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UNIT 10 •• ETHICSWe can use different tenses to narrate a story.Past simplePast continuousPast perfectPresent perfectThe company fired her.Everything was going really well.She had lied on her Cv.Since then. I've advised everyone to be honest.Which tense is normally used for:1 setting the scene and providing background information?2 events which happen before the story begins?3 events in the story?4 saying what the present results of the story are? Grammor reference page 150m )>> CD2.29 Listen to the conversation again. Follow the audio script on page163 and note down examples of each of these tenses.a) past simple c) past perfectb) past continuous d) present perfectII Complete this text about a pharmaceutical company with the correct tensesof the verbs in brackets.We like to think we are an ethical company. but wewhen we....... ' (launch) our new product... ' (have) a problem last yearLet me give you the background to the problem. The new product .. ....) (sell) verywell. we ..... ......' (get) good feedback. and sales. ...' (increase) month by month.Everyone was happy.Then it all ... . ..' (go) wrong. In August. we . 7 (start) to get complaints fromsome doctors about one of our salesmen. They ............ 8 (complain) about the methods"that the salesman ... ......... 9 (use) to persuade them to endorse the product. He ...(offer) them expensive gifts and ........... . n (take) them to expensive restaurants. Thedoctors ... . .. " (feel) under pressure to promote the product.By the end of the year. we ..........." (receive) over 30 complaints about that particularsalesman. In December. articles . ..........,. (start) to appear in the press about ourunethical sales methods. In the end. we ............" (fire) the salesman. As a result of this.we ..........." (recently issue) guidelines to all sales staff about appropriate gifts.IlJ Tell a story about any of these ideas.1 A significant news event you remember well2 An ethical problem you know about3 A memorable event in your life (good or bad)4 An unusual or memorable experience while you were travelling abroad5 Your first or last day in a job or organisation100scanned for Paul Jennings

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