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15_0801_wp_S11_T1 Perils of globalization when factories close and towns struggle Galesburg, Ill., illustrates why some economists have doubts about the effects of more global trade. By Binyamin Appelbaum ™EVEN IN™ this city of abandoned factories, it is possible to see some of the benefits the United States reaps from increased foreign trade: At the rail yard, where boxcars of bargain-price Asian goods are routed to American consumers; at the nearby slaughterhouse, where pigs are packaged for the global market; and at Knox College, where almost 10 percent of the students now come from foreign countries. 2 ™It is also hard to miss the enduring costs. In 2004, Maytag shut down the refrigerator factory that for decades was Galesburg’s largest employer and moved much of the work to Mexico. Barack Obama, then running to represent Illinois in the Senate, described the workers as victims of globalization in his famous speech that year at the Democratic National Convention. 3 ™A decade later, many of those workers are still struggling. The city’s population is in decline, and the median household income fell 27 percent between 1999 and 2013, adjusting for inflation. 4 ™George Carney, who drove a forklift until the day the factory closed, and then found work as a bartender, is now receiving federal disability benefits. He says he is bitter that American policy makers smoothed Maytag’s road to Mexico by passing the North American Free Trade Agreement in the early 1990s. “I don’t believe in laying someone off, in taking away someone’s livelihood just so other people can make more money,” Mr. Carney said. 5 ™It is one of the basic principles of economics that trade is good and more trade is better. But as Mr. Obama presses Congress for the authority to negotiate a new generation of trade deals, the struggles of Galesburg illustrate why some economists have come to doubt the relevance of that orthodoxy. 6 ™“I think what we’ve learned is that U.S. labor markets aren’t as flexible and self-correcting as I think we had presumed,” said Gordon Hanson, an economist at the University of California, San Diego. “The uneasiness I have about the way we’ve handled globalization is not so much globalization itself. It’s that if you don’t have the right safety net, you’re going to impose an enormous amount of hardship.” 7 ™There is also mounting evidence that the benefits of globalization have accrued disproportionately to upper-income households, while the costs have fallen heavily on the less affluent, contributing to the rise of economic inequality. 8 ™The Obama administration has presented the proposed agreements as, in part, a shield against globalization that would require other nations to move closer to American standards for environmental protection, worker rights and intellectual property. 9 ™But the administration and many outside economists say further trade, despite the negatives, is still clearly beneficial. David Weinstein, a Columbia University economist, said the image of downtrodden Galesburg should be set alongside the prosperity of Silicon Valley, because the decline of manufacturing in the United States helped free resources to feed the high-tech boom. 1 10 ™Trade deals are at the center of the political debate about globalization, but for all the sound and fury they generate, recent deals have played only a small role in the expansion of global trade. In 2013, on the 20th anniversary of Nafta, the Congressional Research Service reviewed the research and concluded it was not that big a deal. 11 ™The seismic shift came after World War II, when the United States and other developed nations began to minimize tariffs and other barriers. Global trade grew as industrialization spread, particularly in China, and thanks to innovations including the standardized shipping container and the Internet. 12 ™Just as individuals benefit by working in one field and using their earnings to pay for other goods and services, economists contend that nations, too, prosper by specializing: exporting what they have and importing what they want. … 13 ™But the benefits are not distributed evenly. Trade increases overall prosperity by eliminating less productive jobs. In theory, the workers find new jobs. In practice, studies by Mr. Hanson and other economists show that in cities like Galesburg, global competition is increasing unemployment and reducing wages. 