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Audio-Visual Classes,Unit: 10 Dying to Get in,Background Notes,Illegal Immigration: it refers to immigrating across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. But in politics it may express a larger set of social issues in areas such as; economy, social welfare, education, health, slavery, prostitution, crime, legal protections, public services, and human rights.,Guest Worker Program: it is a program which has been proposed many times in the past and also now by some of the American Presidents, to permit US employers to sponsor non US citizens as laborers for approximately 3 years, then those laborers will have to leave the US if they fail to get the Green Card ( Permanent Residence ).,Notes on America,Christopher Columbus is believed to be the discoverer of America. He was an Italian and was financed by the Spanish Queen to find a sea route to India. In 1492, he sailed west from Spain in search of a sea route directly to India, but he failed to reach his destination and he found America instead. How ever, he believed he had reached India and called the natives on this land Indians. America Vespucci is another sailor. He had followed the same sea route but he proved that the land discovered by Columbus was not India but a new continent . It was called the New World while Europe became as the Old World. Now the new continent is named after him, North America, and South America.,United States of America,The full name of this country is The United States of America, which is shortened to The United States or abbreviated to The USA. Washington D.C. is the capital city of the country. the total size of the USA is 9.4 million square km, which makes it the 4th largest country in the world. Bordering 3 oceans and the Mexican gulf, the US has a long coastline of about 20,000 km and it is one of the countries with long coastlines in the world. it is situated in the south of North America and it has 2 neighboring countries, Canada from the North and Mexico from the South.,Americans southern land neighbor is Mexico with which it shares common boundary of 3000 km. the coast area of the Mexican Gulf is the most important oil-producing region of the USA. The population of the United States is now more than 300 million. The majority of Americans are White People and they are descendents of the European immigrants who came to settle down a long time ago. Those old immigrants were dismissed from many European countries as they were against the church and they had different religious attitudes. Most of them came from England, Ireland , Scotland, and Eastern Europe. the American population can be divided into races as follows: The White 80% ( 230 million), The Black 13% ( 35 million) , Hispanics 12% (31 million), Indians about one million, and among Asian-American, there are a million Chinese immigrants.,The 2 Americas,Mexico,The USA,Canada,North America,The USA,Mexico,G. Washington,Abraham Lincoln,The Great Lakes,The Capitol,The Pentagon,The World Trade Center (WTC),Liberty Statue,Pre-listening Question,Discuss the following questions; 1- What do you know about the United States of America? explain all what you have read or seen about it. 2- what are the reasons you think that most people want to immigrant to the USA ? 3- If you have got the chance, will you immigrate to a foreign country ? Which country , and why ?,While listening,TASK 1 1- B. is nothing but a waste of taxpayer dollars 2- C. saving migrants who are caught in trouble while crossing the border 3- D. by suddenly running across the border in large crowds 4- A. more illegal migrants have come into the US 5- B. sealing off the entire border with Mexico 6- C. there are jobs in the States awaiting them 7- A. illegal work force is important to US economy 8- D. both B and C.,TASK 2,Episode 1 1- T 2- F 3- F 4- F 5- T ,Episode 2 1- special unit 2- distress call 3- condition 4- hovered 5- Mexican 6- wandering 7- rationally 8- 17 years 9- refrigerator truck 10- morgue,Episode 3 2- Migrants are trying to bring their families in and settle in the US 3- a lot of immigrants were put on harms way 4- smugglers are taking migrants to such remote areas as mountains and deserts 7- more migrants are attempting to enter the US,Episode 4 1- about six million 2- illegal migrants in meatpacking industry 3- over 3,500 migrants fled Nebraska within 30 days 4- leave the state( before running its economy) 5- a good story rather a secure border,Episode 5 1- it is about $14 million pilotless drone that scans the desert for intruders and potential terrorists 2- they did so for fear of ter

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