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READING A
Multiculturalism - Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?
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T h c L l m l r i l S t J l r i i . r \)Li.r) .f rrlur- I g u n r s T h . p r o m r r u [ u c a l t h . l r n c l and freedom has atrracted more that 50 milLion nelvconers sirrce the nation's legunnrgs. Ovcr Lhe years, the US has adn tted morc itnmigrants rhan ant other country in hislofy. This trend has codjnued up till rhe present day: 700,000 legal immiilrants ent€r thc US ycarly.
"\mong the lirst scttlers Lhe English were the most numerous, and thus Lheir language and culture had ihe ov€rriding influence. American socieLy was from tbe beginning predominantly El]glish, shepccl b y w h i t e , A . n g l o - S a x o n P r o t e s t a n l s I W A S P S ) . [ a r l y i m n i g r a n L s o l o l h e r natiols includcd Gcrmans, who settled in Pennsylvania, and Dutch, rvho founded Chiiarown, San Fra.cisco
the cit,v of Ne$, \'ork (odginall,v callcd Nerv Amstcrdam). Africans pro\.iclcd slave labor in the southcrn colonies.
AlLhough irnmigraiion to thc US has b€en contiruolls, two great wavcs carl b e d i s t i n g u i s h e d . T h e s o - c a l l e d o l d Immigratiorl" in the first half of thc l9th c e n t u r - y b r o u g h t p r e d o m i n : r n 1 1 ) I r i s h , Scandnu\.ian, and Ger men innni€irants in vast numbcrs. The potato farnine in lreland drove onc fifth of the countrl's p o p u l a t i o n (a b o u t 1 . 5 m i l l i o r p e o p l e ) lo the US betwcen lB,+0 and 1855. Iround t h e t u m o f t h e c e n l u r y r h e " N e ! v lrnrnii{ration" bcgan: be(ween lB80 anct 1 9 1 0 m o s t o f t h e p e o p l e c a m e l r o m Southcrn and Easlern Europe, ncluding 2 2 million frorn th€ Austro Hl(ngarian
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US.
the ... of immigrants
UNIT 6
to the US has been continuous, two great waves can
millions of lrish who migrated to the US due to the great
c a m e a r o u n d t h e . . . o f t h e . . . a s p a r t o f t h e . . . - .
there are numerous ...-...-...-... seeking ... in the US yearly.
cul o h a s i includ bans toda ish popul r-rblished i5 Englis ipected
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the following passage into English.
READING B
rr ernp versity or lnte
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Right Thing at the Right Tirne - Political Correctness
the following text with special attention to the words in bold.
tion. ln "PC" it is not allowed to say, for exanrple, se.i for a seci. we may only refer to it as a "religion" or "new religious rnove- ment" . nor can we call somebody sholt; we may only describe him as "vertically chal lenged". Sindlar rules apply to many wods which are in some wa1's connected to mcial rhere are no Negroes..ulirrrtT.
Bla.Ls, only "African-Americans,"
and Ara no thaitmd or charrwomen. only
" - at least in the "politically
" (abbreviated as "PC") language Lonsciously avods any racial, physical, class, or age discrimina-