14 ™Richard Lindstrom, whose family has owned an appliance store on Galesburg’s Main Street for the last 89 years, said sales fell when Maytag left. But that was about the same time he started selling many imported high-definition televisions. 15 ™Some Maytag workers were able to find better jobs. But many of the 1,600 Maytag workers were not as fortunate, according to Chad Broughton, a lecturer in public policy at the University of Chicago who chronicled Galesburg’s struggles in his book, “Boom, Bust, Exodus.” 16 ™Trade also tends to reduce prices, and there is evidence that lower-income households may benefit disproportionately, because they spend a larger share of income than wealthier households on the goods with the largest price declines. This Walmart effect may partly offset the distribution of income gains. 17 ™Walmart opened a supercenter in Galesburg in 2007, but Mr. Broughton said the arrival of the store could hardly offset the loss of the factory. “The decline in the quality of life for working-class families has not been nearly matched by the low, low prices,” he said. “Maybe those diffuse benefits have benefited America more generally. But it’s not the case in Galesburg.” … © – The New York Times 0 ™PERIL™ “"per´l‘ Gefahr — to illustrate “"Il´streIt‘ veranschaulichen — economist Volkswirt — doubt “daUt‘ Zweifel 1 ™abandoned “´"bœnd´nd‘ stillgelegt — benefit Vorteil; s.w.u. beneficial “ÆbenI"fIS´l‘ nutzbringend; to benefit profitieren — to reap ernten — rail yard “"reIljA…d‘ (AE) Bahnbetriebswerk — boxcar (AE) Güterwagen — bargain-price “"bA…gIn-‘ zum Schnäppchenpreis — to route “ru…t‘ leiten — consumer “k´n"sju…m´‘ Verbraucher — slaughterhouse “"slO…t´haUs‘ Schlachthof — to package “"pœkIdZ‘ verpacken — Knox “nÅks‘ ™to miss übersehen — enduring “In"djU´rIN‘ bleibend — to shut down schließen — employer Arbeitgeber — to run kandidieren — victim “"--‘ Opfer — convention Parteitag 3 ™to struggle s. abmühen — population “ÆpÅpj´"leIS´n‘ Bevölkerung — to be in decline “dI"klaIn‘ sinken — median household income “"mi…di´n‘ durchschnittl. Einkommen der Privathaushalte — adjusting for inflation “´"dZøstIN‘ inflationsbereinigt 4 ™forklift “"--‘ Gabelstapler — bartender Barkeeper — disability benefits “ÆdIs´"bIl´ti‘ Erwerbsunfähigkeitsrente — bitter verbittert — policy maker “pÅl´si‘ polit. Entscheider — to 2 smooth (the) road “smu…D‘ den Weg ebnen — to pass verabschieden — to lay s.o. off jdn. entlassen — livelihood “"laIvlihUd‘ Lebensunterhalt 5 ™basic principle “"prIns´p´l‘ Grundprinzip — to press s.o. jdn. drängen — authority “O…"TÅr´ti‘ Befugnis — to negotiate “nI"g´USieIt‘ aushandeln — trade deal Handelsabkommen — relevance “"rel´v´ns‘ — orthodoxy “"O…T´dÅksi‘ h.: verbreitete Denkweise 6 ™self-correcting selbstkorrigierend — to presume “prI"zju…m‘ annehmen — uneasiness “øn"i…zIn´s‘ Unbehagen — safety net Sicherheitsnetz — to impose “Im"p´Uz‘ auferlegen — hardship “"--‘ Not; Elend 7 ™mounting evidence “"evId´ns‘ immer mehr Beweise — to accrue “´"kru…‘ zufließen — disproportionately “ÆdIspr´"pO…S´n´tli‘ überproportional — upper-income besserverdienend; s.w.u. lower-income geringverdienend — affluent “"œflu´nt‘ Wohlhabende — to contribute “k´n"trIbju…t‘ beitragen — inequality “InI"kwÅl´ti‘ Ungleichheit 8 ™to propose “pr´"p´Uz‘ vorschlagen; planen — shield “Si…ld‘ Schutz — to require s.o. to do “rI"kwaI´‘ von jdm. verlangen zu tun — environmental protection Umweltschutz — intellectual property “ÆInt´l"ektju´l‘ geistiges Eigentum 9 ™outside außenstehend; unabhängig — negative negativer Aspekt — downtrodden “"ÆtrÅd´n‘ geknechtet — to set alongside “´ÆlÅN"saId‘ h.: gegenüberstellen — prosperity “prÅs"per´ti‘ Wohlstand; s.w.u. to prosper florieren; vorankommen — manufacturing “Æmœnj´"fœktS´rIN‘ verarbeitende Industrie — to free freisetzen — resources “rI"zO…sIz‘ Geld(mittel) — to feed nähren 10 ™sound and fury “"fjU´ri‘ (fig) Aufregung (f. Zorn) — to generate “"dZen´reIt‘ erzeugen — anniversary “ÆœnI"v‰…s´ri‘ Jubiläum — Congressional Research Service “k´n"greS´n´l; rI"s‰…tS‘ wissenschaftl. Dienst des US-Kongresses (r. Forschung) — to conclude “k´n"klu…d‘ zu dem Schluss gelangen 11 ™seismic shift “"saIzmIk‘ (fig) richtungsweisende Veränderung — developed nation Industrienation — tariffs Zölle — barrier “"bœri´‘ h.: Handelshemmnis — to spread “spred‘ s. ausbreiten — shipping