Sách Từ vựng IELTS – Unit 13: The modern world – Học Hay

Globalisation

1.1  Answer these questions.

1     How many of the following brand names do you know?

Nike   Sony   Coca Cola   Levi’s   Versace   Gucci   Adidas

2    Can you name the countries these companies are from?

3   Can you name a product or brand from your country that is well known in other countries?

 

Đáp án:

2.

Nike = US    Sony = Japan    Coca-Cola  = US     Levi’s = US

Versace = Italy   Gucci = Italy    Adidas = UK

 

1.2   Listen to two people, Amy and Bill, discussing globalisation. Who expresses the following opinions? Write A for Amy and B for Bill.

1   Globalisation could harm the regional way of life.   

2   Globalisation can help people who live within a small area.

3   Worldwide, more people eat traditional food than fast food.   

4   People can enjoy products from many different cultures today.   

5   large overseas companies have control over the non-alcoholic drink market.

6   If not for globalisation, companies from different countries would not join together to do business.

7    People who travel prefer to see unusual and exciting things instead of symbols used by big companies.

8   Experiencing something from another country does not take away your feeling of belonging to your country .

9   A range of different cultures can be reflected in food bought overseas.

10   No single company has complete control over the fashion industry  

 

Đáp án:

1. B (At this rate our culture will disappear a/together and we’ll all end up eating the same bland food!)
2. A (a lot of people are worried about globalisation and the impact it could have on the local people. But actually I’m beginning to think it works the other way around)
3. A (and globally, pizzas are actually more popular than burgers)
4. A (globalisation could mean that we end up living a more interesting and multicultural life)
5. B (the soft drinks market is totally dominated by just one or two big companies.)
6. A (Without globalisation international companies just wouldn’t merge like that)
7. B (They want to see something exotic, not the same icons they see all around them at home!)
8. A (I doubt local people feel they are losing their national identity just because a fast food outlet has opened up.)
9. A (And anyway, the nice thing about it is that in many places, these chains have to change the food they sell to suit the local culture. So there is a lot of give and take going on and you still get cultural diversity to some extent.)
10. B(I guess no one big multinational has a monopoly over the fashion market either, does it?)

 

1.3   Now listen again and write the words or phrases from the conversation that mean the same as the words in bold in 1.2.

Đáp án: 

1. culture
2. local
3. globally
4. multicultural
5. multinationals, is dominated by
6. merge
7. exotic … icons
8. national identity
9. cultural diversity
10. have a monopoly over

 

1.4  WORD BUILDING

Complete the table.

 

Noun	Adjective
culture
	ethnic
globalisation
	modern
	multicultural
nation
	urban

 

Đáp án:

Noun	Adjective
culture	cultural
ethnicity	ethnic
globalisation	global
modernisation	modern
multiculturalism	multicultural
nation	national
urbanisation	urban

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