1C - A world together

How do people feel about globalization? It depends on where they live and how much money they have.

Companies employ people on one continent to answer telephone calls from customers on different continents.

But there is one thing that is certain - Globalization is here to stay. And if that means we'll understand each other better, that's a good things.

In Japan, many people love flamenco. Meanwhile, in Europe, Japanese food is incredibly popular. European girls decorate their hands with henna tattoos. This is the globalization of culture.

It's true that buying and selling goods in different countries is not new.

The globalization of culture continues on from the globalization of bussiness.

A few days later, I'm walking down a street in Mexico - I'm eating Japanese food and listening to the music of a Filipino band.

Today, the internet can connect us all in the real time as we watch the same news story as it happens, anywhere in the world.

More than a fifth of all the people in the world now speak some English. Some people believe that there is a kind of "culture attack" from the English language, social media, and McDonald's and Starburks.

and McDonal's serves mutton instead of beef and offers a vegetarian menu.

As one Chinese teacher said, "We've got an American box with Chinese content in it?

In Shanghai, the television show Sesame Street teaches Chinese values and traditions

But I have a more positive view. I think that cultures are strong and that countries don't need to lose their national identity.

Modern industry now has a global market. Businesses make their products in one country and sell them in another.

In India, there are more than four hundred languages and several different religions

Let me give you some examples. One day, I am sitting in a coffee shop in London having a cup of Italian espresso serve by an Algerian waiter, listening to American music playing in the background.

We are in the middle of worldwide changes in culture. Popular culture is crossing from one country to another in ways we have never seen before.

Then, planes, telephones, and televisions brought us closer together. Television had fifty million viewers after thirteen years; the internet had the same number after only five.

But nowadays, everything happens faster and travels faster. In the past, there were camel trains, ships, and railways.