more popular than the books so he established the California Perfume Company. Since then it has become a multinational corporation, employing over 40,000 people in 140-plus countries across the globe, and has annual sales in excess of $10 billion. The company uses a mix of sales strategies, relying on door-to-door selling, catalogues and retail stores. Traditionally, the trademark ‘Avon lady’ would come to customers’ doors. The company is expanding quickly into China and Russia and has also targeted the market for male cosmetics.

Listening Exercise:
Avon is the world’s largest cosmetics and perfume company. It’s ___________________. It was founded in New York in 1886 ___________________ book salesman David H. McConnell who gave away perfume to encourage sales. The perfume ___________________ the books so he established the California Perfume Company. Since ___________________ a multinational corporation, employing over 40,000 people in 140-plus countries across the globe, ___________________ in excess of $10 billion. The company ___________________ strategies, relying on door-to-door selling, catalogues and retail stores. Traditionally, the trademark ‘Avon lady’ ___________________ customers’ doors. The company is expanding quickly into China and Russia and ___________________ the market for male cosmetics.