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Dialogue
A. Do you think we should maintain our traditions or make way for changes?
B. In the country's like Japan, people have done both, though it is usually older people who pass on the traditions. The young are often embarrassed by them. This is a shame.
A.Why do you say that?
B.Let me explain. Take a traditional Japanese song, for example. Perhaps children are taught to sing this song by their gradmother when they are five years old. Well,when they reach the age of fifteen, they reject the songs of their childhood. Instead, they are into pop or rock songs which will be forgotten within weeks.
A. But,that is quite natural. Teenagers have always had an appetite for fast food.
B.It would be OK if they recognised the quality of the songs that their grandmother had taught them and went on to sing them to their own grandchildren.
A. Why should not they? After all, these songs have ben handed down for generations. If they are any good, then surely they will survive.
B. I am not sure about that.
A. Why not?
B. Because traditions are not under attack from mass production and mass marketing.
A. What do you mean?
B. Music today is owned by large multinational recording companies, many of which are based in the USA.
B. In the country's like Japan, people have done both, though it is usually older people who pass on the traditions. The young are often embarrassed by them. This is a shame.
A.Why do you say that?
B.Let me explain. Take a traditional Japanese song, for example. Perhaps children are taught to sing this song by their gradmother when they are five years old. Well,when they reach the age of fifteen, they reject the songs of their childhood. Instead, they are into pop or rock songs which will be forgotten within weeks.
A. But,that is quite natural. Teenagers have always had an appetite for fast food.
B.It would be OK if they recognised the quality of the songs that their grandmother had taught them and went on to sing them to their own grandchildren.
A. Why should not they? After all, these songs have ben handed down for generations. If they are any good, then surely they will survive.
B. I am not sure about that.
A. Why not?
B. Because traditions are not under attack from mass production and mass marketing.
A. What do you mean?
B. Music today is owned by large multinational recording companies, many of which are based in the USA.
Rich and Poor world
RICH WORLD : POOR WORLD
The common phrases used to describe the rich world include "the developed countries" and "the advanced industrial countries". To describe very poor countries, we usually refer to "The Third World". It can be more diplomatic to speak of "the developing countries", though this description is often applied to countries which are not so very poor.
Economists also refer to "the North South divide" to emphasize that countries in the northern hemisphere are generally richer than those in the southern hemisphere - namely Africa and Latin America.
People in the rich world have mixed attitudes towards giving aid to Third World countries. Some take the view that charity begins at home. It is true that there are many people in need in Britain. However, the people who are making the most generous donations to domestic charities are often the ones who are supporting emergency appeals for the victims of conflicts and disasters overseas. Church-based campaigns such as "Christian Aid" and secular ones such as "Children in Need" direct themselves to both national and international causes.
The obligation of the rich world towards the poor world is not based on history alone. As a former colonial power, Britain was once responsible for the slave trade and the exploitation of other countries' resources. But today, together with other rich countries, we continue to dominate world markets, setting the terms of trade in our favour. We continue to sell arms to oppressive regimes, which accumulate debt and do little to alleviate hunger among their own populations.
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The common phrases used to describe the rich world include "the developed countries" and "the advanced industrial countries". To describe very poor countries, we usually refer to "The Third World". It can be more diplomatic to speak of "the developing countries", though this description is often applied to countries which are not so very poor.
Economists also refer to "the North South divide" to emphasize that countries in the northern hemisphere are generally richer than those in the southern hemisphere - namely Africa and Latin America.
People in the rich world have mixed attitudes towards giving aid to Third World countries. Some take the view that charity begins at home. It is true that there are many people in need in Britain. However, the people who are making the most generous donations to domestic charities are often the ones who are supporting emergency appeals for the victims of conflicts and disasters overseas. Church-based campaigns such as "Christian Aid" and secular ones such as "Children in Need" direct themselves to both national and international causes.
The obligation of the rich world towards the poor world is not based on history alone. As a former colonial power, Britain was once responsible for the slave trade and the exploitation of other countries' resources. But today, together with other rich countries, we continue to dominate world markets, setting the terms of trade in our favour. We continue to sell arms to oppressive regimes, which accumulate debt and do little to alleviate hunger among their own populations.
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Rich and Poor
RICH WORLD: POOR WORLD Discussion questions
1. What kind of aid should the governments of rich countries give to poor countries?
2. "Population control is more important in rich countries than in poor countries since
rich babies consume much more of the world’s resources than poor ones."
3. "Economic Unions made up of rich countries are a form of protectionism which prevents fair trade with Third World countries."
4. "Economic colonialism where multinational companies provide most of the work opportunities is just as bad as colonialism where poor countries belong to rich ones."
5. "It is right for rich countries to have strict immigration controls to stop people from poorer countries entering them and sharing in their better standard of living."
6. "Immigration should not be limited to people of similar race and culture. We should welcome the opportunity of a truly multi-racial society."
7. "Everybody should be encouraged to do Voluntary Service Overseas (i.e. to live and work in the Third World) so that we can understand the problems of poorer countries and make a contribution to help them."
8. Would you like to be an overseas volunteer in a Third World country? If so, which one and how could you contribute to that country’s development?
9. Are the poor poor because they are poor or because they are lazy?
1. What kind of aid should the governments of rich countries give to poor countries?
2. "Population control is more important in rich countries than in poor countries since
rich babies consume much more of the world’s resources than poor ones."
3. "Economic Unions made up of rich countries are a form of protectionism which prevents fair trade with Third World countries."
4. "Economic colonialism where multinational companies provide most of the work opportunities is just as bad as colonialism where poor countries belong to rich ones."
5. "It is right for rich countries to have strict immigration controls to stop people from poorer countries entering them and sharing in their better standard of living."
6. "Immigration should not be limited to people of similar race and culture. We should welcome the opportunity of a truly multi-racial society."
7. "Everybody should be encouraged to do Voluntary Service Overseas (i.e. to live and work in the Third World) so that we can understand the problems of poorer countries and make a contribution to help them."
8. Would you like to be an overseas volunteer in a Third World country? If so, which one and how could you contribute to that country’s development?
9. Are the poor poor because they are poor or because they are lazy?
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