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Quotes from Mr. Friedman's interview with Tim Russert April 2005 TASKS: Explain in your own words each of the following quotes... Quote 1: Friedman's wish for President Bush and the USA "I hope that the President will take up the agenda of making America energy independent and its young people economically skilled, empowered and enabled to be successful in a flat world. We don't have three-and-a-half years to wait for another President to maybe pick up this agenda. I would love to be George Bush's biggest booster in an agenda to make America strong and thriving in the new flat world." -- spoken 29 April 2005 on Tim Russert's talk show Quote 2: The USA is funding both sides of the War on Terror Paraphrasing: When U.S. consumers buy gasoline, some of that money goes to Saudi Arabia. The government supports religious schools, and some of those schools teach anti-American attitudes that lead to suicide bombers in Baghdad. So the driver in the USA is funding both sides of the War on Terror. To earn the FLAT Certificate, please send your explanations by email to talkinternational@yahoo.com. Click here to hear quotes from Mr. Friedman's interview with Tim Russert dfriedmanrussert Click here to read quotes from The World Is Flat dfriedmanquotes Click here to read an excerpt from The World Is Flat (First Chapter) dfriedmanflatchapter1 Click here to read an excerpt from his book Lotus dfriedmanlotus1 Go to the TASKS page... Teachers: Here is a lesson plan based on "The World Is Flat" |
How well do you know geography? Know the borders, mountains, valleys, buildings and water (seas, rivers, lakes and oceans) of each country.... |
Click here to hear quotes from Mr. Friedman's interview with Tim Russert Click here to read quotes from The World Is Flat Click here to read an excerpt from The World Is Flat (First Chapter) Click here to read an excerpt from his book Lotus Go to the TASKS page... |