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In the article “The Double Edge of Globalization”, Chanda (2007) mentioned that people around the world are able to get the information related to the environmental issues immediately with “the instantaneous transmission of news and image”. In my opinion, there is no denying that the Internet can help to raise people's awareness of the negative impacts, which global warming brings to us, but, I cannot see any apparent evidences, which show that people are taking action to ameliorate the environment. One of the biggest environmental issues is the use of plastics. Tons of plastics are produced and used every day. Even though the frequency of natural disasters increased and the global warming has become more severe in the past few years, people’s behavior remains unchanged. For example, when people go shopping, they still prefer using the plastic bags to pack their purchased items even after governments have already emphasized this many times and encouraged customers to use t...

Reader’s Response In the article “The Double Edge of Globalization”, Chanda (2007) states some positive and negative impacts of globalization and gives a few suggested methods to minimize the negative effects, which globalization brings to us. Chanda mentioned in the article, “the instantaneous transmission of news and images”, meaning that people around world are able to get the information related to the environmental issues immediately. There is no denying that the Internet can help to raise people's awareness of the negative impacts, which global warming brings to us, but, there is no apparent evidences to show that people are taking action to ameliorate the environment. One of biggest environmental issues is the use of plastics. Tons of plastics are produced and used every day. Even though the frequency of natural disasters increased and the global warming became more severe in the past few years, people’s behavior remains unchanged. For example, when people go f...

There is no denying that the Internet can help to raise people's awareness of the negative impacts, which global warming brings to us, but, there is no apparent evidences to show that people are taking action to ameliorate the environment .

Globalization makes our life more convenient, but we should not neglect the negative impacts it brings to us; governments and countries should work together to eradicate them.

In “ The Double Edge of Globalization ” , Chanda(2007) explains the positive and negative impacts of globalization on the environment and how these impacts affect the world. Intensified trade among the countries is mainly caused by globalization. The high demand for resources leads to severe pollution and extensive deforestation. Consequently, this results in global warming, which affects the world economy and social instability. Despite this alarming concern, the world has failed to encourage people to protect the environment and plant more trees.  Natural disasters happened more often in the past few years and many people were forced to leave their hometown. The root cause of such phenomenons is due to the unwillingness of people. However, the positive impact of globalization is that it allows people to get such information quickly and easily,  so that they will respond to it immediately and be more aware of the environmental issues. word count: 146

In “The Double Edge of Globalization”, Chanda(2007) explains the positive and negative impacts of globalization on the environment and how these impacts affect the world. Intensified trade among the countries is mainly caused by globalization. This leads to high demand for resources, severe pollution and extensive deforestation. Yet, the world has failed to encourage people to protect the environment and plant more trees. As a result, global warming occurs, which might affect the world economy and social stability. Natural disasters happened more often in the past few years, many people were forced to leave their hometown. The root cause of this is the unwillingness of people. However, the good impact of globalization is that it also allows us to get such information quickly and easily so that people will response to it at the first time and be more aware of the environmental issues.   word count: 147

2.   As you paraphrase the following paragraph, present the “expected” general features of the nuclear reactors from Declan Butler’s  “ Nuclear power’s   new dawn,” taken from  Nature , 20 May, 2004 (Vol. 429, p. 238). “These new reactors would all operate at high temperatures, improving their efficiency.  And they would include simplified safety features that do not rely on sophisticated backup systems or experienced operators — all are, in principle, ‘meltdown proof’ and can cool themselves down in the event of an accident with minimal, if any, human...

My English Language Learning Journey  (2nd draft) I had my first English lesson when I was nine in Shanghai. At that time, I thought English was not so difficult because we just learned some fundamental knowledge such as 26 alphabets and some simple vocabulary. Thus, my English grades looked nice. My perception of English changed tremendously when I came to Singapore in 2005. I still remember the first English lesson that I had; it was horrible. I could only stare at the teacher's face. Her lips kept opening and closing, and some bizarre words came out from her mouth which I did not understand at all. I managed to hear one or two words from each sentence and all I could do was that guessed what the teacher said from these few words. In China, our comprehension passage was just half page and the essay was about 50-80 words. However, when I saw a two-page comprehension passage and 250 words essay, I really wanted to cry. Therefore, I struggled throughout...