Solutions from around the world.Different countries have different ways of reducing traffic. Tick(a) the ones that you think are good ideas. In Britain, the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has asked the government to increase the price of petrol. In Paris, France, when the pollution is really bad the underground, buses and trains are free. In Bern, Switzerland, drivers have to get a permit to park in the city. This has reduced traffic in the city by 15 percent since 1992. In Toronto, Canada, Highway 4O7 uses cameras to read car registration numbers. Then computers charge drivers for the number of kilometers they travel on the highway. In Singapore, car drivers have to pay to enter the city. There is also a limit on the number of new cars every year. In Cuba, not many people can afford to own a car. People who are on their own in a car have to stop and take passengers. In the Netherlands, there isn't such a big problem with traffic as in other countries. This is because every town and city has plenty of cycle lanes,so people travel on bicycles much more. Завдання Перекладіть рідною мовою слова та словосполучення з тексту: to afford, to give sb a lift, motorway, traffic jam, pedestrian, subway, encourage, accident, permit, highway, cycle lane. ТЕКСТ 2
American Culture American culture is everywhere. But are Uncle Sam's exports opening doors for the world's consumers, or closing them? The reach of American culture has extended far and wide across the world. Disney now runs theme parks on three continents; McDonald’s, having opened restaurants to sell hamburgers and fries nearly everywhere, has recently expanded into the hotel business in Switzerland; the Marlboro man sells cigarettes throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia; surveys routinely find that American sports (Michael Jordan), music (Madonna), and movie (Julia Roberts) stars are the most recognized people in the world; American TV shows such as "Friends", "ER", and "The Simpsons" are dubbed into dozen of languages and rebroadcast; and American staples such as blue jeans and Nike shoes have become staples everywhere else as well. The value of American domination American cultural domination has grown ever stronger over the past fifty years, and today American culture can be found in almost every country. However, many question the value of this dominance. Is the United States opening opportunities to people around the world, or destroying local cultures and customs? Do American cultural exports offer people more choices or fewer choices? Are we heading toward a global uniformity, or can we retain regional and cultural differences? And what caused American culture to be so dominant anyway?
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