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4. Extra Activities

4.a In pairs, do the short quiz below.

1Which is the biggest fizzy drinks company in the world?

2Which fast food giant operates in 120 countries?

3Can you name the most successful sportswear in the world?

4.b Read the article and choose the best word to fill in the gaps from the list below.

Do we have a global culture?

You probably know or can guess the answer to all these questions 1) what country you live in. These things are all part of a global culture that exists in almost every country in the world. They are all part of globalisation, the process whereby large multinational companies, usually from America, build 2) in

every country. With the use of the Internet, the spread of English, and an increase in travel, the world is becoming a smaller place. Everybody wears the same trainers, eats the same fast food, drinks the same drinks and watches the same programmes on television.

Many people are worried about this global culture, and what it will mean to the culture of individual countries, villages and towns. One of the heroes of the

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4.c Read the article again and use information and your own ideas to write notes on this chart. When you have finished, choose one side and argue your case with your partner.

5. Listening

5.a What can you see in these pictures? What do you think the people are doing? What is WTO?

5.b Listen to the talk about globalisation process and tick the phrases you hear.

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5.c Listen again and fill in the missing words.

6. Speaking

6.a Discuss these questions in small groups.

1In what way do the companies mentioned on the previous pages affect your life? Do you buy or use the things they make?

2Do most of the things you buy / use / watch / listen to come from your own country or abroad?

3Do you think that big companies have too much power?

4Do you think they are good or bad for society?

5Which do you think are more powerful, governments or big companies?

6.b Make use of the following expressions.

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7. Writing: a for and against essay

7.a Discuss these questions with a partner.

1 Are there a lot of CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras in your town?

2 Where do you usually find them?

3 Do you think they are a good thing? Why? Why not?

4 How do they make you feel?

7.b Zeina is a student in London. Read her essay about CCTV cameras. Does she mention any of the things you discussed?

The advantages and disadvantages of CCTV cameras

There are now four million CCTV cameras in the UK. That means one

7.c Match these headings a-d

camera for every fourteen people. If you live in London, you are caught on camera with the paragraphs of the

On the other hand, a major advantage is that they help to catch criminals and prevent crimes from happening in the first place. Another advantage is that

ordinary people feel safer and have more freedom to lead their lives as they wish.

7.d Where can you find these things in the essay? Write I for introduction,

To sum up, are the cameras good or bad? This is a difficult question to

MB for main body and C for conclusion.

answer. Although we feel safer, every move we make is seen by someone,

1 a statement of the writer’s opinion

somewhere. Therefore, we might get more freedom in some ways, but we loose it

2 a statement of the importance of the subject

in other ways. Perhaps we need more time to understand the effect of this, but I

3 development of important ideas

personally think that the advantages are greater than disadvantages.

4 a statement of the writer’s aims

5 a summary of the main point

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7.e Underline the phrases that are used in the essay to talk about advantages and disadvantages.

7.f Linkers. Fill in the missing linkers although, on the other hand and therefore.

dangerous.

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7.g Write a for and against essay (200-220 words) on one of the topic below.

globalisation

development of giant companies

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