IMMIGRATION

VOCABULARY WORKSHEET

1 IMMIGRANTS

an alien

 

 

un apatride

a foreigner

 

 

un expatriŽ

a native

 

 

un ressortissant

2 BORDERS

a customs officer

 

 

entrer dans un pays

to smuggle sthg into

 

 

la frontire

to let in

 

 

pays dÕaccueil

3 THE STATUS OF THE IMMIGRANT

citizenship

 

 

avoir les qualitŽs requises

to grant citizenship

 

 

acquŽrir la naturalisation

a full-fledged citizen

 

 

prter serment

4 ATTRACTION TO A COUNTRY

to be drawn to

 

 

rŽaliser un rve

to be lured to

 

 

saisir une occasion

to yearn for

 

 

aspirer ˆ

5 INCENTIVES TO IMMIGRATION

to flee civil strife

 

 

demandeur dÕasile

to be spurred by

 

 

fuir

to cut oneÕs root with

 

 

chercher une vie meilleure

a would-be immigrant

 

 

tre dos au mur

6 TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS

to overcome an obstacle

 

 

Žprouvant

the language barrier

 

 

tre privŽ de

to go through hardships

 

 

au pŽril de sa vie

9 CLOSING THE DOOR

to screen out

 

 

se dŽbarrasser de

to place restrictions on

 

 

promulguer des lois

to stem the flow

 

 

appliquer des quotas

10  ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

an undocumented alien

 

 

permis de travail

a green card

 

 

permis de sŽjour

forged documents

 

 

mariage blanc

11 SETTLING IN

to start from scratch

 

 

faire son trou

to start anew/afresh

 

 

sÕintŽgrer ˆ

to settle

 

 

la flexibilitŽ

a melting pot

 

 

tre assimilŽ

13 ALIENATION

the clash of two cultures

 

 

anctres

multiculturalism

 

 

inadaptation

intermarriage

 

 

valeurs culturelles

      14 XENOPHOBIA

to look down on sbdy

 

 

un bouc Žmissaire

economic woes

 

 

xŽnophobe

knee-jerk xenophobia

 

 

rendre qqÕun responsable

 

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