container Container 12–13 ™earnings “"‰…nINgz‘ Einkünfte — goods and services Waren und Dienstleistungen — to contend “-"-‘ argumentieren — to distribute evenly “dI"strIbju…t; "i…v´nli‘ gleichmäßig verteilen; s.w.u. distribution Verteilung — overall “"---‘ Gesamt — to eliminate “I"lImIneIt‘ — in theory “"TI´ri‘ theoretisch — in practice in der Praxis — competition Wettbewerb — wage Lohn 14–15 ™appliance store “´"plaI´ns‘ Haushaltsgerätegeschäft — sales Umsatz — to be fortunate “"fO…tS´n´t‘ Glück haben — lecturer “"lektS´r´‘ Dozent — public policy Politik — to chronicle “"krÅnIk´l‘ aufzeichnen — bust Pleite 16–17 ™to tend to do dazu neigen zu tun — share Anteil — wealthy “"welTi‘ reich — to offset “Æ-"-‘ ausgleichen; wettmachen — income gain Einkommenszugewinn — loss Verlust — diffuse “dI"fju…s‘ unklar — generally h.: als Ganzes Worksheet by Martin Ehrensberger Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 1 of 14 PRE-READING 1. Look at the picture below. Create a mind map with eight spontaneous ideas. Write them into the clouds. You do not have two write full sentences. Compare the ideas with the ones of your partner. PIC 1 2. PAIR WORK: Describe the two pictures two each other. PIC 2 © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. PIC 3 Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 2 of 14 Now describe those two pictures to each other. PIC 5 PIC 4 Compare the first two pictures (PIC 2 & PIC 3) with the two pictures above (PIC 4 & PIC 5). What are the differences and what are possible similarities? Can you find a superior topic? In the text you are going to read you will find the following expressions: “Galesburg (Ill.)”, “NAFTA” and “Silicon Valley”. Go online and find out some information about these expressions. Prepare a short presentation (approx. 3 minutes) about each expression. The article you are going to read is about globalization. • What do you know about globalization? • Can you see any effects of globalization in your personal environment? • Make a list with positive and negative aspects of globalization. You can go online if you need some further assistance. Write some points into the boxes. Divide the class into two parts and discuss! POSITIVE SIDES NEGATIVE SIDES _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________ © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 3 of 14 VOCABULARY 1. Look at the text. Find a word or expression which means the same as each of the words (a-f) below. The paragraph where you can find the words or expressions are indicated in brackets. There is one example (x) at the beginning. x) advantages ___benefits______ (paragraph 1) a) buyers ________________ (paragraph 1) b) decay ________________ (paragraph 3) c) bread and butter ________________ (paragraph 4) d) torment ________________ (paragraph 6) e) salaries ________________ (paragraph 13) f) buying and selling ________________ (paragraph 14) 2. The following words have got various meanings. Which of the meanings given in the dictionary is the one used in the text? Underline the best one. miss (paragraph 2) 1. (v) to not go somewhere or do sth.. 2. (v) to fail to hit an object that is close to you 3. (v) to feel sad because someone you love is not with you 4. (v) to be late for sth. 5. (v) to not see, hear or notice sth., especially when it is hard to notice 6 (n) used as a polite way to speak to a young woman pass (paragraph 4) 1. (v) to come up to a particular place, person or object and go past them 2. (v) to go or travel along or through a place 3. (v) to hold sth. in your hand and give it to someone else 4. (v) to officially accept a law or proposal, especially by voting 5. (v) to succeed in a test or exam 6. (n) an official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter sth. shield (paragraph 8) 1 (n) a large piece of metal or leather that soldiers used in the past to protect themeselves when fighting 2 (n) sth. that protects a person or a thing from harm or damage 3 (n) the small piece of metal that a police officer wears to show that they are a police officer 4 (v) to protect someone or sth. from being harmed or damaged share (paragraph 16) 1 (v) to have or use sth. with other people 2 (v) to let someone have or use sth. that belongs to you 3 (v) to divide sth. between two or more people 4 (v) to have the same opinion, quality or experience as someone else 5 (n) one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided 6 (n) the part of sth. that you own or are responsible for OCABULARY © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 3. page 4 of 14 Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the text. Either a synonym or a definition is given. Nouns are in singular. The paragraph where you find the word is indicated in brackets. Across: 2 a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (paragraph 3) 5 a completely enclosed freight car (paragraph 1) 8 syn: lasting (paragraph 2) 9 syn: competition (paragraph 13) 12 syn: significance (paragraph 5) 13 syn: docent (paragraph 15) 14 a small vehicle with two power-operated prongs at the front that can be slid under heavy loads and then raised for moving and stacking materials in warehouses, etc.(paragraph 4) © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 5 of 14 Down: 1 syn: tyrannized over; oppressed (paragraph 9) 3 syn: left alone; cast aside (paragraph 1) 4 a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects (paragraph 9) 6 a person who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar (paragraph 4) 7 widely spread or scattered, dispersed (paragraph 17) 10 well-off, rich, wealthy (paragraph 7) 11 syn: cost (paragraph 11) 4. Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box. These verbs are all used in the text as well. The paragraph where you can find the verb is indicated. Be careful! There are three verbs that do not fit into any of the sentences below. reaps (1) find (13) adjusting (3) struggling (3) presses (5) accrued (7) contend (12) benefit (16) impose (6) prosper (12) a) If people or business _______________, they are successful and do well. b) _________________ its tax and labor laws, Panama has attracted many investors. c) If the Meyers hadn´t _______________ so much money in the last 25 years, they wouldn´t have been able to buy a house for each of their three children. d) John Smith ________________ the benefits of his work, so he can enjoy the good things that happen as a result of it. e) If you _______________ your opinions or beliefs on other people, you try and make people accept them as a rule or as a model to copy. f) The company is ________________ to find buyers for its new product. g) It is time, once again, to ______________ with racism. © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 6 of 14 GRAMMAR Reported speech. Put the sentences into reported speech. a) Barack Obama to the people of Galesburg: “If you elect me as your representative in the Senate I will never forget the hardships you have to go through at the moment.” (promise) Barack Obama __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ b) George Carney to a reporter: “I can say that I am lucky because I have found a new job, but I am still angry about the American policy of the 1990s.” (tell) George Carney _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ c) Gordon Hanson to his students: “Globalization can have many positive effects on our markets, however we also need to have a good safety net, if we want to avoid a lot of hardship.” (explain) Gordon Hanson _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ d) Richard Lindstrom to a reporter: “I don´t blame Maytag because they only did what was best for the company as a whole and that is the way I think, too.” (say) Richard Lindstrom _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ e) Chad Broughton to his audience: “I know that the quality of life of many working-class families hasn´t improved since the opening of Walmart.” (point out) Chad Broughton ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 7 of 14 COMPREHENSION 1. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or not in the text (N)? Tick () the correct box. T a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) F N Even if a city has suffered from economic decline, some positive aspects of globalization can be seen. In Galesburg (Ill.) the number of people with foreign origin who are having dinner at the local restaurants has never been higher. In 2004, Barack Obama describe Maytag as a victim of globalization. Most of the employees of Maytag who became unemployed have finally found a new job 10 years later. After Maytag shut down its factory in Galesburg, many have moved away. There are more advantages of globalization for lower-income households. The US government and many economy