Exercise 2. Choose one of three topics given below and create your own mind map.1) Different modes of transport: travel globally. 2) Globalization in developed and advanced countries: challenges of sustainable future. 3) Differentiation or globalization: pros and contras? Listening and speaking Exercise 1. Before you listen to the speech about globalization by Barak Obama on CNN try to predict what important issues he will mention. Choose from the list below.
Exercise 2. Watch the CNN video. Clap your hands when listen to the following words. globalization, competition, business, trade Exercise 3. Listen to the speech again. What language clichés that are typical for public speeches have you heard? Write them in your copybook. Find more clichés in Appendix 3.
Exercise 4. Make a plan of the Obama’s speech (listen again if necessary). In small groups decide about the principles of preparing a good public speech. Exercise 6. Choose one of the topics given below and deliver your own speech (about 3 minutes). 1) Global engineering workforce. 2) Russia in a global society: prospects of the development. 3) Developing countries: out of poverty. Language spot.
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