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1. While supporters believe that globalization is the key 21 st century ……………., opponents
claim that the process facilitates inequality and a race to the bottom in terms of standards.
2. The index suggests that there has been a ……………….. for all countries reviewed in the
study.
4. Previous research suggest that emerging markets could lose out from …………..…….such as
TTIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovFjvcd6q1w
Part 21:
1. Gender refers to cultural and social differences and the main problems with this are our
________.
3. Gender socialization occurs through four ________; namely family, education, peer groups
and mass media.
4. The division of products to appeal to the market for both sexes is called ________ .
5. Gender stereotypes can disrupt people’s ________or encourage already ________ gender
stereotypes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1m3XR4Y7T8&t=117s
Part 22:
1. In December 2015, China issued a red alert warning for their capital, Beijing due to its
excessive ________
2. Many ________occupied top spots in terms of cleanliness according to the Green City Index
report.
3. While Denmark and Switzerland impose heavy restrictions on high polluting vehicles, there is
also a ________ to use public transit, bicycling and walking.
5. Singapore keep the city clean through ________ and infrastructure investment.
6. ________ recycling and water treatment plants in Singapore are designed around supplying
the uniquely compact city.
8. A way to maintain low use of energy in San Fransico is to require ________ to submit energy
usage reports on a regular basis.
9. Accra in Ghana get high scores for establishing a ________with the government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSew_OnDEFE
Part 23:
It is impossible to return to the strategies of the past as we are going through the age of (1)
______________________________, the most prominent being technology.
The collapse of Soviet Union and the advent of capitalism have (2) ___________________ old
challenges to old America’s global leadership.
Three countries: (3) ______________, ______________, ______________ are taken as
examples of new challenges to American leadership.
During his visit to (4) ________________________________, Obama saw a picture that
depicted the new reality of fiercer competition in job market.
Obama asserts that we are living in a world where (5) ______________________________ can
come from anywhere.
Some argue that the only chance to maintain living standards is to build a (6) ____________ to
stop trading with other countries, shut down immigration and rely on old industries.
Obama deprecates the above statement as this is impossible and can even deteriorate the
situation. Therefore, we should embrace rather than (7) ______________________.
Success in globalisation will depend on three factors: (8) ______________, ______________,
______________ of Americans.
In confronting capitalism’s gravest crisis, Franklin D. Rooselvet forged the (9)
______________________________, built the Hoover Dam and so on.
John F. Kenedy, in the dark day of the Cold War, created the Apollo programme to put us on the
(10) ______________________________.
This was the leadership that had the strength to turn the moments of (11) _____________ into
________________, had the courage to challenge (12) ____________________.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7owMXrLu2d8
Part 24:
In public, a key step along the path to the deal was the ……………..(1) opened up at this year's
UN General Assembly between President Rouhani and Western nations, after years of the
relationship being dominated by whether Iran is, or is not, seeking to …………………(2)
And - more than 30 years after the US embassy …………...(3) in Tehran - September's fifteen-
minute phone conversation between President Obama and Mr Rouhani gave further hope of
potential progress towards resolving the ………………..(4)
But, behind the scenes, it has now been revealed, the US and Iran have been engaged in
…………………(5) for months, in Oman and elsewhere. The Associated Press news agency
says they were kept hidden even from America's …………..(6) and …………………(7) until
two months ago.
It was a high-stakes …………………..(8) While Israel argues that the deal reached in Geneva is
dangerously skewed in favour of Iran, most of Iran's Arab neighbours are clearly uneasy too.
But the public and private diplomacy from here on will clearly need to be just as ……………(9)
- and is likely to face many more severe tests - if a more ……………….(10) is to be achieved,
and Iran's relationships in its volatile region and with the rest of the world are to return to
normal.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/11/131
125_witn_iran_nuclear.shtml
Part 25:
2. Renewable energy is generated from sources that ………………..and never run out.
4. Renewable sources are environmentally friendly because they create only ……………
emissions.
7. Solar and wind energy are ……………as they only generate power under certain
conditions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kUE0BZtTRc