32 UniT 02 | Big bucks or no dough? Work with your partners from 25c and discuss. 1 Which of the advantages and disadvantages on your list are mentioned in the article? 2 Does the article give any facts that you hadn’t expected? 3 What solutions does the article offer? Do you think they are feasible? Why?/Why not? Expand your vocabulary: Globalisation – part 2 Read the article again and find the expressions that fit the explanations below. SPEAKING 27 LANGUAGE 28 Work with another pair to compare your ranking. Justify your choices. c To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statements below? Write a PEEL paragraph of around 120 words on each of them. See Writing coach, PEEL, p. 165. 1 Globalisation is the answer to worldwide poverty. 2 Globalisation has enriched culture. What is a trade agreement? What trade agreements do you know? Discuss in pairs. Trade agreements are often criticised because they’re only aimed at economic factors and don’t take into account any other aspects. If you could design the ‘perfect’ trade agreement, what would it have to incorporate? Work with a partner, make sure you know what the terms below mean, and then rank them according to their importance (1: very important, 8: not important at all). WRITING 29 3 Globalisation is improving tolerance between nations. SPEAKING 30 a b human rights fair compensation of small producers labour standards regulations of migration regulations of intellectual property environmental standards right to unionise protection of ethnic minorities a when sb.’s economic situation is improved b to increase the difference c the buying and selling of goods between countries without limits or special taxes d somebody who produces the same things at a lower price e the growing number of people with rising purchasing power f the unfair situation when some people have more money, rights, etc. than others g increasing amount of goods transported by sea or plane h to leave dangerous substances where they cause harm i the ownership of sth. that is the product of original thought (ideas, inventions, etc.) j to make sth. useless so that it’s no longer needed Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eig ntum des Verlags öbv
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