Topic 7 Migration and mobility

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1 Topic 7 Migration and mobility Symbole und Abkürzungen Vok ist das Gegenteil von Vok ist verwandt mit Vok = entspricht = Definition Getting started sth sb (BE) (AE) (sg) (pl) something somebody Britisches Englisch Amerikanisches Englisch Einzahl (Singular) Mehrzahl (Plural) etw jdn jdm etwas jemanden jemandem Achtung: Aussprache migration Migration migration immigration emigration to relocate umziehen; den Wohnort wechseln = to move to a new place, often to work there standard of living Lebensstandard The Royals enjoy a high standard of living. seasonal worker work permit Saisonarbeiter/-in Arbeitserlaubnis Many seasonal workers are employed in agriculture and in the building industry. = an official document to state that a (foreign) person is allowed to work duration Dauer = how long sth lasts or continues nursing staff brain drain Pflegepersonal Abwanderung hoch qualifizierter Arbeitskräfte There is a shortage in nursing staff in many countries. = the fact that professionals leave a country foreigner Ausländer/-in foreigner foreign global weltweit; global global = worldwide worldwide auf der ganzen Welt; weltweit worldwide = global

2 to clarify verdeutlichen; darlegen = to make sth clear migrant Migrant/-in migrant migration refugee Flüchtling = a person who flees to a foreign country voluntarily freiwillig voluntarily volunteer asylum seeker Asylsuchende/-r More and more refugees become asylum seekers. competitiveness (no pl) Wettbewerbsfähigkeit competitiveness competitor competition process of adaptation Anpassungsprozess adaptation to adapt to sth extent Umfang; Ausmaß extent = degree deportation Deportation; Abschiebung = forcing sb to leave a country labour market Arbeitsmarkt = the number of people who are available for work in relation to the number of jobs available to remain bleiben to remain = to stay economic expansion Wirtschaftswachstum After the financial crisis, there was an economic expansion. composition Zusammensetzung; Struktur = the different parts of which sth is made cross-border grenzüberschreitend = between two countries financial means (pl only) transit country Finanzmittel Transitland financial means = money = any country you have to pass in order to get from A to B to contradict widersprechen to contradict contradiction prerequisite Voraussetzung; Bedingung prerequisite = precondition

3 investment Anlage; Investition investment to invest investor to be well-off social ties (pl) wohlhabend sein; über finanzielle Mittel verfügen Netzwerk; Sozialgefüge to be well-off = affluent Having social ties is more and more important in all walks of life. factor Faktor; Umstand factor = component educational background Bildungshintergrund educational education to educate to flee fliehen to flee = to get away, to escape affluent wohlhabend affluent = rich Text workshop A - Immigration and employment in the US historical historisch; geschichtlich historical history civil war Bürgerkrieg = a war between different groups within one country to gain entrance Aufnahme erlangen; Eintritt entrance to enter annual jährlich; Jahres- Christmas is an annual holiday. to seek suchen to seek = to search convenience store Gemischtwarenladen = a small shop that offers a variety of goods and is open long hours payday Zahltag = the day on which you get your pay hard hat Helm = a hat which is worn to protect one's head humiliating erniedrigend humiliating = embarrassing

4 to shrink schrumpfen to shrink = to get smaller drunk driving Trunkenheit am Steuer = to drive under the influence of alcohol none keine/-r/-s There were three other people in the room, but none of us contradicted him. racist rassistisch racist race racial homeless obdachlos = to be without permanent residence, home or shelter filthy schmutzig; dreckig filthy clean fortunately zum Glück fortunately = luckily to dress up outsider sich feinmachen; sich herausputzen Außenseiter/-in = to dress formally = a person who is not accepted as a member of a group relationship Beziehung relationship relatives to analyse analysieren = to examine the details of sth carefully, in order to understand or explain it emotion Gefühl; Emotion emotion emotional minimum wage Mindestlohn In many jobs people do not earn more than the minimum wage. to pick pflücken Fruit tastes best when it's freshly picked. produce without notice landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse hier: ohne Kündigungsfrist You get fresh produce at the farmer s market. If a contract is illegal you can terminate it without notice. pregnant schwanger She is pregnant with her first child.

5 occupation Beruf; Beschäftigung; Tätigkeit occupation = job; profession Text workshop B - Immigrant experiences green card Greencard = Permanent Resident Card for immigrants in the US to vote abstimmen; wählen to vote = to elect booth Zelle; Kabine; Stand A booth can also be a stall, usually at a fair. replacement Ersatz When the music teacher left the school had to find a replacement for her. form Formular = a piece of paper that sb has to fill out to bother sb auf die Nerven gehen Don't bother me and get out of here! thumb print Daumenabdruck Your thumb print is enough to identify you. permanent resident how come Einwohner/-in mit dauerhafter Aufenthaltserlaubnis wie kommt es, dass = a person with the official permit to live in a foreign country How come the election results were so different from the opinion polls? glorious wundervoll; herrlich glorious awful outcome Resultat outcome = result outing Ausflug = going somewhere for fun narrative perspective Erzählperspektive narrative narrator to comment (on) kommentieren = to leave a comment