experts think that the US has the best and highest standards for environmental protection and working rights. Recent deals have helped a lot to expand the global trade. After World War II, many countries, including the US, increased limitations and regulations for global trade. Experts think that it is good for countries if they specialize. Most Maytag workers of Galesburg have bought and read Chad Broughton´s book “Boom, Bust, Exodus”. The opening of Walmart in Galesburg in 2007 compensated the loss of the Maytag factory. Correct the statements that are false. There are more lines below you will probably need. You don´t have to write complete sentences. Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ Statement ___ is false: ______________________________________________________ © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 2. page 8 of 14 Who could have said it? Read the text and combine the statements (a – h) on the left with the people on the right (1 – 6). Complete the grid below. Be careful! There are two statements that you do not need. Statement a) “The loss of Maytag weighs much more on Galesburg than the opening of a Walmart supercenter.” b) “Well, when Maytag moved away, I haven´t been able to find a job with almost equal pay up to now.” c) “Although more than ten years have passed, I am still angry, not at Maytag, but at those US politicians who made it that easy for the factory to move away.” d) “It is never easy for a small town when a main employer moves away, but if you are flexible and courageous to try out something new, you can even cope with hard times such as these.” e) “I can´t accept that the US government wants to increase foreign trade without taking up more security measures on domestic markets.” f) “Globalization can really be very dangerous for countries and its people if they don´t have and follow strict safety precautions.” g) “I can truly understand the bitterness and anger of you people of Galesburg, but when we stand together as one nation, I am fully convinced that Galesburg, the state of Illinois and perhaps the whole US can learn something of this situation and build up a prosperous future for you and your children.” h) “The decline of cities such as Galesburg helped the US to prosper in other areas, in the high-tech industry, for example.” a) b) c) d) e) Person 1) Barack Obama 2) George Carney 3) Gordon Hanson 4) David Weinstein 5) Richard Lindstrom 6) Chad Broughton f) © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. g) h) Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 9 of 14 3. Complete the sentences with words from the text. You are only allowed to use two to five words for your answer. a) In 2004, Barack Obama held a famous speech in which he described the employees of Maytag as ________________________. b) Mr. Carney thinks that it isn´t a good attitude to lay people off and take away someone´s living only that other people _____________________________. c) If there isn´t a safety net, ______________________________________________ is imposed on many people and that can lead to the ____________________________ _______________ according to Gordon Hanson. d) Innovations such as the ___________________________________ and the Internet have increased the global trade, especially in China. e) Hanson and other experts prove that global competition is _______________________ _________________________ especially in cities such as Galesburg. 4. Mediation. Beantworten Sie stichpunktartig die folgenden Fragen auf Deutsch. (Keine wörtliche Übersetzung; Einzelwörter genügen nicht als Antwort). a) Nennen Sie ein grundlegendes Prinzip der Ökonomie. ______________________________________________________________________ b) Wofür gibt es nach Gordon Hansen immer mehr Beweise? Erklären Sie genau! ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ c) Was würden die Abkommen, die von der Regierung Obamas vorgestellt wurden, von anderen Ländern erfordern? (3 Elemente) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ d) Welche Maßnahmen einiger Ländern waren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entscheidend für den Anstieg der Globalisierung? ______________________________________________________________________ e) Welche Erfindungen führten zum Anstieg der weltweiten Industrialisierung? