Illegal immigration to the US

07.12.2010 …

By English Prof

Hey,

first we made a short recap of what we had said about the advert and we added some more information. We also corrected the translation sentences you had to make for last time and we commented on them. Here is what we said:

1- For millions of immigrants, the USA represented the Promised Land, a land of plenty and free entreprise.

Comments: "to be written by Priscilla"

2- Immigrants had to escape / flee from their countries for political, religious and economic reasons.

Comments: "to be written by Priscilla"

3- Some have suffered from hunger, unemployment, persecutions and discrimination.

4- They were often destitute and dreamed to start from scratch in America. They hoped to succeed and be wealthy finally / at last and well-fed.

5- The newcomers didn't expect to be considered as cheap labour force / work force.

Then we continued speaking about immigration and more precisely illegal immigration and our new text. Here is what we said:

"to be written by Priscilla"

HW: learn your lesson and get ready to speak about Ana's conditions of travelling from Mexico to the US.

Files: You can download a copy of the text here again.

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Priscillia

12/08/2010 14:15

Corection homework translations: 1- For millions of imigrants, the USA represented the promised land, a land of plentyand free entreprise. 2- Imigrants had to escape from their countriesfor political, religious and economic reasons. 3- Some have suffered from hunger, unemployement, persecution and discrimination. 4- They were often destitute and dreamed to start from scratch in Amercica. They hope to succeed and be wealthy finally/at last and weel-fed. 5- The newcommers didn't expect to be considered as cheap labour force/work force. Warm Up 8/12/10 What is the best present you have even resceived? The best gift I have ever been given was my car. I couldn't afford it but I really needed one. What is the worst gift you have ever had? I have to admit I don't like reading and it was a book Robinson Crusoe. However, I don't think that there are good or bad gifts. For example, they don't have to be expensive, I can photoshop some pictures and frame the. It's nearly free and it comes from the bottom of my heart. You don't need a special ocasion to offer presents to your relatives even if there are many celebrations throughout the year: New Year's Eve, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday, Wedding ceremonies, Christenning... All of these celebrations have become quite comercial and I tend to regret it.

English Prof

12/08/2010 15:11

Thanks for the update Priscilla. I'll be posting it on the blog asap ( = as soon as possible). Please check if you made any spelling mistakes and possibly correct your copybook. Take care, Mr Hattais.