What is the “global village“?

2 What role do cellular phones play nowadays?

3 Why are computers so widespread nowadays?

4 What role does Internet play in the process of globalization?

5 What media sources do you know and what is their impact on people?

6 How is the global diffusion of Western culture viewed in the world?

7 Who controls the world‘s media sources?

8 How does globalization contribute to spread of diseases?

9 How does globalization contribute to narcotic use and drug trade?

10 Why is global migration considered a crisis?

2 Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations:

unrestrained communication, single community, to portend consensus, to shrink the world, patterns of international trade, pervasive effect, laptop computers, the mainframes of yesteryear, to propel spread, exponential rate, digital revolution, “serf the Net“, unencumbered by state borders, on-line service company, to cut access to smb, on a selective basis, to contain a provision, to block reception, to spawn the Internet, at the forefront of the revolution, to put smb at a disadvantage, to conceal smb‘s identity, to diffuse danger, negligible influence, media outlets, to merge smth into smth, captive audience, to spur investors, to shape policy, to attribute power to smth, to bring disputants to the bargaining table, at the helm, under the spell of smth, media coverage, unfavorable image, conspicuous consumption, via electronic links, indigenous culture, global conformity, countless jobs, economic output, homogenized culture, to disseminate values, to sweep smb from power, rootless individuals, to lie dormant, to heighten awareness, excessive growth, illicit use of smth, worrisome developments, the realm of the state, to avoid detection, operating efficiency, to undermine governance, moral inconsisitency, to erode sovereignty, civic-spirited community, to remain elusive.

 

3 Give English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:

основной источник ч-л., сотовый телефон, стать доступным во всем мире, менять решения, природные катаклизмы, самые удаленные уголки мира, международные организации Красного Креста и Красного Полумесяца, электронная паутина взаимодействий, под давлением со стороны к-л., предпринимать шаги в отношении к-л., быстро расширяющаяся индустрия, самая мощная основа, ограниченный ч-л., сосредоточенный в нескольких корпорациях, уменьшенный до 20, незначительное влияние, все более крупный, оказывать влияние на к-л., приход глобальной технологии, увековечить зависимость, отчасти, вследствие ч-л., уменьшить затраты, синдром приобретенного иммунодефицита, число беженцев, оказаться смертельным, короче говоря, перед лицом ч-л., ВИЧ, священное право, яростно оспариваемый вопрос.

   4 Make up nouns from the following verbs and adjectives using suffixes:

to restrain, to use, to portray, to perceive, to emerge, to breed, to estimate, to alter, to connect, to discover, to replace, to double, to enjoy, to intervene, to interact, to encumber, to press, to serve, to transmit, to offend, to argue, to expand, to provide, to require, to differ, to exist, to confine, to exclude, to add, to conceal, to diffuse, to describe, to compare, to attribute, to observe, to suggest, to attend, to revise, to consider, to satisfy, to cover, to resent, to dominate, to consume, to perpetuate, to withdraw, to recede, to preach, to disturb, to imply, to transfer, to exhibit, to expect, to proclaim, to assess, to penetrate, to disseminate, to hate, to revive, to multiply, to acquire, to evolve, to intrude, to innovate, to detect, to exaggerate, to prevent, to exploit, to defend, to erode, to elude;

rapid, proximate, potent, immune, remote, incredible, capable, probable, virtual, uncertain, captive, violent, similar, entire, kin, human, aware, frequent, legal, moral, sovereign, consistent, mobile. 

5 Make up adjectives using suffixes:

speed, cell, instant, power, exponent, digit, influence, substance, benefit, disadvantage, fiction, profit, caution, favour, value, homogenity, deficiency, excess, irony, crime, finance, anarchy, disaster;

to emerge, to determine, to imagine, to decide, to enjoy, to offend, to select, to exclude, to note, to compare, to execute, to agree, to corrupt, to resent, to perpetuate, to divide, to communicate, to prevent, to produce, to elude.

6 Give as many synonyms as possible to the following words:

to restrain, to vanish, to reduce, to change, to portend, to connect, to propel, to emerge, to create, to expand, to confine, to reassure, to suggest, to evoke, to flee, to avoid, to undermine;

border, speed, flow, instant, pattern, influence, disaster, spread, freedom, bargain, tie, threat, disease, efficiency, contest;

rapid, major, drastic, dim, potent, remote, incredible, apparent, substantial, remarkable, giant, particular, resentful, fair, perpetual, entire, illicit, profitable, sacred;

due to.

