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When Life Moves You
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Reading; When life moves you
(A) Britain has always been a mixed society. In the distant past, Celts, Romans, Saxons, Viking and Normans all settled in Britain. During the past 150 years people from Ireland, the former British colonies and the European Union have also come to Britain.
(B) In the 1840s there was a terrible famine in Ireland. A million people died and a million more left Ireland, and never returned. Most went to the USA, but many came to Britain.
(C) In the 1950s and 1960s the British government invited people from Britain’s former colonies to live and work in Britain. The majority were from the West Indies, Pakistan, India and Hong Kong.
(D) People from countries in the European Union are free to travel, live and work in any other EU country. Recently a lot of people have arrived from Central and Eastern Europe.
(E) There are thousands of Indian and Chinese restaurants in the UK. There Immigrants from the West Indies started the Notting Hill Carnival in 1965. It is now the biggest street festival in Europe.
There are lots of Irish pubs in Britain and Irish folk music is popular. West Indian music, like reggae, has had a strong influence on British pop music.
1. Read all sections from A-E, then match the headings with the sections of the text.
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Headings |
Sections A-E |
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Ireland The former colonies Introduction How have immigrants influenced British life? The European Union |
A B C D
E |
2. Match the highlighted words in the text with these definitions.
Match the highlighted words in the text with these definitions.
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Words |
Definitions |
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1. majority
2. settled
3. colonies
4.immigrants
5. recently
6. famine |
A. countries which another country controls B. most
C. came and lived
D. not long ago
E. a time when there is very little food F. people who come and live in another country |
3. Are the sentences true or false?
1. Immigration into Britain started in the nineteenth century.
2. People left Ireland in the 1840s because there wasn’t enough food to eat.
3. Many Irish people left Ireland and returned later.
4. The West Indies, India and Pakistan are former British colonies.
5. In the 1960s the British government tried to stop immigration.
In the last few years a lot of people have arrived fromhern .
Exercise 1.
A. Introduction
B. Ireland
C. The former colonies
D. The European Union
E. How have immigrants influenced British life?
Exercise 2.
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Words |
Definitions |
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1. majority
2. settled
3. colonies
4.immigrants
5. recently
6. famine |
B. most C. came and lived A. countries which another country controls F. people who come and live in another country D. not long ago E. a time when there is very little food |
Exercise 3.
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. F
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