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Comprehension Check
1. Answer the following questions.
1. How is globalization defined in the text?
2. What advantages do businesses and governments see in the process of globalization?
3. What disadvantages do anti-globalists emphasize?
4. What other disadvantages of globalization are mentioned in the text?
2. Complete the sentences using the information from the text.
1. For companies globalization means …...
2. For its supporters globalization offers …...
3. The term “globalization” is used to describe …...
4. The world is moving towards an era …...
5. Globalization prevents governments from …...
3. Summarize all the advantages and disadvantages of globalization given in the text. Can you add any others?
Vocabulary Focus
1. Match the words with their definitions.
| 1. free trade | a. success or wealth. |
| 2. prosperity | b. a country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially. |
| 3. living standard | c. international trade that is free of such government interference as import quotas, export subsidies, and protective tariffs. |
| 4. developing country | d. lack of adequate food. |
| 5. malnutrition | e. level of comfort in which people live, which usually depends on how much money they have. |
2. Use the words from the list of Useful Vocabulary to complete the sentences.
1. As a result of ….. many businesses trade throughout the world.
a. malnutrition
b. globalization
c. promotion
2. Governments are planning to expand the global economy by …..trade and economic interdependence.
a. promoting
b. fighting
c. economizing
3. International furniture retailer IKEA announced that it will ….. the world’s ancient forests.
a. trade
b. supply
c. protect
4. Cheaper housing would improve the ….. of ordinary people.
a. living advantages
b. living disadvantages
c. living standards
5. The police have made no attempt to solve these …...
a. standards
b. issues
c. businesses
6. The supporters of globalization state that it will lead the world to economic …...
a. trade
b. prosperity
c. opportunity
3. Give the English equivalents to the following expressions.
- угрожать окружающей среде
- продвигать торговлю
- финансовые и инвестиционные рынки
- видеть много преимуществ
- иностранное предприятие
- создавать межкультурные проблемы
Talking Points
1. Comment on the quotations.
1. “It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the law of gravity”.
Kofi Annan
2. “Globalization is a fact of economic life”.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
2. Express your opinion on the following points.
1. Globalization: is it good or bad? Why?
2. What is your opinion about the future of the process of globalization?
3. Finish the phrase.
- I would (not) like to live in the era of globalization, because …...
Summary Points
1. Look through the text from Reading and fill in the missing parts of its plan.
I. The definition of globalization.
II.
III. The disadvantages of globalization.
IV.
2. Put down key words for each point of the plan.
3. Summarize the text, basing on the key words you have put down.
Unit 15
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