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课件网) U3 Going global Reading and interaction Going global global+ization globalization modern+ization modernization Pre-reading task Before you read, choose a foreign country you know. Think about how it is different from or similar to China. Choose one or two aspects below and talk about them in groups. the building the climate the language the food the music the clothes the people others:_____ I have traveled to Singapore once. Many people there speak Chinese because it is one of the official languages in the country. You can find Chinese restaurants everywhere in Singapore, as well as some international fast food chains that are common in China.But you can also taste some unique local snacks in the streets of Singapore. I have an online friend who's from Korea. It happens that we both enjoy pop songs and like the same pop singer. As for the weather, it is much colder in Seoul than in Shanghai in winter, I believe. Prediction Task 2 Skim the whole passage and match the paragraph(s) with the main ideas. para _____ The writer’s concern about certain changes. para ____ ~ ____ The world population growth and its reason. para ____ ~ ____ The changes in different aspects in people’s lives. 6 1 3 4 5 Task 3 Read para 1-3 and complete the table about world population growth. Task 3 Read para 1-3 and complete the table about world population growth. Task 3 Read para 1-3 and answer the question: Q:Why did the population start growing quickly after 8000 BCE A: The population started growing quickly because human beings invented agriculture at that time, which made it easier to feed more people and enabled human beings to settle down and have bigger families. find arable land cultivate the field grow and store food domesticate animals settle down Task 4 Read para 4-5 and answer the question: Q: According to the writer, in what ways does our planet seem to be getting significantly smaller Analyze the changes that have occurred in different aspects and complete the table. For any information not available in the passage, please infer from the context or refer to your own knowledge. greatly, markedly, remarkably, notably conclude from evidence In the past Today Travel Travellers spent months at sea. There were unfamiliar styles. Recreation / rekr e n/ People enjoy the same sports, music, films and TV shows. Consumption People buy the same products from huge, global companies. Languages were diversified and people normally spoke only their mother tongues or dialects. Travellers sit on a plane for a few hours. Clothing and buildings They are very similar. People enjoyed completely different local forms of recreation. People bought locally produced products/domestic products or home-made goods. Language Many local languages are threatened with extinction with more people speaking certain languages. Easier travel has shortened the distance between different countries. The differences in cultures are be ... ...