 

7 Give antonyms adding negative affixes if necessary:

to vanish, to shrink, to agree;

integration, understanding, improvement, advantage, popularity, satisfaction, balance, awareness, efficiency, consistency;

restrained, major, imaginable, natural, remote, rapid, personal, powerful, able, even, certain, limited, positive, fair, favourable, homogenious, legal, moral, mobile.

 

8 Explain the meaning of the following adverbs and make up sentences with them:

drastically, dimly, annually, incredibly, routinely, temporarily, exclusively, notably, remarkably, comparatively, necessarily, uneasily, actually, hugely, simultaneously.

9 Insert prepositions where necessary:

1 It also plays a role … the transfer … institutions and generation … income, as exhibited … the World Trade Organization’s World Telecom Pact.

2 … the spell … the CNN curve policymakers have no choice but to redirect their attention … the crisis … hand or risk unpopularity, whether or not such revision is merited … policy considerations.

3 Rapid and unrestrained communication is a hallmark … the globalvillage–a metaphor used … many futurologists to portray a world … which borders will vanish and the world will become a single community.

4 The spread … the Internet is confined almost exclusively … the Global North and some … the emerging markets, notably those … Asia.

5 The NWICO has since receded … the global agenda, but the issues remain very much alive … nongovernmental organizations concerned … the concentration … so much media power … so few hands.

6 The major source … this global transformation is the growing speed and flow … communications, because … drastically reducing the importance … proximity, the new technologies change people's perceptions … community.

7 … them are the widening impact … the illicit drug trade … illegal economic structures and processes … major producing or transit countries; the increasing political corruption … such countries; the growing intrusion … narcocriminal enterprises … the realm … the state and the law; the successes … narcotic businesses … innovation, avoiding detection, and increasing operating efficiency; and the growing transnational cooperation … criminal empires that deal … drugs and other black-market items.

8 Control … television and other media sources … the United States and a small number … European countries became the focus … hot dispute … the Global South … the 1980s.

9 No area … the world and no arena … politics, economics, society, or culture is immune … the pervasive influence … computer technology. Even victims … ethnopolitical conflict and natural disasters … the most remote corners … the world are connected … others … the laptop computers that relief workers … the International Federation … Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies bring … them.

10 Dissatisfied … the media coverage it received … Global North news agencies and resentful … Northern domination … other forms … communication, Global South leaders demanded a New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) to create a new regime … fair rules to right the imbalance … the information flows … North … South that painted what they perceived to be an unfavorable image … the South.

10 Translate from Russian into English:

1 По мнению футурологов, мир наверняка превратится в «глобальную деревню», в которой границы исчезнут, и весь огромный мир станет единой общиной. Этот процесс неизбежен и необратим.

2 Еще несколько лет назад трудно было представить себе, что мобильный телефон станет доступным во всем мире, что примерно каждый второй сможет моментально связаться по телефону с другими людьми.

3 Пользователи Интернета свободно перемещаются по сети без всяких ограничений, создавая при этом глобальную электронную «паутину» людей, мыслей, взаимодействий, то есть так называемое «киберпространство», которому не могут препятствовать никакие государственные границы.

4 Несмотря на то, что современная эпоха описывается как «эра информации», мы должны помнить, что огромное количество информации, которую получают читатели, зрители или слушатели, контролируется лишь незначительным числом средств массовой информации.

5 В 80-е годы 20-го века в странах Третьего мира имели место горячие споры и дискуссии относительно контроля над телевидением и другими СМИ со стороны Соединенных Штатов и ряда европейских стран.

6 Глобализация и урбанизация не только повышают знания людей о смертельных болезнях и многочисленных рисках, но и вносят большой вклад в быстрое распространение инфекционных болезней по всему миру, приводя к огромному числу смертей.

7 Как свидетельствуют исследования социологов и политологов, глобализация финансов, торговли, производства, труда играет огромную роль, но она неравномерна во всем мире. Она не только объединяет людей, но и разделяет их и отделяет друг от друга, при этом одни становятся победителями, а другие проигравшими.

11 Questions for discussions:

1 The Telecommunications revolution, its advantages and disadvantages.

2 Media sources: their problems, role in the globalized World.

3 Global diseases and viruses: how can humankind cope with them?

4 Drug trade, its impact on the world economy and politics. Are there any ways of solving the problem of drugs?

5 Global migration, its sources, the ways of solving the problem.