US immigration & the american dream Flashcards

(63 cards)

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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
a smuggling ring
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Expulser les sans-papiers n'est pas une solution à long-terme
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
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
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
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
an ethnic minority
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un pays natal
a native country
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un pays d'accueil
a host country
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accueillir les immigrants
to welcome immigrants
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un citoyen
a citizen
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les préjugés raciaux
racial prejudice
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la diversité culturelle
cultural diversity
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être assimilé dans une société
to assimilate into a society
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se mêler aux autres
to mix with other people
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fréquenter ses voisins
to socialize with neighbours
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coexistence pacifique
peaceful coexistence
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Incompréhension
incompréhension
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méfiance
mistrust
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rejeter les valeurs occidentales
to reject Western values
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être métis
to be misex-race
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instaurer des quotas
to introduce quotas
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la barrière de la langue
the language barrier
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être coupé du reste de la société
to be cut off from the rest of the society
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chauvin
chauvinistic
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inciter à la haine raciale
to incite racial hatred
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menacer la cohésion nationale
to threaten national cohesion
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un quartier noir/latino
a black/ latino neightbourhood
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une société à deux vitesses
a two-tier society
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être marginalisé
to be marginalized
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être mis à l'écart
to be cast aside
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l'égalité des chances
equal opportunities
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laic, laicité
secular, secularism
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défavorisé
disadvantaged
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exclure qqn
to exclude somebody
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d'origine cubaine
of Cuban descent
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s'insérer
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
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
It is the failure to understand different values that generate mistrust
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Comment faut-il faire pour faciliter l'accès aux études supérieures aux enfants issus des minorités ?
What should be done to give minority children easier acces to higher education ?