Globalisation (全球化) Vocabulary
以下是準備好IELTS必備的重要字彙，IELTS各部份考試常提及環境主題，具備與此主題相關的知識十分重要。

Globalisation全球化(名詞)：
For better or worse, globalisation is a fact of modern life.
無論好或壞，全球化已是現代生活的一個事實。

Investment (noun) 投資(名詞)：
National economies are undoubtedly becoming more integrated as cross-border trade, investment by financial institutions increase.
因為金融機構增加跨國交易，投資，各國經濟毫無疑問地變得更加緊密。

Economic integration (noun) 經濟一體化(名詞)：
This international economic integration means that consumers are buying more foreign goods, a growing number of firms now operate across national borders.
全球經濟一體化意味著消費者購買了更多的外國商品，越來越多的公司進行跨國交易。

Boost productivity提高生產力
One positive view is that globalisation has the potential to boost productivity and living standards everywhere.
正面的觀點認為全球經濟一體化可以潛在地刺激生產力並且提高生活品質。

Labour-intensive task 勞動密集型產業
This is because a globally integrated economy allows low-wage countries to specialise in labour-intensive tasks .
這是因為全球經濟一體化讓低收入國家可以從事勞動密集型產業。

Knowledge-based economies 知識經濟
High-wage countries focus on developing knowledge-based economies.
高收入國家可以專注於發展知識經濟。

Investment opportunity 投資機會
What is more, capital can be shifted to whatever country offers the most productive investment opportunities, not trapped at home financing projects with poor returns.
此外，資金可以轉去其他提供最好投資機會的國家，而不是困在自己的國家裡投資一些報酬率很低的項目。

Welfare benefit 福利
However, increased competition from low-wage developing countries may destroy jobs in today's rich economies, who will have to reduce wages, taxes, welfare benefits and environmental controls to make themselves more "competitive".
然而，激烈的競爭或許會讓低收入的發展中國家衝擊富有國家的工作機會，讓他們不得不降低薪資，稅收，福利和對環境控管的標準以提高競爭力。

Global slump 全球不景氣
The critics also worry that while there has been a surge in the global economy, problems in one country or area of the economy could lead to a global slump.
批評家也擔心因為已經形成的全球經濟一體化浪潮，可能會讓一個國家或區域的經濟問題導致全球的不景氣。

The US sub-prime mortgage crisis 美國次級房貸
Currently, issues such as the rising cost of oil and the US Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis are good examples of this.
目前，飆漲的油價跟美國次級房貸問題都是最好的例子。

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