GLOBAL VIEWS

UNIT 2

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Highlights

Although these phrases do not really mean

very much, they are used as follows:
Kind of: to make a description less strong
(e.g., The movie was kind of strange).
You know what I mean: to check that the
listener is following.
You know and like: to create time to think;
I mean: to add information or explain
something weve said.

Vocabulary: globalization

Exercise C
Vocabulary: Teachers resource

Watch the video!

Do you agree or disagree?

Choose one of the statements and write a

paragraph giving your opinion.
They should include at least two reasons
with examples.

Multinational companies
Think of examples of
other multinational
companies.

DHL was founded in 1969 by three

Americans with the last names, Dalsey,
Hillblom, and Lynn. They started out by
transporting packages from San Francisco to
Honolulu. Now DHL employs over 500,000
people and operates throughout the world. In
2002, it was bought by the German postal
service, Deutsche Post.

Stative verbs (state verbs)

Stative verbs (believe, know, like, seem,

sound, mean, promise, remember) are
not normally used in progressive tenses.
Non-stative verbs are sometimes known
as action verbs.
There are a number of verbs that have
both stative and non-stative uses.
Complete the table with examples from
the text in Exercise A.

Highlights
Stative use

Non-stative use

Be

Multinational corporations are

everywhere these days.

Have

Those countries often have high They are having a major

The non-stative
unemployment.
effect on developing
countries around
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have is
world.
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It looks as if multinational
What are you looking

Look

Oh, youre being

ridiculous!

companies are here to stay.

See
think

You see signs advertising

Janie has been seeing Tom
In its non-stative
multinational corporations.
for two years now.
use, seeing
Some people thing that largemeans
Young
people are thinking
dating.
companies take money out of
of applying for jobs with
the country.
such companies.
Think as a nonstative verb
means plan.

What do you think about

globalization?

Now you do it!

Work in pairs and do the role-play