Conseils et Recommandations
 

Suivre les conseils et les recommandations dans la partie Bac 1998 (Sessions principale et de Contrôle).
Question 1 : Dès la lecture du premier paragraphe, on arrive à comprendre de quel genre d'immigration il s'agit (exemples : a scientist from India / a professor from Guatemala / a physician from the Philippines moves to the U.S.A.)
Par la suite, la première ligne du deuxième paragraphe permet de découvrir la réponse appropriée qui est "Brain-drain". La 2ème partie de la réponse est facile à trouver (il s'agit d'une déduction personnelle : they are well qualified / ou highly qualified / have intellectual skills).
Question 2 : Question facile ! (Mais Bien lire ce qu'on demande de vous !)
Dans la 1ère colonne il s'agit de compléter la liste des immigrants et dans la 2ème colonne il faudrait trouver d'abord les causes de l'immigration (dans le pays d'origine des immigrants) et (les causes qui attirent ces immigrants vers les U.S.A. (what they find … => 3 réponses).
Question 4 : Il s'agit de justifier ces "True statements". Question classique donc et facilement accessible.

 
Corrigé

1.Complete the statement with the appropriate information from the text.
The specific kind of immigration mentioned in the text is referred to as the brain drain. It is called so because the immigrants are highly  qualified and have intellectual skills.

2. Complete both lists in the table with the right information.

Categories of immigrants

Causes of their immigration
   -scientists
   -students
   -doctors
   - professsors
   - physicians
   - skilled professionals / lawyers
   - unskilled workers.		    At home there is
   a - low wages
   b - an uneasy prosperity (or life)
   In the U. S. they find
   a) high wages (or salary)
   b) challenging jobs
   c) new opportunities.

3. At what educational stages do students decide to settle in the U. S. A. ?

    graduating from their home universities or from US universities

4. What, in the text, shows that the following statements are false ?

  1. The type of immigration mentioned is new.
    Though nothing new/30 years ago most well-qualified newcomers to the US arrived from Europe
  2. It is limited to a small number of immigrants.
    They stream to the US /6000 Taiwan Chinese a year
  3. All these immigrants get good jobs.
    Some wash cars or work as hotel porters

5. The journalist disapproves of this form of immigration.

Find in the text 3 phrases or sentences that justify his attitude.

  1. Immigration is frequently an uneven transaction
  2. America's gain is the native land's loss
  3. It takes from the poor and gives to the rich