[00:00.00]Unit 25 [00:06.21]Vocabulary and Listening [00:09.64]5 a) You will hear four extracts [00:13.49]in which people talk about [00:15.32]what globalisation means to them. [00:17.72]Listen and make notes [00:18.97]about headings 1 and 2 below. [...
[00:00.00]2.In terms of an exchange of ideas, [00:06.38]I think globalisation actually is working [00:09.29]and it's quite interesting. [00:10.51]If you look at peoples on CD collections [00:13.04]and see the world music [00:14.24]that's come to the...
[00:00.00]Wherever I go you get shops that [00:03.15]offer materials and products from Africa [00:05.86]or from Afghanistan or from central [00:08.38]and eastern Europe and it seems almost [00:11.09]as if you one hardly needs to travel any more [00:1...
[00:00.00]4.I took part in the er protests against the er [00:05.15]the world trade organization conference [00:06.61]in Geneva. [00:07.48]I'm very very in favour of expressing the other [00:10.65]opposing point of view to globalisation. [00:12.34]I...
[00:00.00]Unit 25 [00:05.80]Reading and speaking [00:08.24]A changing city [00:10.53] For centuries,Beijing has been one of China's [00:13.47]most important cities. [00:15.69]Originally a place for emperors and officials, [00:18.14]today it is a weal...
[00:00.00]Beijing's streets provide a fascinating mix [00:03.85]of the past and the present. [00:06.10]In beautiful parks, old couples in colourful [00:08.63]clothing dance to music from a radio [00:11.70]while youngsters in the latest fashions strol...
[00:00.00]Beijing has changed rapidly [00:03.35]in the last twenty years or so. [00:05.34]Travellers of the 1920s remember it [00:07.84]mainly as a city of busy lanes [00:09.76]with homes built around courtyards, [00:12.29]but these have given way to...
[00:00.00]Construction cranes and 24-hour work crews [00:03.91]are seen all over the city working [00:06.24]to buld the dreams of the Chinese nation. [00:10.19]Elegant shopping malls and five-star hotels [00:12.92]reach of the skies and many of the r...
[00:00.00]Unit 25 [00:06.65]Listening and speaking [00:09.98]4 Listen to Dr Jennifer Jenkins talking about [00:14.46]English as an International Language. [00:17.48]Which statements above [00:19.02]does she agree/disagree with? Why? [00:23.04]I've co...
[00:00.00]Well, there'd be various differences. [00:02.42]There'd be differences in what they need [00:04.10]to be able to do [00:04.97]when they're pronouncing English, [00:06.53]there would be some differences in the grammar, [00:08.89]there'd be s...
[00:00.00]erm among different speakers of English, [00:03.36]erm and the second thing would be that now [00:06.78]that English is spoken as an international [00:08.61]language nobody owns it any more. [00:11.16]The native speakers of English don't ow...
[00:00.00]How do you feel it will have changed? [00:01.87]Well, the English that's being [00:02.91]spoken internationally, [00:04.29]I think,for example, will have no longer,erm, [00:07.80]say British-based or American-based idiomatic [00:10.24]langu...
[00:00.00]Most learners will say, [00:01.80]instead of th ([think]), [00:02.62]will say a s or a t, [00:04.39]as most of them do anyway at the moment, [00:06.73]but it will just be legitimate then. [00:09.98]There must, on the other hand, [00:11.24]b...
[00:00.00]Unit 25 Real life [00:08.36]Varieties of English [00:11.61]1 a) The radio programme From Our Reporter in.. [00:16.35]features news reports from around the world. [00:19.26]Listen to the three items from the US, [00:21.57]India and Australia...
[00:00.00]2 Indian English [00:05.59]More than 70 million Hindus have begun [00:07.66]to gather on the banks of the River Ganges [00:10.18]in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh [00:12.20]for the religious festival of Maha Kumbh Mela. [00:15.32]The f...
