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PAGE 21 Unit 4 Careers Passage A Making Your Job Working for You Background Knowledge 1. Maria Bartiromo Maria Bartiromo (1967－ ) is an American business news anchor and interviewer. She has worked for CNBC television, reported regularly live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and quickly became popular. During the boom years of the stock market in the late 1990s, she was nicknamed the “Money Honey” as well as the “Econo Babe”. Bartiromo is also a columnist and writer for several business and general interest magazines and has received several awards for her writing pieces. 2. Globalization Globalization is a highly controversial concept. This term came into fashion in the 1980s and 1990s. It is a process of continuing integration of the countries in the world where national markets are becoming increasingly interlinked and production is likely to be operated at a global level. Due to the accelerating pace of technological change and trade liberation, globalization has exposed national economies to much more fierce and intense competition between countries. There is no denying that globalization has become a trend in the future and will have a great impact on international trade rate, international flow of capital, international data flow, international cultural exchange, international travel, etc. 3. Related websites or webpages HYPERLINK /wiki/Maria_Bartiromo /wiki/Maria_Bartiromo HYPERLINK /term_paper_topics/2009/04/the-character-and-impact-of-globalization-trends.html /term_paper_topics/2009/04/the-character-and-impact-of-globalization-trends.html Teaching Design The structure of the text Parts Paragraphs Main Idea of Each Part Part One Para.1 The author states her viewpoint: although the pay for routine manual labor tends to decline, the value for intellectual labor keeps going up. Part Two Paras. 2-5 Globalization and technological changes require more from the employees: continual learning and specialty. Part Three Paras. 6-9 It state