IMMIGRATION
VOCABULARY
WORKSHEET
1 IMMIGRANTS
an alien |
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un apatride |
a foreigner |
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un expatriŽ |
a native |
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un ressortissant |
2 BORDERS
a customs officer |
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entrer dans un pays |
to smuggle sthg into |
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la frontire |
to let in |
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pays dÕaccueil |
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THE STATUS OF THE IMMIGRANT
citizenship |
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avoir les qualitŽs requises |
to grant citizenship |
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acquŽrir la naturalisation |
a full-fledged citizen |
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prter serment |
4 ATTRACTION TO A COUNTRY
to be drawn to |
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rŽaliser un rve |
to be lured to |
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saisir une occasion |
to yearn for |
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aspirer ˆ |
5 INCENTIVES TO IMMIGRATION
to flee civil strife |
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demandeur dÕasile |
to be spurred by |
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fuir |
to cut oneÕs root with |
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chercher une vie meilleure |
a would-be immigrant |
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tre dos au mur |
6 TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS
to overcome an obstacle |
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Žprouvant |
the language barrier |
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tre privŽ de |
to go through hardships |
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au pŽril de sa vie |
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CLOSING THE DOOR
to screen out |
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se dŽbarrasser de |
to place restrictions on |
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promulguer des lois |
to stem the flow |
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appliquer des quotas |
10 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
an undocumented alien |
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permis de travail |
a green card |
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permis de sŽjour |
forged documents |
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mariage blanc |
11 SETTLING IN
to start from scratch |
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faire son trou |
to start anew/afresh |
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sÕintŽgrer ˆ |
to settle |
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la flexibilitŽ |
a melting pot |
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tre assimilŽ |
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ALIENATION
the clash of two cultures |
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anctres |
multiculturalism |
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inadaptation |
intermarriage |
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valeurs culturelles |
14 XENOPHOBIA
to look down on sbdy |
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un bouc Žmissaire |
economic woes |
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xŽnophobe |
knee-jerk xenophobia |
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rendre qqÕun responsable |
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