UNIT 9: FINDING A NICHE: THE CHALLENGE FOR YOUNG IMMIGRANTS

AMERICAN DREAM: WHAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FACE CROSSING THE BORDERS.

An American ideal of a happy and successful life. A life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S. It seems United States as a land of opportunities, abundance and as a perfect destiny. But sometimes it is a hard reality for the people that wanted so much to reach this dream and they had passed a several terrible experiences that in cases had changed their lives forever.

Illegal people go to the United States to take jobs that offer them greater opportunity, and they are often welcomed by U.S. employers who are able to hire them for wages lower than they would have to pay to hire U.S. workers. also crossing the borders many illegal immigrants face extremely dangerous situations elsewhere along the journey, particularly when riding freight trains. kidnapping, murder, and rape at the hands of violent drug cartels and ever more ruthless human smugglers.

VOCABULARY FROM UNIT 9

1. Unique: special; individual
2. Native Tongue: first language
3. Flourishing: growing and developing well
4. mainstream: the common way of thinking or acting
5. Tight-knit: close; connected
6. Assimilate: adapt and adjust
7. Suppressed: not allowed to express
8. Relieved: happy that you dont have to worry about something
9. Bone up on: review; study again
10. Intimidating: frightening
11. Uprooted: removed from; torn from
12. Set apart: make someone or something different
13. Niche: a position particularly suitable for a person occupaying it.

GRAMMAR: PRESENT AND PAST-CONTRASTING VERB TENSES

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