Thursday, December 8

In your vocab blogs, complete the following assignment -

Blog Title: Quarter 2, Week 7 Critical Reading Passage

Do the benefits of importing Chinese goods outweigh the consequences?

First, fill in the blanks with the appropriate word and/or its word form. Your vocab words to use for this are: export, import, and function.


China’s economy has grown very quickly over the last 30 years due to the number of
1) __________ they send to countries like the United States. It is almost impossible to name a product that Americans use that is not 2) __________from China – toys, clothes, electronics, and furniture. The Chinese government has spent more than $568 billion on improving transportation in China in order to increase the Chinese economy. One recent development has been the introduction of a bullet train that runs between two major Chinese cities.
Its 3) __________ is not just to transport passengers, but to help increase China’s economy by helping to transport goods between cities faster.In 2009, China became the world’s largest
4) __________ of goods to the rest of the world. It is expected that China’s economy will become the world’s largest by 2027, beating out the United States. It is difficult for the United States to compete with China. We 5) __________ four items from China for every one
6) __________ that we send there. This means fewer jobs for U.S. workers and more jobs for Chinese workers. The benefit that Americans receive from the high number of Chinese imports is that it allows U.S. stores to offer lower priced goods. However, many Americans feel that the U.S. government’s 7) __________ is to decrease this trade deficit if the U.S. wants to remain the largest economy in the world.

Then, answer the questions in a five-sentence paragraph.
What do you think the U.S. should do to encourage China to import more goods from the United States? How could the U.S. encourage Americans to buy more American-made goods if the prices are higher?