问题:Do you think globalization is a positive development?
Well, globalization certainly has its benefits. I mean, as national borders become more and more blurry, the amount of cultural exchange we have is unprecedented. So we are seeing people from across the globe sharing common language with one another like never before. And the global economy is also improved, as countries are abandoning the protectionism and trade barriers that they used to have, turning to free trade and international cooperation instead. But on the downside, globalization has allowed the strong countries to further exert their dominance over the weak ones. So if we put everything together, I’d say that globalization is strengthening the strong and crippling the weak, and it’s hard to say whether that’s a good thing or not.
重点词汇:
blurry adj. 模糊的 (原指图看不清,名词和动词blur)
unprecedented adj. 前所未有的 (来自于precede)
protectionism n. 保护主义 (保护+ism)
exert v. 施加 (宾语通常是某种影响或力量)
dominance n. 主导、支配、优势 (动词dominate和形容词dominant)
cripple v. 严重削弱 (原本指残疾)
高分表达:
from across the globe 来自世界各地的 (写作也可以用,放在名词后面)
trade barrier 贸易壁垒 (关税或者其它限制贸易的措施)
free trade 自由贸易 (指无贸易壁垒,对进出口不加限制)
那么这就是我们今天所有的内容,今天讲的Part3问题是,你认为全球化是一个好的发展趋势吗?
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