6 median mittlere/-r/-s; Mittel- median = average solely ausschließlich solely = only, exclusively foreign affairs (pl) Außenpolitik; außenpolitisch = international relations and foreign policy household Haushalt A fridge belongs in every household. citizenship Staatsangehörigkeit; Staatsbürgerschaft citizenship citizen to represent repräsentieren; vertreten to represent representative non-national ausländisch non-national = foreign to account for regardless of sth length of stay ausmachen; entfallen auf unabhängig von etw Aufenthaltsdauer Men account for the majority of smokers in China. The company decided to launch this product, regardless of what market research says. When you apply for a visa, you need to define the length of your stay in that country. to integrate integrieren; sich integrieren to integrate integration long-term langfristig long-term short-term to establish etablieren; einrichten to establish establishment foreign-born im Ausland geboren = to be born outside the country of residence Text workshop C - Push and pull factors of migration drought Dürre; Trockenheit Droughts mean that plants don't grow and animals die due to lack of water. relocation Umsiedlung Relocation means that people are moved from

7 one place to another. basic needs (pl) Grundbedürfnisse Food and drink, shelter and sleep are the most important basic needs. scale Ausmaß scale = measure to lack mangeln = to have not enough of sth necessity Notwendigkeit necessity necessary widespread weit verbreitet widespread = common severe ernst; schlimm severe easy primary education Grundschulausbildung = education for children below the age of 11 (BE) to ensure sicherstellen; gewährleisten to ensure sure to make sure shortage Knappheit; Mangel There is a shortage of qualified workers. to supply versorgen = to provide sb/sth with sth that they need flow Strom; Fluss = the steady and continuous movement of sth to occur vorkommen to occur = to happen particularly besonders particularly = especially loss Verlust loss to lose trained ausgebildet trained training trainee country of origin Herkunftsland = the country sb/sth comes from inadequate unzureichend; unzulänglich inadequate = insufficient to appear erscheinen to appear to disappear rational vernünftig = based on reason

8 responsibility Verantwortung; Aufgabe responsibility responsible burden Last = a responsibility that causes hard work or worry to benefit from sth/sb von etw/jdm profitieren = to be in a better position because of sth disadvantage Nachteil disadvantage advantage public funds (pl) öffentliche Gelder; Mittel = government money fiscal steuerlich = related to taxes and government money asset Vermögen assets = capital relevant relevant; von Bedeutung relevant irrelevant compulsory verpflichtend; obligatorisch; vorgeschrieben Everybody in the factory must wear safety gear. It's compulsory. taxation Besteuerung = the amount of money sb has to pay in taxes measure Maßnahme measure = step to be forbidden verboten sein to be forbidden to be allowed Mediation workshop - Attracting highly qualified staff to Germany skills shortage Fachkräftemangel = a lack of professionals or skilled workers attractive attraktiv attractive unattractive participant Teilnehmer/-in participant to participate qualified professionals (pl) qualifizierte Fachkräfte qualified professional unskilled labour settling in Eingewöhnung settling to settle

9 to make an effort sich Mühe geben to make an effort = to try to be intent on versessen sein auf etw = to really want to do sth regulation Vorschrift; Regeln regulation = rule to dismiss sth etw abtun; etw zurückweisen = to decide that sb/sth is not important demand Bedarf = a request or need for sth to rise steigen to rise = to go up to attract gewinnen; anziehen to attract to discourage to intensify verschärfen; intensivieren to intensify intense intensity obstacle Hürde; Hindernis The company's main obstacle to success is the tough competition in the market. punctuality Pünktlichkeit = to be on time self-responsibility Eigenverantwortung responsibility responsible welcoming culture Willkommenskultur = the way in which people treat new immigrants bureaucratic bürokratisch bureaucratic bureaucracy keyword Stichwort; Schlüsselbegriff = a word telling you the main idea of sth Topic Task housing Wohnbau; Wohnungen housing = living quarters

10 New for you? Englisch Deutsch Eigene Beispiele oder Übersetzung in die Muttersprache to face racism to base sth on stereotypes to put one's hopes on sth to dash sb's hopes to be treated unfairly to put sb in a pigeonhole to fight a losing battle to pin everything on one chance to bet on the wrong horse to take advantage of sb to cling to a hope to abandon all hope to be prejudiced against sb to manipulate public opinion Rassismus ausgesetzt sein etw auf Vorurteilen gründen Hoffnungen auf etw setzen Hoffnungen zunichte machen unfair behandelt werden jdn in eine Schublade stecken auf verlorenem Posten stehen alles auf eine Karte setzen auf die falsche Karte setzen jdn ausnutzen sich an eine Hoffnung klammern alle Hoffnung aufgeben voreingenommen sein gegenüber jdm die öffentliche Meinung beeinflussen