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We use country adjectives to show nationality Immigration is a political issue in some parts of
and language. the world.
EXAMPLES a Discuss these questions.
They are from Japan. I Why do people go to livc in another country?
They are Japanese. 2 What benelits can immigrants bring to a country?
They speak Japanese. 3 What problems can large-scale immigration cause?
d There are several ways of forming country adjectives. 4 Should immigrants conform to the local culture?
Look at this table. 5 What should governments do about immigration?
Look quickly at the text. Choose the correct answers
-an -ish -ese -l irregular to these questions, according to the article.
America - England - Japan - lraq - France - I What is the article about?
Americon English lopanese lraqi French
E America's population is getting too large .
E Af.i.u, Americans will soon be in the
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majority in the USA.
Hungorian E ft USA is changing because of immigration.
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2 Why are todalz's immigrants different from earlier
immigrants?
Complete the table with the countries from the box
below. You can use a dictionary to help you find the E ft-r"y integrate easily into American culture.
adjectives. I fn.y come to the USA for jobs.
E ft keep their own language and culture.
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Germany ltaly Turkey the Netherlands
3 Why are Alrican Americans very worried about
lsrael Argentina Thailand Scotland
the situation?
lreland Belgium Morocco Pakistan
E ffr" immigrants compete with them lor jobs
Russia Nonaray Greece Egypt Poland
and houses.
Portugal Austria Denmark Brau:il
E ft immigrants don't speak English.
China Mexico Korea Spain "
E fn" immigrants become politicians and
c ffi a.z Listen and check your ideas. lawyers.
d Add your own country if it isn't mentioned. 2 Read the text again and find
o alI the racial groups mentioned.
2 The names of countries have different stress
. reasons why people are concerned about the
patterns.
situation.
Exe-mpr-ns
Mark these sentences True (/), False (X) or
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Egypt Japan Argmtina Don't I{now Q).
The stress pattern sometimes changes in the I America's population will be 383 million by
adjective. the year 2050. tr
Exaupr,rs 2 Hispanics make up l0 per cent of the
population at the moment. E
Ooo oO o 3 African Americans are currently the largest
Italy Italian
racial minority in the USA. tr
a Mark the syllable with the stress on each word in
4 Today's immigrants try to integrate into
the table.
American culture. tr
b ffi a.z Listen again and check your answers. 5 The number of people who don't speak English
c Look at the adjectives in the table and answer is increasing. tr
these questions. 6 Robert Byrd wants stricter immigration controls. E
I Which are languages? 7 Illegal immigrants only compete for jobs. tr
2 Which languages are spoken in the other 8 Illegal immigrants can't find jobs in the USA. tr
countries?
See Reflecting on Learning 9: Dealing with
unknown words p12I.
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