INSTRUCTIONS TO WORK ON THE VIDEO :

Questions: According to the video, are the following statements true or false?Explain Why?

1. The Hassenfeld brother's fled to America from the Czech republic.
2. Most of the asylum seekers who arrive at the U.S Southern border come from Central America.
3. Refugees arriving from Central American countries is a new phenomenon.
4. The USA had nothing to do with refugee crises in the 1980s
5. Asylum seeking at the southern border of the USA is at a historical high.
6. People from the destination country tend to have a nuanced and balanced attitude to asylum seeking.
7. The USA is settling more refugees than ever before.
8. Seeking asylum is easier than ever.
9. USA border guards are routinely breaking the law.
10. The US government has recently detained 3000 children.
11. Melanie Nezer has no personal connection the issue of refugees.
12. There isn't very much support for refugees in the American public.

1. False. They fled from Poland.
2. True. Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador
3. False. People have been fleeing Central American countries for generations.
4. False. The USA was heavily involved in Civil Wars in these countries which caused many people to seek refuge in the USA
5. False. “ this is not a historically high level of interceptions at the southern border”
6. False. They tend to think in absolute terms of “legal” and “illegal”
7. False. The USA is settling fewer refugees since the program began in 1980.
8. False. It has never been more difficult.
9. True. Telling people at the border that they cannot apply for asylum is illegal.
10. True.
11. False. Her grandparents were refugees
12. False. Polls show that support has never been higher.

Look at this sentence from the video:

“Last year, the US resettled fewer refugees than at any time since the program began in 1980”

Why does the speaker use “fewer” instead of “less”?

Less/Fewer

If we want to say that there is a smaller quantity of something than the quantity of something else, we can use less or fewer. We use less with uncountable nouns, such as lemonade. We use fewer with countable nouns, such as bottle.

Compare:

“ John drinks less lemonade than me.”

“ John drank fewer bottles of lemonade than me.”

Exercise: complete the gaps in the sentences with “less” or “fewer”

1.I have …..........hair than Jonathan.

2.There are.............................people here than last Summer

3.You should drink...............................wine.

4.You wouldn't be so fat if you ate........................food.

5.…........................men wear hats now than in the 1950s.

6.I saw................................live music this year.

7. I went to …......................concerts in the 1960s.

Exercise.

1. Less
2. Fewer
3. Less
4. Less
5. Fewer
6. Less
7. Fewer

Traduire les phrases suivantes en anglais, issues du texte, puis retrouver ces phrases dans le texte en anglais:

1.Soyons franc, c'est la langue d'internet, la langue de la finance, la langue du traffic aérien, de la music populaire, de la diplomacie - l'Anglais est partout.

2. Aux dernieres nouvelles, il y a deux douzaines d'univerité en Chine qui enseignent l'anglais.

Essential Grammar in use p 236-237

Unit 114  he people we met  the hotel you stayed at

(relative clauses 2)

Make one sentence from two

1. (Ann took some photograph

1. The man who phoned didn't give his name.
2. The woman who opened the door was wearing a yellow dress.
3. Most of the students who took the exam passed.
4. The policeman who stopped our car wasn't very friendly.

suffering noun- physical or mental pain

pervasive adjective- present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place. Widespread.

flip-flops noun- a type of open shoe with a strap between the big toe and the adjacent toe

to panic verb- to become so frightened that you cannot think or behave rationally

compassion noun-a strong feeling of sadness and sympathy for the suffering of others and the desire to help them.

pragmatism noun-dealing with a problem in a sensible, realistic way

toxic adjective- very unpleasant and unacceptable

unprecedented adjective never having happened or existed in the past. Without precedent.

deterrent noun Something that deters or stops people from doing something.

Peseshet is a doctor and a teacher. The video describes a typical day of her life.

Now it is you turn. Write a text :

- Present yourself.

- Describe your profession.

- Tell what you did to get this job.

- Describe a typical day of your life : what usually happens when you are at work?

You can book a one to one class with a teacher who will correct your writing exercise.  One to one classes can be online, with a video call, anytime of the day. 

This gives you full flexibility for your timetable.

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