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Unit 5 Across cultures
45 MIN
Advanced FOURTH EDITION
BEFORE WATCHING
1 Discuss the questions with a partner.
1 Can you define migration, emigration, and immigration?
2 In what ways can emigration be beneficial or detrimental to a nation?
3 What about immigration? Is it more or less beneficial than emigration?
2 Complete the sentences with words from the box.
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1 There has been a marked of tourists in the region, resulting in overcrowding and raised food prices.
2 Her feelings of towards everyone in the office started when her boss promoted Andrew instead of her.
3 They chose to in a quieter part of town, where they would be able to raise their children safely.
4 His time in China might have been an experience, but he found his neighbours to be friendly and helpful.
WHILE WATCHING
3 Watch the video. Who are the sentences about: Stephanie, Nin, Maura, Anjana, or Diarmuid?
Write the country each person is referring to.
Stephanie Nin Maura Anjana Diarmuid
1 When first living away from home, found it difficult to understand regional accents.
2 There was nothing that didn’t like about living in this country.
3 When living in this country, spent lots of time with locals and so learned their language quite quickly.
4 explains that in this country it is a long-established tradition for people to emigrate.
5 When living abroad, looked like a local, and this caused lots of confusion.
4 Watch Migration stories. Make notes and answer the questions.
1 What four things are mentioned as particularly demanding when moving to a new country?
2 Why was it so particularly difficult for Stephanie to make herself understood in China?
3 What custom did Nin pick up when living abroad, which he still keeps up?
4 What’s the only negative aspect about Brazil that Maura mentions?
5 Watch Far from home. Are the sentences true (✓) or false (✗)? Correct the false sentences.
1 Anjana never intended to return to her place of birth, as her grandmother lived in the UK.
2 Anjana had to learn English when she arrived in the UK.
3 According to Anjana, the British attitude to education is less conventional than it is in India.
4 According to Diarmuid, one of the main reasons for Irish emigration is the lack of job diversity.
5 Diarmuid finds that the first thing people associate with Ireland is football.
AFTER WATCHING
Work in a group. Discuss the questions.
1 After watching Across cultures, have you changed your mind in any way about the benefits and drawbacks of migration?
2 What do you know about immigration and emigration in your country?
3 Would you emigrate? Why/Why not?
RESEARCH
You are going to write a magazine article about migration. Decide if you are going to write about it as a positive or negative
influence. Do some research on the Internet and find three facts to back your point of view.
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