Jan 13, 2019

TEST_STRONY_DRILL_PALL
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    • 1. Off the top of your head, how do you understand the term “globalisation”?
      2. Can you name any pros and cons of globalization?
      Is everybody in favour of it? Are there reasons to be against it? Or not fully in favour?
      3. Listen to a short talk by a New York Times journalist on globalisation and fill the gaps:
      ANAND GIRIDHARADAS: One of the things that happened in recent years was that as globalization – which is kind of a catch-all term for what was happening __________________ increased economic interdependence, growing trade, technology, technological penetration of many industries and _________________ and all those things – and everything the internet did, was that because all of those things, integration of the world, countries ____________ ___________ ____________, technology, the internet. Because all those things have a nice ring to them, a kind of moral glow, the people who were ardent champions of globalization always spoke of globalization as though it were not just an ideology or a process but _________ ____ truth and light. And that anybody who along the way whether in the steel towns of eastern Ohio or in large swathes of this country where this kind of revolution actually meant much choppier employment and precarious wages. Or in large swathes of the world where the increasing __________ ____ __________ meant that yes, you might make a lot of money, but then industries would kind of vanish as fast as they came.
      Anybody complaining about what globalization was doing to them was richsplained by these ________________ of globalization that you're being ________________. “What, do you not like the coming together of nations? Are you against the peoples of the world connecting? Are you against technology and the empowerment? You don't want people to be _______________?” And there was this way in which anybody who was raising alarm bells over the 30-40 year period that I'm talking about here was cast as being ____________________, provincial and small-hearted. And I think that is one of the reasons our antennae in the elite citadels of American life failed to detect so many incoming transmissions about the modern world actually not working for most people. And perhaps failed to detect some of the shift that led on the left to Bernie Sanders winning as much as he did despite all the _________________ for him as a candidate. And Donald Trump successfully winning because I think we didn't really understand how much people meant it when they were telling us all along that the New World wasn't working for them and it didn't matter how morally ________________ the high tech interdependent world, you know, it didn't appear how much, how people thought it was.

      • 4. Try to match the words with a similar meaning, there are 2 synonyms per one word:
        Flavour, intolerant, vibe, short-sighted, pompous, eager, acceptance, passionate, blanket, recognition, insecure, umbrella, unreliable, snobbish
        One of the things that happened in recent years was that as globalization – which is kind of a catch-all term for what was happening in terms of increased economic interdependence, growing trade, technology (…)
        Because all those things have a nice ring to them, a kind of moral glow, the people who were ardent champions of globalization always spoke of globalization as though it were not just an ideology or a process but kind of truth and light.
        And that anybody who along the way whether in the steel towns of eastern Ohio or in large swathes of this country where this kind of revolution actually meant much choppier employment and precarious wages.
        Are you against technology and the empowerment? You don't want people to be empowered?
        And there was this way in which anybody who was raising alarm bells over the 30-40 year period that I'm talking about here was cast as being narrow-minded, provincial and small-hearted.
        And Donald Trump successfully winning because I think we didn't really understand how much people meant it when they were telling us all along that the New World wasn't working for them and it didn't matter how morally superior the high tech interdependent world, you know, it didn't appear how much, how people thought it was.

        • 5. Translate into Polish the terms from the listening and matching exercises and complete the sentences with the correct one.

        tags: 1. w zakresie • jeżeli chodzi o • pod względem: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • 2. Szalone tempo życia: hectic _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • 3. Obrońcy globalizacji: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of globalisation • 4. O ludziach • pracownikach: wzmacniać • stwarzać możliwości rozwoju potencjału i wyrażania siebie: e _ _ _ _ _ r • 5. O opiniach • poglądach • punkcie widzenia: ograniczony • wąskie horyzonty myślowe • krótkowzroczność: _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ • 6. Przeszkoda (literally and petaphorically): _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • tor przeszkód: _________ course • 7. a) Lepszy • nadrzędny • ponadprzeciętny b) Zwierzchni • starszy rangą • przełożony • zwierzchnik: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to sth • sb • 8. Klimat • aura • atmosfera: a) v _ _ _ b) f l _ _ _ _ _ • a) These negotiations must not be approached in a conventional and __________________  manner • where everyone is simply out for themselves. • b) Praising employees’ efforts is just one way you can __________________  them. • c) Our services stand out in the market __________________  product quality • reliability and – above all – variety. • d) I didn't like the place - it had bad __________________   • e) He’s always been an ardent  __________________  of Manchester United. • f) The __________________  in Western societies is often frantic • our minds are always busy • and we're always doing something. • g) They make __________________   outdoor products. • h) This decision has removed the last __________________ to the hostages' release. • 7. Give one or two synonyms per each word: • a) bad economy = precarious wages: • b) racism has become a catch-all term for any criticism of a group of people: • c) He’s always been an ardent opponent of the Civic Platform: • d) Threatening employees with reduced wages is very narrow-minded: (krótkowzroczne)
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