This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project number–2016-1-DE02-KA204-003293

Unit_B1-B2_Globalisation_READING _The Global Economy New Headway Advance L&J Soars

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project number–2016-1-DE02-KA204-003293

Unit_B1-B2_Globalisation_READING _The Global Economy New Headway Advance L&J Soars

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project number–2016-1-DE02-KA204-003293

Unit_B1-B2_Globalisation_READING _The Global Economy New Headway Advance L&J Soars

Answers

2. 1, 3,and 6 are facts. The rest are opinions.

3. Topics 1,4, 7 and 8 are mentioned.

4. 1. True.

2. False : the majority of us are deeply worried

3. False : more soending doesn’t mean that life is getting better. It often means the opposite.

4. True.

5. False : we don’t need things thathe economy produces as much as the economy needs

sense of need for these things.

6. False : we buy clothes that are manufactured in sweat shops by virtual slaves in poor parts

of the world.

7. True.

8. True.

5. 1. men in suits – businessmen

2. drained and stressed – exhausted, under pressure

3. ironic…devices in our lives – a joke we have no free time despite labour saving machines

4. hassling for…gadgets – children demanding latest electronic goods

5. goes into stalemate – system stops working

6. need is the miracle – need is the magic solution to economic growth

7. hunger that cannot be satisfied – we go on buying even though we don’t need anything

8. this ecstasy of consumption – wonderful feeling of constant spending

9. break the cycle – end the system which keeps the rich rich and the poor poor.

10. oblivious to the impact – unaware of the influence our behaviour has oin the world.