Writing 3 – Class 6D

1. Lê Thị Hương Thảo

2. Phạm Anh Tuấn
3. Trương Việt Linh
4. Huỳnh Trọng Kha
5. Lương Quốc Dân
6. Lê Duy Hùng
7. Trần Quốc Toản

Differences between countries become less evident each year.

Nowadays, all over the world people share the same fashions, advertising,
brands, eating habit and TV channels. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of this?
There are several advantages of this trend. Firstly, gradual changes in
customs, marketing, trademarks, the pattern of eating, and TV channels are
improving towards standardization, which means we are going to an integrated
and more harmonized world. Lifestyle similarity improves people's mutual
understanding, which reduces confrontation between people. Secondly, the
biggest advantage of following a global lifestyle is you are protected from
discrimination. When you wear the same kind of clothes or eat the same kind of
food as everyone else, you will not stand out. This will actually protect you from
various forms of discrimination that you might experience when you are in a
foreign country. In addition to this, similarity in tastes helps both the consumers
and the producers in the market. This is because manufacturers can sell their
goods and services with ease in any part of the world. This could encourage
healthy competition and avoid any kind of monopoly in the market. As a result,
consumers have access to plenty of choices and at the same time, manufacturers
are forced to improve the quality of their products.
On the other hand, this trend has some striking disadvantages. Firstly, the
spread of cross-cultural materialistic lifestyles and attitudes makes us more
selfish. Secondly, with the aggressive spread of market economies and
communication technology, local cultures and values are in peril. Finally, bad
eating habits are also shared and integrated into many cultures. Junk food
multinationals, namely as Mc Donalds and Starbucks, have become widely
available, worsening the diet of children and adults all over the globe noticeably.