Past Simple and Present Perfect Time Expressions

yesterday	today
a week (a month, a year) ago	this week (month, year)
last year	for two years
in 1999	since 2000
this morning (afternoon, evening)	this morning (afternoon, evening)
always / often / every summer etc.	ever / never
the other day	(+) already / yet (-)/(?)
just now	recently/in recent years
at Easter	lately/of late
on 15th May	so far
in May	once/twice/three times

Task 6. Put the following time expressions in the correct column.

five minutes last year 1945 20 years a long time yesterday a few years 5 o’clock this morning a couple of days months he arrived

since	for

Task 7. Make sentences about Shimano with these prompts using the Present Perfect, since and for. Look again at the text about Shimano’s History.

a) have / headquarters / in Sakai City

b) manufacture / bicycle gears

c) make / fishing equipment

d) produce / components /for mountain bikes

e) have / snowboarding / products division

f) be / in the golf equipment market

Task 8. Choose the correct alternatives.

A: Hello. I’d like to apply for the job of sales assistant.

B: Well, I hope you had/‘ve had the right kind of experience. Did you do/Have you done this kind of job before?

A: Yes, I did / have.

B: Where?

A: Well, I had/‘ve had some experience in a record shop.

B: Oh, really?

A: Yes, I worked /‘ve worked there two years ago.

B: Were you/Have you been a sales assistant?

A: No, I wasn’t/haven’t. I was/‘ve been a cleaner.

B: Oh, I’m sorry. We need someone who had/‘s had experience as a sales assistant.

Task 9. Complete the sentences about Shimano using the verbs in the boxes.

still produces has produced started to produce

a) Shimano ____________________ bicycle components in 1921.

b) It ____________________ bicycle components today.

c) It ____________________ bicycle components since 1921.

has had still has opened

d) Shimano ____________________ a factory in Düsseldorf over 30 years ago.

e) It ____________________ a factory in Düsseldorf today.

f) It ____________________ a factory in Düsseldorf for over 30 years.

Working in Industry Essential Vocabulary

to work for		работать на
to manufacture		производить
to export to sb		экспортировать
to account for		насчитывать, составлять
to be founded		быть основанным
annual turnover		годовой оборот
to stand for		заменять
to be in charge of/to be responsible for/ to take care of		отвечать, нести ответственность за что-либо
to liaise with		поддерживать связь
to report to		отчитываться перед кем-либо
to be on flexi-time		иметь гибкий (сводный) график работы
to do overtime		работать сверхурочно
to be on the early shift		работать в утреннюю смену
to specialize in sth		специализироваться в чем-либо, на производстве чего-либо
workforce		рабочая сила, трудовые ресурсы
apprentice		подмастерье, ученик (в ремесле)

Task 10. Listen to some useful phrases and repeat them after the speaker. Then translate them into Russian.

I work for a large, multinational company.

We manufacture components for our car production plants in Europe.

The company has operations in over fifty countries.

We export to Eastern Europe and the Far East.

The domestic market accounts for about 40 per cent of our total production.

The company was founded in 1960.

We have over sixty employees.

What’s your annual turnover?

What does IABS stand for?

What does your job involve?

I’m in charge of twenty-five assembly workers.

I have to liaise with our inspectors.

Who do you report to?

I’m on flexi-time.

Do you do overtime?

We have a three-shift system.

I’m on the early shift.

Task 11. Now listen to six dialogues and fill in the gaps.

Dialogue 1

A manufacturing company

A: So, who do you work for?

B: I _______ a large multinational company called DAK Group. We have five main areas of business – construction, heavy industry, shipbuilding, motor vehicles and telecommunications.

A: And which side of the business do you work in?

B: The motor vehicles division. I work in our Belgian factory. We ________ _________for our car production plants in Europe.

A: Where are DAK headquarters?

B: In Seoul. But the company has operations in _____ fifty countries and thirty factories all over the world.

Dialogue 2

Products and markets

A: What does your company do exactly?

B: We design and assemble a wide range of electric generators for hospitals, hotels and small factories. We _________ _______ medium-sized generators but we’re hoping to diversify into larger models next year.

A: And who do you sell to?

B: We _______ _____ Eastern Europe and the Far East. The domestic market _______ _____ about 40 per cent of our total sales.

Dialogue 3

Company size

A: How many people does your company employ?

B: We have over sixty ______. We have about forty factory workers and _______ ________ and the rest are admin and sales staff. We started off with only ten people so our _________ has grown a lot.

A: What’s your_______ _________?

B: It was just over two million Euros last year.

Dialogue 4

Company background

A: How long has the company been in business?

B: For over forty years. The original company – Davies Engineering – _______ ________ in 1960 by the Davies brothers in a small workshop near Manchester. They closed down the workshop in 1980 and opened up a new factory in Leeds.

A: When did it become IABS?

B: In 1997 – when it was bought by a German company. They set up two more businesses in the UK.

A: What does IABS_____ _____?

B: International Air Braking Systems.

Dialogue 5

Being in charge

A: I’m a foreman in our assembly shop. I’m _____ _______ of about twenty – five assembly workers. I have to ______ very closely with our inspectors. It’s their job to check the quality of work.

B: Who do you _______ _______?

A: I report to the Shift Supervisor, and he reports to the Factory Manager.

Dialogue 6

Hours and holidays

A: How many hours do you work a week?

B: I do a forty-hour week. I’m on ________. I usually start work at 8 a.m. and finish at 4.30 and have half an hour for lunch. But I can start and finish earlier or later if I want.

A: And how many weeks holiday do you get a year?

B: Four-plus public holidays. I usually take two weeks off in the summer and the rest at New Year.

A: Do you do ________?

B: Yes, if we’re busy. I’m paid double-time if I work _______ _________.

Home task:

A: Complete the sentences using a word from the box below.

apprentice components flex-time workforce shift

turnover operation plant people overtime

Example: Our …turnover….. this year will be about $500,000.

a) I’m doing ……………….. this week so I’ll earn more money.

b) My son is an ……………….. at a local furniture factory.

c) She works ……………….. so she can start work any time between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.

d) Our company has ……………….. in more than twenty countries.

e) What ……………….. are you on this week?

f) Our ……………….. has been cut because we don’t have enough orders.

g) They manufacture electronic ……………….. for computers.

h) Our maintenance ……………….. do all our repairs.

i) DAK is opening a new car ……………….. in the UK next year.

B: Match the products and industries. Use a dictionary to help you if necessary.

1. d iesel oil

2. car components

3. buildings

4. drugs

5. jet engines

6. cardboard

7. semiconductors

8. gold

9. cloth

10. mobile phones

1. the pharmaceutical industry.

2. the construction industry.

3. the textile industry.

4. the electronics industry.

5. t he petrochemical industry.

6. the aerospace industry.

7. the telecommunications industry.

8. the automotive industry.

9. the packaging industry.

10. the mining industry

C: Complete the sentences with a preposition from the box.

for (x3) for about over with of (x2) in on

Example: I’m ……on……. the afternoon shift this week.

1. We produce components ……………….. the car industry.

2. Exports account ………………..70 per cent of total sales.

3. We have factories all ……………….. the world.

4. We specialize ……………….. top-of-the-range cars.

5. What does IBM stand ……………….. ?

6. He’s responsible ……………….. Quality Control.

7. I’m in charge ……………….. the workshop.

8. Who takes care ……………….. after-sales service?

9. I have to liaise ……………….. our production planners.

D: Write down a question for the following responses.

Example: Who do you sell to?

We sell mainly to domestics packaging companies.

a) …………………………………………………………………………….?

I work for an electronic company called Eurotron.

b) …………………………………………………………………………….?

We design jet engines.

c) …………………………………………………………………………...?

We have over 1,000 employees worldwide.

d) …………………………………………………………………………….?

I’m a computer engineer.

e) …………………………………………………………………………….?

My job involves liaising carefully with our production

people to plan our production schedules.

f) …………………………………………………………………………….?

I report to our Shift Supervisor.

g) ……………………………………………………………………………..?

I work on average thirty- five hours a week.

h) ……………………………………………………………………………..?

It is just over two million dollars a year.