10 34 Transport and tourism 2. Who could be the people involved? 3. What do I expect to hear? b) Do some research on the internet and add the information you have found to your notes. 4. Additional information Test practice: A brief history of the shipping container You are going to listen to an expert talking about the history of the shipping container and its influence on worldwide trade. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–7) with the sentence endings (A–J). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 Globalisation can only be successful if trading partners … H A turned to standard-sized boxes to address their transport needs. 1 In the western world today, food and vegetables from all over the world … B may lead to the disruption of production processes. 2 Globalisation leads to lower costs because workers in less developed countries … C are more reliable than machines. 3 Traditional containers varied in size and … D could be handled with the help of machines rather than with manpower. 4 As the US army needed to transport large amounts of goods in wartime, they … E are available all the year round. 5 One of the effects of the newly developed system was that containers … F made the transfer to other vehicles more expensive and time-consuming. 6 The shipping companies reacted to the rise in demand and … G may just lead to additional paperwork. 7 If goods do not arrive in time, this … H are reliable and shipments arrive without delay. I had bigger vessels developed for their purposes. J don’t get as much pay as in Europe or North America. 3 + 33 ✔ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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