对全球化的理解英文版My Understanding of Globalization

My Understanding of Globalization

The 21st century has witnessed the accelerated advancement of global communication both in economy and culture, which results from globalization that has moved us inexorably forward from isolation to integration. Globalization is such a prevailing word that probably everyone knows it, but what is globalization?

The definition of globalization varies from one person to another. To answer this question, I go to the Oxford Advanced Learner's English -Chinese Dictionary. Here I find that globalization is the fact that different cultures and economic systems around the world are becoming connected and similar to each other because of the influence of large multinational companies and of improved communication. To some extent, globalization refers to the establishment of world economy, in which national borders are becoming less and less important as transnational corporations, existing every where and nowhere, do business in a global market.

It is universally acknowledged that each coin has two sides, definitely globalization is not an exception. In my humble opinion, globalization has its unparalleled as well as unprecedented advantages. First, globalization affects the world's economy in a positive way. It is the indispensible foundation for varies countries to expand input and output trades which are of great importance for the country to reduce the unemployment rate and improve people's living standards. Second, for developing countries, they can take advantage of globalization to bring in foreign advanced technology. Third, an open platform has been built for different countries to communicate with each other and shows their national characteristics to the whole world.

Although globalization has a large number of advantages, it still has some disadvantages. The destruction of environment caused by globalization in China is a good example. Lots of transnational corporations choose China to be their factories, and it follows that large amount of poisonous gases has been emitted directly without further disposal. Obviously this is the chief culprit of the environment pollution In China. Furthermore, with lots of foreign values flooding into China, cultural collision is becoming much more thornier. Large quantities of Chinese people especially the young have paid much more attention to observing foreign festivals such as Christmas, Valentise's Day and Halloween than Chinese traditional festivals. Hence, to some extent, it has been a great threat to our own culture.

Globalization, for better or for worse, has changed the world greatly. Whether we accept it or not, globalization has moved forward both inexorably and inevitably. It is both a fact and an opportunity. We should seek the advantages of globalization and avoid the disadvantages. Only in this way, can our motherland become more and more prosperous and can our everyday life become more and more enjoyable.