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国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说Unit2HumanMigrationBook3A|Professor:OK,couldsomeonepleaseturnoffthelights?Good,thanks.Now,caneveryoneseetheslide?Good.Now,we’vebeentalkingaboutemigrationfromonecountrytoanother.Butemigrationisn’talwaysfromacountry.Inthisfirstslide,youseeamapofthestateofNorthDakota—intheU.S.We’regoingtofocusonthispartofthestate—westernNorthDakota.Onehundredyearsago,NorthDakotahadsomethingthatmanyimmigrantswerelookingfor.Whatdoyouthinkitwas?TobecontinuedListening1Student:Wasitfarmland?Professor:That’sright.NorthDakotahadland,andthatlandattractedmanyimmigrantsfromEurope—especiallyfromNorwayandGermany.Theylefttheirnativecountriesandmovedabroad.InNorthDakota,theyplantedwheat,andtheybuilthousesandnewtowns.Nowadays,however,moreandmorepeopleareleavingNorthDakota—especiallytheruralareas—andmovingtootherstatesintheU.S.Butbeforewegettothat,let’slookmorecloselyatthereasonsimmigrantslefttheiroriginalcountriesandwenttoNorthDakotainthefirstplace.TobecontinuedListening1B|&C|Professor:OK,couldsomeonepleaseturnoffthelights?Good,thanks.Now,caneveryoneseetheslide?Good.Now,we’vebeentalkingaboutemigrationfromonecountrytoanother.Butemigrationisn’talwaysfromacountry.Inthisfirstslide,youseeamapofthestateofNorthDakota—intheU.S.We’regoingtofocusonthispartofthestate—westernNorthDakota.Onehundredyearsago,NorthDakotahadsomethingthatmanyimmigrantswerelookingfor.Whatdoyouthinkitwas?Student:Wasitfarmland?TobecontinuedListening1Professor:That’sright.NorthDakotahadland,andthatlandattractedmanyimmigrantsfromEurope—especiallyfromNorwayandGermany.Theylefttheirnativecountriesandmovedabroad.InNorthDakota,theyplantedwheat,andtheybuilthousesandnewtowns.Nowadays,however,moreandmorepeopleareleavingNorthDakota—especiallytheruralareas—andmovingtootherstatesintheU.S.Butbeforewegettothat,let’slookmorecloselyatthereasonsimmigrantslefttheiroriginalcountriesandwenttoNorthDakotainthefirstplace.Listening1TobecontinuedProfessor:Thissecondslideshowsoneimportantreason—trains.Bytheearlypartofthe20thcentury,trainshadarrivedinthispartofthecountry,sotravelwaseasier.Andwhentherailroadcompaniesfinishedbuilding,theysoldtheirextraland—andtheysolditcheap.TheU.S.governmentwasalsosellinglandatlowprices,andtherewereevenwaystogetlandforfree!Youjusthadtoliveonthelandforfiveyears,plantsometrees,anddoalittlefarming—easy,right?Well,asyou’llseeinthisnextslide,lifewasn’teasy.Thefamilythatusedtoliveinthishouseleftalongtimeago.That’sbecauseafterthe1920s,NorthDakotahadseveralyearsofverydry,verywindyweather.Theeconomiccrisisofthe1930smadethingsevenmoredifficult,somanyfarmershadtoselltheirlandandleave.TobecontinuedListening1Professor:ThisnextslideisapictureofCorinthinthemiddleofwinter—atownthatoncehad75peoplelivinginit.OneofthesixpeoplewhostillliveinCorinthtodayisafarmernamedMelvinWisdahl.Melvinis83yearsold.Andthoughhistwosonsarestillfarmers,Melvin’sgrandchildrenwillprobablyemigrate.That’sthetrendinNorthDakota.Therearen’tmanyjobs,andtherearen’tmanypeople.Butthat’snotthewholestory.ThispicturewastakenattheNorthDakotaStateUniversityinFargo.Anditlookslikeaniceplace,doesn’tit?Infact,somepeoplearemovingtoNorthDakota,butthey’removingtothelargercities,nottothesmalltowns.Listening1TobecontinuedProfessor:So,whatishappeninginthesmalltowns?Well,somepeoplearetryingtofighttheemigrationtrendandpreservetheoldcommunities.Here,youseetheMysticTheatreinMarmarth,NorthDakota.Everyyear,theyinvitepoetstocomeherefortheCowboyPoetsWeekend.That’sright—awholeweekendofpoetryfromwritersintheWesternstates—andit’sabigevent!Sadly,though,expertsthinkthechangesinNorthDakotaaren’tjusttemporary,theyarepermanent.Theydon’tthinkthesesmalltownswillgrowagain.Arethereanyquestions?Listening1ProfessorGarcia:Allright!Nowwe’regoingtotakeourdiscussionofimmigrationandemigrationtoamorepersonallevel.I’mgoingtohaveyoudivideintogroupsoffour.ThenIwantyoutotellyourgroupaboutsomeoneyouknowwhohasemigrated—gonetoliveinanothercountry—temporarily,orpermanently.Doeseveryonehavethechart?Intheboxesacrossthetopofthechart,youcanwritethenamesofthepeopleinyourgroup…OK…hereontheleftistheinformationyou’regoingtoneed.First,you’regoingtowritedownwhoemigrated—theirname,ortheirrelationshiptoyourclassmate.Next,wheredidtheycomefrom?Andwheredidtheygoto?Then…whydidtheyemigrate?Andfinally,you’regoingtotakenotesaboutwhethertheyassimilated…ornot!Listening2B|&C|Emily:OK,let’sgetstarted…Areweallhere?Sunisa,Josh,Nasir…Sunisa:Andwhat’syourname?Emily:Sorry!I’mEmily…So,Josh,hasyourfamilyalwayslivedhereinChicago?Josh:Well,alwayssince,oh,the1930s.MygrandparentscameherefromPoland,mydad’sparents.Nasir:Really?Why’dtheyleave?TobecontinuedListening2Josh:Haveyouforgottenyourhistory?Polandwasadangerousplacethen.Everyoneknewawarwascoming,andmygrandparentswereluckyenoughtogetout.TheyhadrelativesinChicago,sotheysettledinaPolishneighborhoodthere.Polishchurch,Polishgrocerystore,Polisheverything.MygrandmaneverreallylearnedEnglish.Emily:So,theydidn’twanttoassimilate.Josh:Notreally.Butthenthenextgenerationwasn’tinterestedinPolishcustomsoranything.Mydadandmyunclewere