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 10 of 14 POST-READING: WRITING Look at the picture on right and write a critical comment about the advantages and the disadvantages of globalization. You have to mention the comic as well as to refer to the US city of Galesburg (Illinois). Write about the effects globalization can have on small cities. Write about 300 words. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ PIC 6 ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Hinweis: Sie können Ihre Vorlage aus dem World and Press Online-Service für Ihren eigenen Unterricht gerne vervielfältigen. Ihre Zugangsdaten dürfen Sie jedoch nicht an Dritte weitergeben. Jede Art der Mehrfachnutzung Ihres persönlichen Abos verstößt gegen das Urheberrecht. © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. page 11 of 14 Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 12 of 14 SOLUTIONS PRE-READING 1. Individuelle Schüleräußerungen 2. Individuelle Schülerantworten VOCABULARY 1. a) buyers b) decline c) livelihood d) hardship e) wages 2. miss: 5. (v) to not see, hear or notice sth., especially when it is hard to notice pass: 4. (v) to officially accept a law or proposal, especially by voting shield: 2 (n) sth that protects a person or a thing from harm or damage share: 6 (n) the part of sth. that you own or are responsible for 3. 3. © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. f) sales Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 4. a) prosper g) conend b) adjusting c) accrued page 13 of 14 d) reaps e) impose f) struggling GRAMMAR a) Barack Obama promised the people of Galesburg that if they elect him as their representative in the Senate he would never forget the hardships they had to go through at that moment. b) George Carney told a reporter that he could say that he was lucky because he had found a new job, but he was still angry about the American policy of the 1990s. c) Gordon Hanson explained his students that globalization could have many positive effects on their markets, however they also need to have a good safety net, if they wanted to avoid a lot of hardship. d) Richard Lindstrom said to a reporter that he didn´t blame Maytag because they only had done what had been best for the company as a whole that that was the way he thought, too.” e) Chad Broughton pointed out to his audience that he knew that the quality of life of many working-class families hadn´t improved since the opening of Walmart.” COMPREHENSION 1. a) t b) n c) f (Obama describe the workers of Maytag as victims of globalization.) d) f (many of those workers are still struggling) e) t f) f (the upper-income households benefit from globalization.) g) n h) f (have played only a small role) i) f (they minimized tariffs and other barriers) j) t k) n l) f (it could hardly offset the loss of the factory) 2. a) 6 b) c) d) 2 5 e) f) g) h) 3 1 4 © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Perils of globalization when factories close and town struggle World and Press • August 1 2015 • page 11 page 14 of 14 3. a) victims of globalization b) can make more money c) an enourmous amount of hardship; rise of economic inequality d) standardized shipping container e) increasing unemployment and reducing wages 4. a) Handel ist gut und noch mehr Handel ist noch besser b) die Vorteile der Globalisierung kommen unverhältnismäßig den besser-verdienenden Haushalten zu gute, währen die Kosten viel mehr die weniger Wohlhabenden tragen müssen, was zu einem Anstieg der wirtschaftlichen Ungleichheit führt c) sich den amerikanischen Standards bezüglich Umweltschutz, den Rechten von Arbeitnehmern und dem Schutz geistigen Eigentums anzunähern d) die Minimierung von Zöllen und anderen Hindernissen e) die Schiffscontainer erhielten eine Standardgröße, sowie dem Internet SOURCES: PIC 1: https://pixabay.com/de/globalisierung-politik-gesellschaft-452692/ PIC 2: Jonathan McIntosh: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Indonesia_bike38.jpg/640pxIndonesia_bike38.jpg PIC 3: Claude Renault: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Pepsi_in_India.jpg PIC 4: Patrick Denker: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZIM_New_York_%28ship,_2002%29_003.jpg PIC 5: Fahad Faisal: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garments_Factory_in_Bangladesh.JPG PIC 6: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/McKinley_Prosperity.jpg © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons.