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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
               OooOooOo
               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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