Directions: Listen to the following passage about money. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings,the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase,with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work.
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1. How do you understand the meaning of money to your life?
2. What's your comment on the statement—“money is a blesing to the wise, but a disaster to the fool”?
Starbucks was established in 1971 selling high quality whole beans coffee. In 1981, when Howard Schultz visited the store, he planned to build a strong company and expand high quality coffee business with the name of Starbucks. Starbucks provides high quality of coffee to its consumer and aims to achieve product innovation, retail expansion and provide service quality for long term.
Directions: Please watch a video about The Globalization of Starbucks and summarize the main idea of the video in one sentence .
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Directions: Read the following statements about the video. Decide true ( T) or false ( F) for each statement.
(1)Howard Schultz came back from Greek with an idea how about marketing coffee drinks to Americans.
[T] [F]
(2)Starbucks, famous for its knowledgeable staff, sells ordinary roasted coffee beans.
[T] [F]
(3)The logo of Starbucks is known for a siren in Roman mythology.
[T] [F]
(4)The Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world.
[T] [F]
(5)Starbucks quickly expands in the process of globalization.
[T] [F]
Directions: Watch the video again. While watching, you are required to make notes on details and get ready to summarize the video orally or in written form. The following table will help you organize the concerned information in the video.