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Immigration Tango

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Published: 7 Jun 2017
Level 4 (B1+)   |   Time: 5:14
Accent: American, Colombian
Source: Immigration Tango

Improve your English with an ESL listening lesson from Immigration Tango. An American couple tries to help their immigrant friends stay in the country through immigration.


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  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

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  2. 비디오 보기

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  3. 문제에 답하기

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  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

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  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

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  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

    Важливо прочитати словник і основну інформацію перед переглядом відео. Це покращить вашу здатність розуміти відео. Це також допоможе вам зрозуміти, як нова лексика використовується природно.

  2. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ ВІДЕО

    Коли дивитеся відео вперше, просто намагайтеся зрозуміти загальну ситуацію.

  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

    Спочатку спробуйте відповісти на всі запитання з пам'яті. Потім перегляньте відео ще раз і спробуйте відповісти на запитання, які ви пропустили.

  4. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ і ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЦЕНАРІЙ

    Перегляньте відео ще раз, читаючи сценарій. Читання і слухання одночасно допоможе вам почути кожне окреме слово і покращити точність сприйняття на слух.

  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

    Існує кілька різних завдань, які зосереджені на точності сприйняття на слух, вимові, лексиці, граматиці та структурі речень.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ arrangements n. - plans
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ extended adj. - long
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ expire v. - run out, no more time
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ jumpy adj. - nervous
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ bullshit n. - not fair, not true
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ emigrate v. - move to a new country permanently
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ visa lottery n. - a lottery to give people immigration visas
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Power Ball n. - a famous lottery in the US
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ chip in phv. - everyone contributes some money together
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ I'm game. exp. - I will do it.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ This is way over my head. exp. - This is too much for me.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Congress n. - a part of the government
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ marriage fraud n. - getting married for illegal purposes
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ disbarred adj. - unable to practice law or be a lawyer
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ sacred adj. - connected to god
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ commitment n. - promise
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ six months left exp. - six months remaining
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ vested v. - given to
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ your fancy n. - your preference
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ hubba hubba exp. - hot, sexy

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression


Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст

Mike Betty Carlos Elena
Mike Betty Carlos Elena
  • Mike (American) and Betty (American) are a couple.
  • Carlos (Colombian) and Elena (Russian) are a couple.
  • The visas of Carlos and Elena will soon expire and they will have to leave the US.
  • Mike and Betty want to help Carlos and Elena stay in the US.

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання

  1. Elena's visa will expire in less than a month.
    True
    False

  2. They can't afford to pay for a lawyer.
    True
    False

  3. Betty offers to give them free legal help.
    True
    False

  4. Betty is a lawyer.
    True
    False

  5. There is a lottery for immigrants to get a visa in the US.
    True
    False

  6. Carlos is willing to marry a man or a woman.
    True
    False

  7. Getting married to each other is Elena's idea.
    True
    False

  8. Betty is excited about the plan.
    True
    False

  9. Mike wants to help Carlos and Elena because they are his best friends.
    True
    False

  10. They have to stay married for three years.
    True
    False

  11. Betty is in law school.
    True
    False

  12. Carlos's visa will expire before Elena's visa expires.
    True
    False

  13. Mike and Elena get married first because Betty is nervous.
    True
    False

  14. The marriage official encourages Mike to kiss Elena more passionately.
    True
    False

  15. Carlos gets jealous when Mike kisses Elena.
    True
    False

  16. Mike gets jealous when Carlos hugs Betty.
    True
    False

Score:


Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Sentence 1

Elena / in / jail / because / agent / receive / reliable / information / visa / expire

Elena was in jail because [an/the] agent had received reliable information (that) her visa had expired.



Sentence 2

officer / release / Elena / jail / and / remind / visa / expires / in / 20 / day

The officer releases Elena from jail and reminds her (that) her visa actually [expires/will expire] in 20 days.



Sentence 3

Carlos / want / hire / lawyer / but / they / not / enough / money

Carlos wants to hire a lawyer, but they don't have enough money.



Sentence 4

Betty / who / almost / lawyer / offer / help / them

Betty, who is almost a lawyer, offers to help them.



Sentence 5

Betty / inform / they / can / immigrate / US / either / through / family / member / or / by / win / visa / lottery

Betty informs them (that) they can immigrate to the US either through a family member or by winning the visa lottery.



Sentence 6

Carlos / think / they / could / easy / find / someone / marry / them

Carlos thinks (that) they could easily find someone to marry them.



Sentence 7

Mike / offer / marry / Elena / that / she / can / get / green / card

Mike offers to marry Elena so that she can get a green card.



Sentence 8

at / first / Betty / think / idea / ridiculous / but / Mike / change / mind

At first, Betty thinks (that) the idea is ridiculous, but Mike changes her mind.



