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ngGl
obal
izat
ion

1.Whataret
headvant
agesanddi
sadv
ant
agesofusi
ng(
a)br
oadandnar
rowanddef
ini
ti
ons
ofgl
obali
zat
ion?

Answer:(a)Broadandinclusi
vedefi
niti
onsofglobal
izati
onsincl
udeavariet
yofissuesthatdeal
wit
hover comingtr
adi
ti
onal boundari
esinwhich,i
nturn,hel
pcountri
esfortheadventofborderl
-
essworlds.However,
asi tismenti
onedonthebook, itdoesnotshedli
ghtonthe i mplicat
ions
ofgl
obalizat
ionduetoitsvagueness.

(b)Theusageofnarr
owandexcl
usivedef
ini
ti
onsofgl
obal
i
zationarebett
erjust
if
iedbutcanbe
l
i
mi t
ing,
inthesenset
hatt
hei
rappl
icati
onadheret
oonl
yparti
culardef
ini
ti
ons.

I
naddi
ti
on,nomatterhowoneclassi
fi
esadefi
nit
ionofgl
obal
izat
ion,
theconcepti
scompl
ex
andmul
ti
facet
ed.I
tcouldbr
ingeit
herorbot
hint
egrati
onand/
orfragmentat
ion.

2.Whatdoy
out
hinki
sthei
mpor
tanceofdef
ini
nggl
obal
izat
ion?

Answer :Globali
zationisourli
fe!Forme, i
tist
hecatalystfort heprogress,devel
opmentand
i
ntegration—from indiv
idualt
osoci et
y,fr
om smal
l communi tiestonat i
onsandst ates.Defi
ning
gl
obalizationisi
ndeedi mportantbecauseofthereali
tythatt hesaidmat terenabl
esust osee
oursel
v esaspar toftheso-call
ed“globalage”
.Li
kewise, i
ttransmi t
sideas,meanings,andv alues
aroundt heglobeinsuchawayt ooutspr
eadandintensifysoci al
relat
ionsandsocial str
uctures.

3.Theappl
icati
onofGl obal
izat
ioncanbeseenindi
ff
erentaspect
sofdai
lyl
if
eli
kepol
it
ics,
music,
spor
ts,celebr
it
y,fi
lms,disast
er,
etc,
iny
ourcase.

A.
)Enumerat
eatleastthr
eeofthemostr
ecentsongsyouhaveli
stened.Wher
edi
dthey
or
igi
nat
e?I
denti
fythenati
onal
it
yofthewr
it
erand/orar
tistf
oreachmusi c.

Answer
:

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ecent
lyl
i
stened Or
igi
n Nati
onal
i
tyoft
hewr
it
erof
ar
ti
st

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ngGr
ace" Uni
tedKi
ngdom Br
it
ish

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ulname" Aust
ral
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a Aust
ral
i
an

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eati
sourGod" Uni
tedSt
atesofAmer
ica Amer
ican
B.
)Whatgadget
sordev
icesdoy
ouusual
lyuset
oli
stent
omusi
c?

Answer
:Iusual
l
yusemyphonei
nli
steni
ngmusi
c

C.
)Howdoy
ouaccessmusi
c?(
Onl
ine,
Yout
ube,
Spot
if
y,orot
herchannel
s)

Answer
:Iaccessedt
hesemusi
cfr
om whatwecal
l
edYout
ube.(
Isi
mpl
yconnect
edmydev
ices
onthei
nter
net)
.

D.
)Usi
ngav
isualr
epr
esent
ati
on,
def
inegl
obal
izat
ionandcr
eat
eyourgener
ali
zat
ions.

Answer:As ref
erred on the reading selection,global
izat
ion is compar abl
etoa
l
iqui
dphenomenon;iti
snotfixed,
itchangequi cklyandthei
raspects,spati
alandtempor
al,
are
i
nconti
nuousfl
uctuati
on.Theyareinconstantint er
act
iontoperfor
mi tsfunct
ionasli
qui
ds.

Theref
ore,Globali
zationi saprocessofi nt
eract
ionofoneent i
tytoanot herthroughjoi
nt
endeavortoachievet hecommongoal ofacommuni t
yt odevel
op,toinnov ate,andtogr
owmor e
thanbefore.I
nconcl usion,globali
zationhast hecapacityt
oinsti
tut
esi gnifi
cantchangetothe
quali
tyofpeople’sli
vesf rom diff
erentet hni
cit
yandbackgr ounds since i tdevelops
i
nternat
ionali
nfluencei nav eryincreasingrateofprogressindi
ffer
entaspect ssuchasin
economic,social,
andcul tural.

3.Whatmetaphor
sar
eyougoi
ngt
ousei
nor
dert
oimpr
ovey
ourowndef
ini
ti
onof
gl
obal
izat
ion?

Enumer
ateatl
eastt
hreeandexpl
ainoneoft
hem.

TheGl
obal
i
zat
ioni
ssi
mal
art
oG-
A-S-Gr
owi
ngup,
Air
,St
ool
1.AChi
ldGr
owi
ngUp

–Gl
obal
i
zat
ioncannotbe,
andnev
erbest
opped

f
rom i
tsdev
elopmentandadv
ancement
.Ev
eryy
ear
,ev
eryt
ime,
iti
sev
olv
ingand

r
api
dlychangi
ng.Ast
heday
spassby
,wi
dear
ray
sof

newi
mpr
ovementont
heaspect
sofl
i
vingwi
l
laddup

t
othespl
i
ceofl
i
fe.Consequent
ly,
“gr
eatagecomes

wi
thgr
eatr
esponsi
bil
i
ty”asgl
obal
i
zat
iongr
ows,
peopl
emusti
ncul
cat
eaccount
abi
l
ityt
oal
l

under
taki
ngs.

2.Ai
r(Bl
owi
ngFr
om Di
ff
erentDi
rect
ions)–i
sacommonl
yfoundsubst
ancei
ntheear
th’
s

atmosphere—iti
sever ywher
e…f rom easttowest,f
rom southtonort
h.Noonecandoubti
ts
exi
stenceandsignif
icance;evenpeoplecouldnotperceiv
eit,wecanfeeli
tsi
mpacton
humanityandsociet
y .Justl
iketheair,gl
obal
izat
ionisneededinorderf
orhumanstol
iveand
surv
ivefrom t
imetot ime.

3.TheSt ool
-Humanf ecescompr i
sedofdi ff
erentmat erialsthatwehav eeaten.They
symbol i
zeunityi
ndiv ersity
.Toputt hisint operspect
ive, asweeatGo, Grow,andGl owf oods,
theybasical
lyendupi ntoonef i
nishedpr oduct--
-thestool .Thefoodgr oupsrepresentssector
s
ofsocietyorpeople,thepl entyandmor ediversefoodwet ake,t
hemor ecolorf
ul andbigisour
output.I
nglobali
zation, goodsoci ali
nteracti
onf r
om differententit
yisimportantt oat
tainand
real
izetheexpectedgoal .However ,
ifthereisabadel ementweconsume(badsoci al
i
nteracti
ons)itwil
lresul tadisguisti
ngloosebowel mov ement(Dest abil
ati
onofGl obali
zati
on)

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sSaul
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rstYear
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ect
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