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IELTS Essay, topic: the positive and the negative sides of globalization
Even though globalization affects the world's economies in a positive way, its negative side should not be forgotten. Discuss.
          In the present age, globalization is playing increasingly important role in our lives. But in the meantime whether it is a blessing¹ or a curse has sparked much debate. Some people argue the globalization has fundamentally beneficial influence on our lives while many others contend that it has detrimental² effect as well.
          Convincing argument can be made that globalization not only plays a pivotal role in the development of technology and economy, but also promotes the exchange of cultures between different countries. To start with, it is the globalization that impelled³ many corporate⁴ to become an international group, thereby⁵ making contribution to local technology and employment. Specifically, when a multinational⁶ group establish a factory in a developing country, the new equipment, the new management skill and the job vacancies⁷ are all in the best interest of local society. Moreover, people worldwide can know each other better through globalization. It is easy to see that more and more Hollywood blockbusters shows the cultures different from American, some recent examples are Kungfu Panda and Mummy.
           Admittedly, profit driven globalization severely⁸ affected⁹ the young people. Today, in the metropolises¹⁰ in different countries, it is very common sight that teenagers are wearing NIKE T-shirt and Adidas footwear, playing Hi-pop music with Apple ipod and having KFC. The culture that took thousand years to form is just seems similar in these cities; it is looks like you can only distinguish them by their language. Meanwhile, in some developing countries, sweat workshop is always the issue that concerned by WHO. For instance, some report shows that some teenagers who employed by NIKE�s contractor¹¹ always stay in the factory that is fulfilled by smell over 14 hours a day, but they only work for fifty cents per hour.
           In summary, I would concede that globalization do come with some adverse¹² effects. Despite that the benefits created by it far outweigh¹³ the disadvantages. Overall, I convinced that we should further promote globalization and meanwhile the local government should take some measures to combat culture assimilation and sweat workshop.