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Unit4 Davos is a small Alpine city in eastern Switzerland which began making itself known in the 1990s for hosting the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of politicians, financiers and academics. Each year, those taking part spend five days there networking and discussing a variety of issues such as the global supply of oil, world economic growth and environmental problems. Davos Men share the belief that globalization is both welcome and unstoppable. They would like to see national boundaries vanish so as to facilitate their global operations. Some people say that this international perspective is a minority elitist position not shared by the majority of people. Others, however, argue that endorsing a global outlook does not mean sweeping aside one’s patriotic feelings or erasing one’s national identity. The question, perhap is whether it is possible to strike a balance between bing global and being local. Unit5 You see that young man swimming out at sea He ’s trying to swim out the beacon and back. He must be insane to have committed  himself to such a thing, the  current is far too strong. I met him on the beach before he set out. I don  ’tmind telling you that I  was taken aback when he told me what he was going to do. I am a swimmer myself, but I wouldn  ’tattempt it. And he didn  ’t look in good condition  at all. Far from it. He may have had a good constitution  once, but he had clearly let himself go all to pieces . However, it seems like he had no choice. He told me that he had gone broke , not a penny left, and that old Burton would only find him a vacancy in his him if he did the swim. That was another surprise. Burton seems such a mild mannered man, kind to everybody. Perhaps he thought the young man would not have the courage, that he would  funk it. Then, again, perhaps Burton knew he was sending the young man to his death, but was too cold-blood to care. It only goes to show how  deceptive appearances can be. Unit6 Can you switch of