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ANSWER KEY
Immigration Imagine a world without borders.
Pre-listening task
Part 1
Discuss the following questions in pairs and write down the answers.
1. Have you got any immigrants in your country? If so, why have they come to
your country?
Answers may vary.
2. Do you believe that Britain or any other country should encourage or limit
immigration? Give reasons.
Answers may vary.
3. Do you agree to this argument that immigrants take the jobs of local people in
their country? Give examples.
Answers may vary.
4. Do you agree that immigrants bring skills to a foreign country and it helps its
economy to boost? If so, what kind of skilled migrants are needed to help a
country become a developed country?
Possible answers: physicians, surgeons, nurses, economists,
entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, teachers, IT specialists, computer
programmers, software designers, etc.
5. Write down the names of the countries which have had a large number of
immigrants for past two decades.
Possible answers: USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, New Zealand,
Mexico etc.

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Post-listening tasks
Part 2
Listen to a talk given by Bridget Anderson, who is a specialist in
migration issues, and take notes. You will watch the video twice.

You will be awarded a mark out of 10 for your notes.

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You now have 45 minutes to complete tasks A, B, C, D and E.

Task A

Vocabulary

What do the following words mean in the context of the talk?

Correct answers appear in bold below:
1. Suspend:

2. Distort:
longer true

a)
b)

Move

c)

Prevent something from being active,

used, etc. for a time

a)

Change fact or ideas so that they are no

b)

Mend something

c)

Change something to make it better

3. Mobility:

4. Docile:

5. Stingy:

6. Undocumented:
foreign country

Start

a)

A state of being inactive

b)

Automobiles

c)

The ability to travel around easily

a)

Aggressive

b)

Obedient

c)

Friendly

a)

Not generous

b)

Spending a lot of money

c)

Wasting a lot of money

a)

Having the necessary papers to live in a

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b)
Not having the necessary papers to live in
a foreign country
c)

Related to a TV documentary
(3

marks)

Task B
Use your notes to answer the questions below about the
talk you have listened to:
1.

At the beginning of the talk, the speaker says that she is very happy.
What is she happy about:

Shes delighted to hear Helen talk about the importance of

creativity.
2.

What does the speaker ask the audience to suspend?

disbelief

3.

What does the speaker want the audience to imagine?

a world without borders

4.
According to the speaker, what happens when people dont use
their imagination?
It distorts and restricts peoples sense of what is possible.
5.

What area did the speaker specialise in?

She specialised in migration issues.

6.

Three things she has to do as an academic. List them below.

(a) analyse data
(b) look at impacts
(c) talk to people

7.

Outside her work, the speaker says that she supports her struggle

for
(a) social justice

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(b) labour rights

8.

Complete the following quotes from the talk.

Migrants are separate from citizens and they dont have the same
rights as citizens. We deport (a) undesirable (b) non-citizens. So
how borders work, who they affect changes. But, actually one thing
that doesnt change is the urge to control (c) mobility of (d) poor
people.

9.

According to the speaker, what did the poor people need to have if
they wanted to travel in England from 1388 onwards?
a set of papers

10.

By the late 1600, what would cost people between 2 and 4 pennies?
a set of (those) false documents

11.

In the 20th century, if you had a British passport, it didnt mean that
you had access to
British Isles

12.

What creates international migrants?

borders

13.

According to the recent news headlines, what percentage of new

British jobs goes to migrant workers?
90 %

14.

The speaker refers to three famous British people who were not
born in the UK. List their names.
(a) Prince Philip
(b) Joanna Lumley
(c) Cliff Richard

15.

The speaker says that nationals of two countries are not considered
as migrants in the UK. Write down the names of their countries.
(a) US
(b) Australia

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16.

What are the jobs of these two countries nationals who live in the

UK?
(a) US bankers and city traders
(b) Australia working holidaymakers
17.

According to the speaker, a legal migrant becomes dependent on

two kinds of sponsors. Who are they?
(a) a spouse
(b) an employer
(28 ma
rks)

Task C
Use your notes to decide if the following statements are
true or false according to the talk. Write T or F next to the statement.
1.

The speaker, Bridget Anderson, is a Senior Research Fellow at

University of Cambridge. F

2.

The speaker says that supporting migrants is not crisis-driven. F

3.

The speaker suggests that migrants are regarded as poor persons. T

4.

International migrants dont depend on particular people. F

5.

The speaker believes that if we share, there is enough to go around.

6.

The speaker says that tens of thousands of undocumented children

who are born in the UK must be deported. F

(6 mark
s)
Task D

What do the following numbers mentioned in the talk refer to?

1. 90 %
It refers to British jobs which go to migrant workers.
2. Billions of pounds of taxpayers money
is going to be used for deporting undocumented children
(1 mark)

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Task E Write short definitions for the following terms based on their
meaning in the talk.
Social relations
The relations that keep people united in societies and they are
based on the idea that it is a project and lets do it together.
International migrants
People who cross international borders to find work are
regarded as international migrants. However, the speaker
adds that all people who cross borders should not be classed
as international migrants.
(2
marks)
Total marks:
50