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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 435.
Vocabulary task
Before you read
HISTORY OF GLOBALISATION
READING I
DEVELOPING GLOBAL BUSINESS
UNIT 10
| Learning goals After studying this unit you will be able to: · give your opinion on the roots of globalisation · explain the concept of globalisation · discuss different aspects of globalisation · assess advantages and disadvantages of globalisation |
1. Word building: complete the following table with the appropriate derivatives.
| Verb | Noun | Adjective |
| – | history | |
| global | ||
| articulate | ||
| commerce | ||
| create | ||
| engagement | ||
| significant | ||
| perceive | ||
| decision | ||
| sustainable |
- Read the following geographical and proper names, mind the pronunciation and translate them into Russian. Look up the following geographical and proper names in your dictionary to check their pronunciation and translation. Read them out loud.
| Alexandria, Athens, Antioch, Eurasia, Iberian Peninsular, Portugal, Castile, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, Sub-Saharan Africa, Pacific Islands, Pathian Empire, Christopher Columbus, Han Dynasty, Silk Road, Islamic, Jewish, Muslim, Middle East. |
1. Match up the words on the left with the definitions on the right. Suggest the Russian equivalents.
| 1) globalisation 2) commerce 3) consumer 4) integration 5) colonisation 6) colony 7) investment 8) poverty | a) a person who uses goods b) a region politically controlled by a distant country c) establishing colonies d) putting capital in a business enterprise e) a condition in which where people's basic needs are not being met the state of being extremely poor f) an exchange and distribution of goods g) going together with other social groups or different races h) a process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones |
Think ahead:
1. Is globalisation a modern phenomenon? Explain your point of view.
2. Do you agree that “a man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world” (George Santayana, philosopher and writer). ?
Text 10.1Skim the text and list different periods of globalisation.
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| Put the words in the box into the correct column: people or organisations | | | Long History Phenomenon |