Complete the sentences with the words from the previous exercise
1) Which of the following is the most important _______ facing the country today? The economy? The federal budget deficit? Health care? The threat of terrorism?
2) Our company provides online cultural training for creating cultural ______ helping global team leaders and international businesses understand differences in national mentality.
3) If you are looking for ways to remember things better try these 25 _____techniques to improve your memory.
4) Many people think that social networking is a ______for teenagers because they live in virtual reality.
5) Central bank plays a key role in the _________ financial market.
6) This innovation is a strategic _________in the sphere of space exploration.
7) Success is ________if you know how to deal with people properly.
8) No living language is _______. Language use certainly differs in different situations, with different speakers, in different locations.
9) It’s __________to achieve your lifetime dream!
Words:foolproof, issue, homogeneous, domestic, awareness, bane, predictable, bliss, know-how.
Grammar practice
Present Perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past. The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the result than in the action itself. F.ex. The invention of the wheel has changed the world forever.
Note: One should bear in mind that there may be a verb tense in your language with a similar form, but the meaning is probably NOT the same.
In the text there are some sentences where Present Perfect is used. Find them and try to reproduce.
2. Use the Present Perfect Tense (both in passive or active) to emphasizethe impact of some actions or events on the present moment.
1. i-Phones (to change) radically … our lives. To date, more than 217 million iPhones (to sell) …, and they're being used by construction workers to read blueprints, doctors to diagnose patients, governments to improve services and parents to quiet their kids in restaurants.
2. There is no question that internationalization, and particularly international student mobility, (to transform) … the higher education landscape in the last decade.
3. Credit cards (to simplify) dramatically … the process of making in-person and online purchases.
4. In an era of globalization, AIESEC’s programs (to help) … thousands of young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural, socio-economic and business issues.
5. Grants (to enable) … many students to realize their dream of a higher education and being independent.
Practice
1. Summarize what changes happen to the following things from the list given below. You may develop the list. Your own ideas are welcome!
- trade restrictions and limitations;
- innovations;
- domestic markets;
- telecommunications (as well as other means of communication);
- money in the form of investment and transactions;
- usual people;
- businesses and businessmen;
- horizons (opportunities and prospects).
- Define the word “globalization”. Refer to your own experience. Exchange opinions.
Reading and Vocabulary
Globalization is a very controversial issue today. Opinions vary considerably over its pros and cons. You can find some of them below. Read the text in detail.
PROs
- Goods and people are transported with ease and speed;
- the possibility of war between developed countries decreases;
- free trade between countries is stimulated;
- competition rises thus reducing prices and improving the quality of production;
- global mass media connects all people all over the world;
- as the cultural barriers reduce, the global village dream becomes more realistic;
- there is a spread of democratic ideals;
- growth of interdependence of the nation-states;
- developed countries can invest in developing ones;
- flexibility of corporations to operate across borders rises;
- the communication between individuals and corporations in the world increases;
- environmental protection in developed countries grows.
CONs