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2、tionPreview When scholars write the history of the world in the last two decades, what do they think was the most crucial development? The attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11? The convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the g
3、lobal supply chain for services and manufacturing, giving themselves a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this ”flattening of the globe, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner?Part I Text ReadingWarm
4、-upI. Facts about globalization. Globalization is the process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together。 Decide which of the following phenomena are the facts of globalization。 1。 There are approximately 24,500 McDonalds restaurants in over 115 countrie
5、s。 2. It is estimated that participants of the Beijing Olympics has reached 11,468 involving 205 countries. 3. More than 100,000 people joined a parade in 1999 to protest against a WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle. 4. The Berlin Wall collapsed on November 9, 1989. 5。 Chinese fans enjoyed Harry Pot
6、ter VI: the Halfblood Prince on the same day with fans around the globe. 6. Columbus made a fourth voyage in search of the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean on 11 May 1502。II。 Three stages of globalization。 For Friedman, globalization has undergone three stages which he classifies as Globalizati
7、on 1。0, 2.0 and 3.0。 Match the three eras of globalization with their featuresErasFeaturesA. Globalization 1。0 (14921800)a。 It was the movement of information that it empowered the individuals to participate in the globalization。B。 Globalization 2.0(1800-2000)b。 It was a competition of power (horse
8、power, wind power and later steam power) with which mainly western countries began to explore the new world。 C。 Globalization 3.0 (2000-present)c。 It was the birth and then the maturation of global economy with sufficient movement of goods and information between continents, thus creating a global m
9、arket。III. Is globalization good or bad? Globalization has met praise and criticism since the beginning day. Read the following Pros and Cons about globalization, and voice your own idea.Pros:1. Increased free trade between nations。2。 Increased liquidity of capital allowing investors in developed na
10、tions to invest in developing nations。3。 Global mass media that ties the world together。4. Greater ease and speed of transportation for goods and people.5。 Reduction of cultural barriers increases the global village effect.6. Reduction of likelihood of war between developed nations.Cons:1. Increased
11、 likelihood of economic disruptions in one nation effecting all nations.2. Threat that control of world media by a handful of corporations will limit cultural expression。3. Greater risk of diseases being transported unintentionally between nations.4. Spread of a materialistic lifestyle and attitude
12、that sees consumption as the path to prosperity5. International bodies like the World Trade Organization infringe on national and individual sovereignty.6。 Increase in the chances of civil war within developing countries and open war between developing countries as they vie for resources.Text11/9 Ve
13、rsus (vs/ v.s。=against) 9/11Thomas L。 Friedman 1 Reflecting on this past decade and a half, during which the world went flat, it strikes me that our lives have been powerfully shaped by two dates: 11/9 and 9/11. 2 These two dates represent the two competing forms of imagination at work (=working) in
14、 the world today: the creative imagination of 11/9 and the destructive imagination of 9/11. One brought down a wall and opened the windows of the world-both the operating system and the kind we look through。 It unlocked half the planet and made the citizens there our potential partners and competito
15、rs。 Another brought down the World Trade Center, closing its windows on the World restaurant forever and putting up new invisible and concrete walls among people at a time when we thought 11。 The dismantling (=demolishing, razing, ruining) of the Berlin Wall on 11/9 was brought about (realized) by p
16、eople who dared to imagine a different, more open worldone where every human being would be free to realize his or her full potentialand who then summoned (convoke, assemble, call, convene) the courage to act on that imagination。 3 Do you remember how it happened? It was so simple, really: In July 1989, hundreds of East Germans (seak) sought refuge at the West Germ
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