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проницаемые и прозрачные границы
permeable and porous boundaries
make something bad worse
to exacerbate
Decode the abbreviation:
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
What is a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions?
sweatshop
Name at least 3 positive effects of globalisation
encourages democratization; promotes prosperity and development; stimulates commerce; provides economic growth, accumulation of wealth, rising living standards; reduces poverty; widens choices and opportunities; creates new opportunities; enriches cultural lives in many lifferent societies
давать новый импульс
to reinvigorate
mixing together
intermingling
What is the using of goods and services to satisfy the basic needs?
consumption
Name the city and the building where the tragedy? which was described in the film "The True Cost" happened.
Rana Plaza in Bangladesh
Name at least 3 negative effects of globalisation
weakens labour as a political force; generates new forms of tension and conflict; breeds financial instability; exacerbates the environmental crisis; entrenches poverty in the third world; widens the gap between the poor and the rest; undermines the welfare state, human values; undermines cultural identrty; poses a threat to traditional non-western cultures
центр внимания мировой политики
global agenda
seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed
plausible
What is the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with all the activities of a person or other entity?
carbon footprint
What is a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth?
landfill
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generate , breed , foster, create
foster
слияние культур
cultural homogenization
Make suffering less
to alleviate
What is the act of helping a person or organization that is in difficulty, usually by giving or giving or lending money?
emergency bailout
What is a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength?
wage
cross out the odd word:
suspend , boost , enhance , stimulate
suspend
защищать (отстаивать) свою позицию
to entrench
to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something
to hinder
What movement was a worldwide protest against the greed of politicians and banks which has brought the planet into financial crisis?
Indignados Movement
What notion can we use when we speak about inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends?
fast fashion
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impede , facilitate , undermine , hamper
facilitate