Краткий курс делового английского. Гунина Н.А - 39 стр.

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Philips group as well as advising the Board Management and supervising its
policies. These policies are implemented by the Group Management
Committee, which consists of the members of the Board of Management,
chairmen of most product divisions and some key officers. The Group
Management Committee also serves to ensure that business issues and practices
are shared across the various activities in the group.
The company creed is “Let’s make things better”. It is committed to
making better products and systems and contributing to improving the quality
of people’s work and life. An on travels around the world, whether passing the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, walking across London’s Tower Bridge, or witnessing
the beauty of the ancient pyramids of Giza, you don’ have to wonder any more
who lit these world famous landmarks, it was Philips.
B. Read “The Philips Story” again. Why are these dates important?
1891 1914 the 1920s 1983 1984
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Present Perfect and Past Simple
The Past Simple is used to talk about actions in the past that have finished.
It talks about 'then' and definitely excludes 'now'.
The Present Perfect Simple is used to look back on actions in the past
from the present. It always includes 'now'.
These sentences are in the past with no connection to the present.
• I first got to know him 10 years ago.
• I started work here in 1989.
Now look at these same situations seen from the present.
• I've known him for 10 years.
• I've worked here since 1987.
We use time expressions like 'yesterday', 'ago', 'last year', 'in 1999' with
the Past Simple.
• We made our last purchase from them over a year ago.
• She joined the company in 1999.
We use time expressions like 'ever', 'never', 'since' with the Present Per-
fect.
• I've never seen so many people here before.
• Have you ever been more surprised?
• I've done a lot since we last talked about it.
A. Complete the following company profile with either the Present
Perfect or Past Simple tense of the verb in brackets.
Procter & Gamble 1 has been (be) in the soap business since William
Procter and James Gamble 2 _________________ (form) their partnership in

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