Green Line Oberstufe
|Spot on facts The consequences of migration |
|Word/phrase |Translation |Usage/memory aid |
|Embracing diversity |
|era |Ära; Zeitalter |This is an era of mass migration. |
| | |an era is a period of time in history |
| | |era = period = age |
|community |Gemeinde; Gemeinschaft |community-building activities, community centre, Muslim/Indian/Chinese |
| | |community, tightly knit community |
| | |a group of people living together in the same area |
| | |community → communal (adj) |
|to be aware of sth |sich etw. bewusst sein |I am fully/well aware of the dangers/ consequences. |
| | |to be aware of sth ↔ to be ignorant/unaware of sth |
| | |to be aware of → awareness (n) |
|value |Wert |Friendship has a high value. |
| | |value → valuable (adj) |
| | |Fr. valeur (f) |
|to combat |kämpfen; bekämpfen |We have to combat racism in our society. |
| | |to combat = to fight against |
| | |to combat → combat (n) → combative (adj) → combatant (n) |
|polarisation |Polarisation |The rise of diversity in Germany has led to a polarisation in our |
| | |society. |
| | |the division into two opposite groups |
| | |polarisation → to polarise (v) |
|common |gemeinsam |You have sth in common if you share the same ideas. |
| | |common = same = similar |
| | |common ↔ different |
|Migration worldwide |
|global |global; weltweit |A global problem is one that the whole world shares. |
| | |global = worldwide |
| | |global ↔ local |
|to rise |ansteigen |to grow in number |
| | |to rise, rose, risen |
| | |to rise = to increase |
| | |to rise → rise (n) |
|host country |Gastland |The host country has been very welcoming to immigrants. |
| | |The host country is the country of the host population. |
|opportunity |Chance; Gelegenheit; Möglichkeit |The USA has been referred to as the land of opportunity because people |
| | |think that everyone there has the chance to become rich and famous. |
| | |a great chance to do sth |
|refugee |Flüchtling |war refugee, economic refugee |
| | |sb who has been forced to leave his homeland |
| | |refugee → refuge (n) |
|to flee |fliehen |to have fled one’s home country |
| | |to flee, fled, fled |
| | |to flee = to run away |
| | |to flee → flight (n) |
|persecution |Verfolgung |Many of the first European settlers in North America had suffered |
| | |religious persecution in their home countries. |
| | |persecution → to persecute (v) |
| | |Lat. persecutio (f) |
|skilled |ausgebildet; qualifiziert |Germany needs skilled workers in the IT sector. |
| | |skilled = qualified = trained |
| | |skilled ↔ unskilled |
| | |skilled → skill (n) → skilful (adj) |
|developing country |Entwicklungsland |a poor country with low standards in for example education, health or |
| | |economics |
| | |developing country ↔ developed country |
| | |developing country → to develop (v) |
|brain drain |Abwanderung hochqualifizierter |Nothing has been done in India to stop the brain drain to western |
| |Arbeitskräfte |countries which is why the country is losing its high potential. |
| | |the movement of educated or professional people from one country to |
| | |another one that provides them with better payment and/or living |
| | |conditions |
|to boost |antreiben; steigern; fördern |The increase of skilled immigrants boosted the economy. |
| | |to boost ≈ to raise, to push, to support |
| | |to boost → boost (n) |
|one in every nine people |einer von neun Menschen |Hunger is a global issue because one in every nine people of the global|
| | |population still do not have enough to eat. |
|undocumented |nicht dokumentiert; nicht behördlich |You are undocumented when you do not have the documents that allow you |
| |erfasst; hier: illegal |to live or work in a foreign country. |
| | |undocumented = illegal |
|to exploit |ausbeuten |to take unfair advantage of sb, e.g. by not paying them enough for |
| | |their work |
| | |to exploit → exploitable (adj) → exploitability (n) → exploiter (n) |
| | |Fr. exploiter |
|Immigration to the US |
|to comprise |beinhalten; umfassen; einschließen |The Commonwealth comprises many nations. |
