PART V TRANSLATION (30 minutes, 20 points)
Section A (15 minutes, 10 points)
     One of the unintended consequences of the flattening world is that it puts different societies and cultures
in much greater direct contact with one another. It connects people to people much faster than people and cultures
can often prepare themselves. Some cultures thrive on the sudden opportunities for collaboration that this global
intimacy makes possible. Others are frustrated, and even humiliated by this clos ...