Упр.1 Юнит 4 Step 5 ГДЗ Rainbow English 11 класс
1 Listen to the interview with Mr Clover and choose the appropriate answers to the questions. 1) What problems did Mr George Clover discuss with the interviewer?
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1 Listen to the interview with Mr Clover and choose the appropriate answers to the questions.
1) What problems did Mr George Clover discuss with the interviewer?
a) He spoke about the problems of journalism.
b) He spoke about the problem of the American culture’s expansion all over the world.
c) He spoke about the cultural problems in America.
2) Where in Mr Clover’s view do US products sell well?
a) In all the continents.
b) On the territory of North America.
c) Within the US.
3) Why is the American culture accepted all over the world according to Mr Clover’s point of view?
a) The US has been the first country in producing fashionable goods.
b) Because it is a rich country.
c) There are several factors that made it possible.
4) Which of the three statements below is true according to Mr Clover?
a) Many people overestimate America’s success.
b) Many people underestimate America’s success.
c) Many people have a realistic image of America.
5) Why does the USA continue to be successful today according to Mr Clover?
a) Its exports are of higher quality than those from other countries.
b) It is the only country that makes many of the things it exports.
c) American products are associated with wealth and glamour.
6) What is likely to happen in the future?
a) America’s cultural exports will have more and more influence in the future.
b) America’s cultural exports will lessen.
c) America’s cultural exports will be equal to the same exports from other countries.
Текст аудирования:
— The guest of our studio today is Mr George Clover, a well-known British journalist, with whom I’d like to discuss the problem of globalization. Hello, Mr Clover, and welcome.
— Thank you.
— It seems that nowadays American culture is everywhere. How can you explain the fact?
— In the first place, this world-wide spread of American culture is the result of the process of globalization in trade.
— What do you mean? Could you be more specific?
— Well, North America itself is a large and wealthy territory. US corporations are doing very well at home but they have already succeeded in winning markets practically everywhere in the world.
— That’s true. And yet how has it happened?
— It is worth noticing that in such areas as entertainment, fast food and fizzy drinks such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi the US was the first in the field. The same can be said about the development of music recording technologies.
— Oh, yes. The US was ahead of any other country in these areas. It is even truer for moving pictures. Hollywood movies and jazz music have easily become exportable around the world.
— They have, haven’t they? So we can say that much of American culture’s success appears to lie in the fact that American corporations are wealthy and that they were the first in a number of fields.
— I see. But how have they continued to dominate?
— One answer to this question lies in the fact that people associate the United States with wealth and success. The idealized view of America as the land of the freedom where the streets are paved with gold, lives on.
— You mean to say that when people buy American products they feel that they buy a little of the country’s glamour, don’t you?
— Absolutely so. Wherever you live, and however much you earn, wearing Calvin Klein jeans makes you look like a wealthy westerner. And then American culture is also easy to understand. It is fairly simple and can be appreciated by everyone. American TV shows and movies rarely have unhappy endings. Like hamburgers and ice-cream milkshakes, American entertainment provides us with simple pleasures. It seems likely that US dominance will increase still further.