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US immigration & the american dream Flashcards

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Un étranger

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A foreigner

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un ressortissant étranger

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a foreign national

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immigration à grande échelle

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large-scale immigration

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un permis de séjour

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a resident permit

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immigration choisie

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selective immigration

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ses papiers ne sont pas en règle

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His papers are not in order

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un immigrant clandestin

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an illegal immigrant/alien

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endiguer l’afflux d’immigrés

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to stem the flow of immigrants

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limiter / freiner l’immigration

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to restrict / to curb immigration

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xénophobe

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xenophobic

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demander l’asile politique

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to seek political asylum

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reconduire qn à la frontière

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to escort sb back to the border

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être expulsé

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to be ordered out of the country

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s’exiler

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to go into exile

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exiler, bannir qqn

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to exile, bannish sb

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la patrie

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homeland

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pays natal, d’origine

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native, home country

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obtenir la nationalité britannique

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to be granted British citizenship

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le regroupement familial

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family reunion

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être envahi par les étrangers

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to be swamped with foreigners

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un centre de rétention

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a holding centre

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un parti d’extrême-droite

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a far-right party

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se réfugier

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to take refuge

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avoir un grand père né à l’étranger

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to have a foreign-born grandfather

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un réseau de passeurs

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a smuggling ring

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Expulser les sans-papiers n’est pas une solution à long-terme

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Deporting undocumented alien is not a long-term solution

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Renforcer les contrôles aux frontières ne suffira pas à endiguer l’afflux des demandeurs d’asile

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Reinforcing border controls will not be enough to contain the influx of asylum-seekers

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L’ Amerique attire les immigrants parce qu’elle a toujours été représentée comme un pays où tout le monde a ses chances

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America attracts immigrants because it has always been portrayed as a land of opportunity

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Contrairement à ce que voudrait nous faire croire la presse populaire, nous ne sommes pas envahis par les immigrés… et ils ne sont pas non plus une menace

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Contrary to what tabloids would have believe, we are not being swamped with immigrants - nor are they a threat

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une minorité ethnique

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an ethnic minority

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un pays natal

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a native country

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un pays d’accueil

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a host country

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accueillir les immigrants

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to welcome immigrants

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un citoyen

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a citizen

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les préjugés raciaux

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racial prejudice

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la diversité culturelle

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cultural diversity

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être assimilé dans une société

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to assimilate into a society

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se mêler aux autres

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to mix with other people

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fréquenter ses voisins

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to socialize with neighbours

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coexistence pacifique

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peaceful coexistence

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Incompréhension

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incompréhension

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méfiance

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mistrust

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rejeter les valeurs occidentales

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to reject Western values

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être métis

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to be misex-race

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instaurer des quotas

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to introduce quotas

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la barrière de la langue

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the language barrier

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être coupé du reste de la société

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to be cut off from the rest of the society

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chauvin

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chauvinistic

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inciter à la haine raciale

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to incite racial hatred

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menacer la cohésion nationale

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to threaten national cohesion

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un quartier noir/latino

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a black/ latino neightbourhood

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une société à deux vitesses

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a two-tier society

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être marginalisé

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to be marginalized

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être mis à l’écart

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to be cast aside

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l’égalité des chances

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equal opportunities

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laic, laicité

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secular, secularism

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défavorisé

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disadvantaged

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exclure qqn

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to exclude somebody

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d’origine cubaine

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of Cuban descent

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s’insérer

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to fit into one’s new society

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Les nouveaux arrivants ont souvent du mal à accepter la culture dominante de leur pays d’accueil

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Newcomers often find it difficult to accept the mainstream culture of their host country

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C’est l’incompréhension de valeurs différentes qui engendre la méfiance

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It is the failure to understand different values that generate mistrust

63
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Comment faut-il faire pour faciliter l’accès aux études supérieures aux enfants issus des minorités ?

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What should be done to give minority children easier acces to higher education ?

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