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The picture below shows people who have decided to leave their country of origin. What do you think made them do that? What would make you move to another country? In this part of the material, you are going to read a text about some possible reasons for doing so.
Poniższe zdjęcie przedstawia ludzi, którzy zdecydowali się opuścić swoje kraje pochodzenia. Jak sądzisz, co ich do tego skłoniło? Co przekonałoby ciebie do przeprowadzki do innego kraju? W tej części materiału przeczytasz tekst dotyczący możliwych powodów takiej decyzji.
Study the short texts of 5 speakers. Match the speakers with the most likely cause of their decision to move to another country.
Read the text and do the exercises below.
When Your Home Country Is Not EnoughAs the world is becoming more and more connected, it is also easier and easier to up sticksup sticks and move to another country. Whether it’s for an improved quality of life, love, or escaping wars, the reasons behind migrationmigration can vary greatly. Generally, people move to a country either because they want to, or they are forced by the happenings in their home country, like war, faminefamine, or lack of resources. Sometimes people decide they would like to retire and move to a warmer climate to enjoy their twilight yearstwilight years.
For those who wish to move on to a warmer climate, Spain and Southern France are perfect destinations to migratemigrate to. ExpatsExpats are commonly found in these areas. Escaping the hustle and bustlehustle and bustle of cities, people search for a more relaxed living environment to settle in.settle in. However, purchasing a house in another country is often reserved for wealthy individuals.
Asylum seekersAsylum seekers are in a polar oppositepolar opposite situation. They are people who are forcibly relocated from their home countries due to conditions out of their control. War and other conflicts often make large numbers of people abandon their homes and fleeflee. In such cases migrantsmigrants are referred to as refugees. Countries neighbouring areas of conflict often offer to resettleresettle many of these people. However, people may move further afieldfurther afield, and an example of this is Australia’s resettlementresettlement of European refugees after WWII.
In the not too distant future, it is predicted that patterns of migrations will shiftshift. Global warming makes many densely populated areas uninhabitableuninhabitable, so a large number of people will transfertransfer themselves and their belongingsbelongings to cooler areas or other places less affected by extreme heatwaves. Unlike economic migrantseconomic migrants, who simply look for greater economic opportunities, those people might not have any choice but to seek a place to survive.
Źródło: Anna Caruk , dostępny w internecie: John Dunn, 20 interesting facts about migration, https://www.sableinternational.com/blog/20-interesting-facts-about-migration [dostęp 6.03.2023], Christopher Inkpen, 7 facts about world migration, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/02/7-facts-about-world-migration[dostęp 6.03.2023 r.].https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/02/7-facts-about-world-migration/ [dostęp 6.03.2023], licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
- to immigrate (v) – an Tu uzupełnij (n)
- to seek (v) asylum – an asylum Tu uzupełnij (n)
- to rehome (v) – Tu uzupełnij (n)
- to relocate (v) – Tu uzupełnij (n)
- to resettle (v) – Tu uzupełnij (n)
- to transfer (v) – a Tu uzupełnij (n)
- to migrate (v) – a Tu uzupełnij (n, person)
Read the beginnings of sentences below and choose the correct answer to finish them according to what you have learnt from the text above. Only one answer is correct.
Based on the information from the text describe the two types of immigrants and explain how the patterns of migration might change in the future. Write 5–6 sentences.
Słownik
/ əˈsaɪləm ˈsiːkə /
osoba starająca się o azyl (a person who has been forced to leave their own country, because they are in danger, and who arrives in another country asking to be allowed to stay there)
/ bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz /
dobytek, mienie (the things that you own which can be moved, not land or buildings)
/ ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk ˈmaɪɡrənt /
migrant ekonomiczny/ migrantka ekonomiczna (a person who moves from one country to another in order to improve their standard of living)
/ ˈekspæt /
osoba mieszkająca na obczyźnie (a person living in a country that is not their own; a short form of expatriate)
/ ˈfæmɪn /
klęska głodu (lack of food during a long period of time in a region)
/ fliː /
uciekać (to leave a person or place very quickly, especially because you are afraid of possible danger)
/ ˈfɜːðər əˈfiːld /
daleko od domu (far away from home; to or in places that are not near)
/ ˈhʌsl̩ ənd ˈbʌsl̩ /
zgiełk, harmider (a large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding)
/ ˈɪmɪɡreɪt /
imigrować (to come and live permanently in a country after leaving your own country)
/ ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn̩ /
imigracja (the process of coming to live permanently in a different country from the one you were born in; the number of people who do this)
/ ˈmaɪɡrənts / / ˈmaɪɡrənt /
migranci, przesiedleńcy [migrant/migrantka, przesiedleniec] (a person who moves from one country to another for a variety of reasons)
/ maɪˈɡreɪt /
migrować (to move from one town, country, etc. to go and live and/or work in another)
/ maɪˈɡreɪʃn̩ /
migracja (the movement every year of large numbers of birds or animals from one place to another)
/ ˈpəʊlər ˈɒpəzɪts /
(formalne) całkowite przeciwieństwo ((formal) used to describe something that is a complete opposite of something else)
/ ˌriːˈhəʊm /
znaleźć dom (to find a new owner for somebody, usually a pet)
/ ˌriːˈsetl̩ /
przesiedlić (się) (to help people go and live in a new country or area; to go and live in a new country or area)
/ ˌriːˈsetlmənt /
przesiedlenie (the act or process of helping people go and live in a new country or area; the act of going to live in a new country or area)
/ ˈsetl̩ ɪn /
zadomowić się (to start feeling comfortable in a new place or situation)
/ ʃɪft /
zmienić (to change something)
/ ˈtwaɪlaɪt ˈjiəz /
zmierzch życia (the last years of someone's life)
/ ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbl̩ /
nienadający/nienadająca się do zamieszkania (not fit to live in; impossible to live in)
/ ˈʌp stɪks /
przeprowadzić się (zmieniając zupełnie swoje życie, np. do innego kraju) (to suddenly move from your house and go to live somewhere else)
/ ˈtrænsfɜː /
przenieść się (to change the place where one lives)