| | |to comprise = to include = to contain |
| | |to comprise → comprisal (n) |
|descendant |Nachkomme/Nach-kommin; Nachfahre/-in |a person’s children or their children’s children etc. |
| | |descendant → to descend from (v) → descent (n) |
| | |Fr. descendant/-e (m,f) |
|multitude |Vielzahl; Menge |The multitude of different nationalities and cultures makes the USA |
| | |very attractive. |
| | |a great number or a large amount of sth |
| | |multitude = plentitude |
|to seek |suchen; erstreben |Immigrants seek a new life in America. |
| | |to seek, sought, sought |
| | |to seek = to look for = to search for |
|demographic |demografisch; |Demographic information includes information about age, gender, ethnic |
| |bevölkerungswissen-schaftlich |background and so on. |
| | |demographic → demographical (adj) → demographics (n) → demographic (n) |
|Hispanic |lateinamerikanisch |He comes from Mexico, so he is Hispanic. |
|illegal |illegal; unrechtmäßig; rechtswidrig |You are illegal when you have no permission to live or work in a |
| | |foreign country. |
| | |illegal ↔ legal |
|to cross a border |eine Grenze überqueren |A lot of Mexican immigrants crossed the border illegally. |
| | |If you move from one country to another, you cross a border. |
|abolition |Abschaffung |the abolition of slavery and discrimination |
| | |giving up sth, end of sth |
| | |abolition → to abolish (v) → abolitionist (adj+n) |
|to face sth |etw. gegenübertreten; konfrontiert |to face difficulties/facts/humiliation/the truth/your |
| |werden mit etw. |enemies/punishment |
| | |If you stay face to face to sb, you face them. |
| | |to face sth = to confront sth = to stand up to sth |
|segregation |Segregation; Trennung; Rassentrennung|Segregation is a form of discrimination. |
| | |racial segregation: to keep apart different races so that they live, |
| | |work or study separately |
| | |segregation ↔ integration |
| | |segregation → to segregate (v) |
|Civil Rights Movement |Bürgerrechtsbewegung |Martin Luther King was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. |
|railroad (AE) |Eisenbahn |The railroad was built by Chinese workers. |
| | |railroad (AE) = railway (BE) |
|Immigration to the UK |
|significant |signifikant; bedeutend; wesentlich |significant = important = weighty |
| | |significant ↔ unimportant, insignificant |
| | |significant → significance (n) |
|Commonwealth |Staatenbund; Nationengemeinschaft |Many immigrants immigrate from the Commonwealth to the UK. |
| |(ehemaliger Kolonien) | |
|labour shortage |Arbeitskräftemangel |During the economic boom years, foreign workers were called in to |
| | |prevent serious labour shortages. |
| | |If there are not enough workers to do the work. |
|to settle |sich niederlassen |They finally settled in Birmingham after several years of moving from |
| | |town to town. |
| | |You settle somewhere when you decide to stay and live there. |
| | |to settle → settlement (n) → settler (n) |
|benefit |Nutzen; Gewinn |What is the benefit of health insurance? |
| | |benefit = advantage |
| | |benefit → to benefit (from) (v) |
|restrictive |beschränkend; einengend |restrictive immigration policy |
| | |restrictive → restriction (n) |
| | |Lat. restrictus |
|policy |Politik; politische Linie |The government’s policies have widened the gap between rich and poor. |
| | |policy → politics (n) → political (adj) |
|to increase |vergrößern; zunehmen |to grow in size or number |
| | |to increase = to rise |
| | |to increase ↔ to decrease |
| | |to increase → increase (n) |
|Muslim |Muslim/-in |She is Muslim. |
| | |Muslim → Muslim (adj) |
| | |Fr. musulman/-e (m,f) |
|to integrate |sich integrieren; sich anpassen |The new boy integrated into our class very fast. |
| | |to integrate = to assimilate |
| | |to integrate ↔ to remain separate, to segregate |
| | |to integrate → integration (n) |
|to assimilate |sich integrieren; eingliedern |Some of the new immigrants from Asia find it difficult to assimilate. |
| | |to assimilate = to integrate |
| | |to assimilate → assimilation (n) |
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