Sentence 9

Betty / ultimate / agree / marry / Carlos / as / well

Betty agrees to marry Carlos as well.



Sentence 10

Betty / remind / them / there / serious / penalty / marriage / fraud / US / and / she / could / disbar

Betty reminds them (that) there are serious penalties for marriage fraud in the US, and (that) she could be disbarred.



Sentence 11

Mike / Elena / get / marry / first / because / Carlos / still / six / month / left / visa

Mike and Elena get married first because Carlos still has six months left on his visa.



Sentence 12

they / decide / go / drive / thru / wedding / hall

They decide to go to a drive thru wedding hall.



Sentence 13

during / ceremony / official / encourage / Mike / kiss / Elena / he / mean / it

During the ceremony, the official encourages Mike to kiss Elena like he means it.



Sentence 14

after / wedding / Mike / seem / get / jealous / when / Carlos / get / little / intimate / Betty

After the wedding, Mike seems to get jealous when Carlos gets a little intimate with Betty.



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення

  1. Look at each character's (Mike's, Betty's, Carlos', Elena's) body language and facial expressions. How do you think each of them feels about the plan?
  2. What do think will happen next?
  3. Would you marry a foreigner? Is there any nationality you would avoid?
  4. Would you consider marrying a friend so that he/she could stay in your country?
  5. Do you want to immigrate to another country? Which country? Why? What would you do to stay in that country?
  6. Would you marry someone (a foreigner) who needed to stay in your country if they paid you a lot of money? ($100 000? $1 000 000?) What other factors would influence your decision?
  7. Do you think people should go to jail for marriage fraud? Why?
  8. Do you need to love someone to get married? Can you argue both sides?
  9. Do you think it is romantic to rush into marriage (get married after a few months of dating)?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій

Officer: You know, your visa expires in 20 days, so if I were you, I'd make some travel arrangements. Otherwise, you'll be coming back here for an extended stay.

Elena: Where is Carlos?

Mike: In the car. This place makes him a little jumpy.

Elena: The agent said they had received reliable information that my status had expired.

Carlos: That is bullshit! Can't we sue the police, or hire a lawyer or something?

Elena: (in Spanish) No pudemos pagar, mi amor.

Mike: What'd she say?

Carlos: No money for lawyers.

Betty: Well maybe I could do it. I'm almost a lawyer.

Carlos: Oh boy.

Betty: There are basically two ways to immigrate into the US: through an employer or family member.

Carlos: We don't have either one.

Betty: I know. So your only hope is winning the visa lottery.

Mike: What is that?

Elena: It's a lottery for green cards.

Carlos: And what are our chances?

Betty: About the same as winning the Powerball. The only way you can legally stay in the US is for you to find a US citizen to marry. The same for you, Carlos.

Carlos: It's not a bad idea. It's a pretty good idea.

Elena: What?

Carlos: Come on, it wouldn't be so hard to find somebody to marry you.

Mike: We could pay somebody, yeah? I mean...

Betty: They don't have any money. Neither do we.

Mike: We could chip in.

Carlos: We don't need any money; they would marry her for free. And I would marry a rich white guy too.

Elena: Are you crazy?

Carlos: Yes.

Betty: That's illegal; you have to marry a woman.

Carlos: Fine! I'll marry a rich white girl. It doesn't matter. I'm handsome. What's so funny? I'm serious.

Mike: No ... that might actually work! I mean I mean, if you're game, I'm game. Why not?

Betty: What wait, this is way over my head. Let's find a real lawyer.

Betty: You want to what?

Mike: Betty, you said you wanted to help them out.

Betty: Yeah help – donate time to the cause, give free legal advice. But not you.

Mike: This is something I want to do and I know it's going to be tough. But look, maybe this is something we need.

Betty: This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. We do not need this. Our lives are perfectly fine just the way they are.

Mike: This is Elena. And in this case, it really is just a piece of paper. They're our best friends.

Betty: I know.

Mike: Well, then let's do it! What's the worst that could happen?

Carlos: So how long do we have to stay married?

Betty: Two years, that's a long time. And it's serious. I have to state again that Congress has devoted an entire act for the penalties in engaging in marriage fraud. I could be disbarred before I even finish law school.

Elena: She's right. This isn't something to rush into.

Mike: You're the one who's running out of time.

Elena: Marriage is supposed to be a sacred commitment.

Mike: We'll still be couples. It's just she'll be married to Carlos, and I'll be married to you. Nothing will change.

Carlos: Hey, wait a second. I still have 6 months left on my visa.

Mike: OK, then I'll go first. Elena, do you want to get married to me?

Elena: I don't know.

Carlos: I guess it's the only way.

Elena: You guys are our best friends and to give us this opportunity to remain here together. I don't know what to say.

Carlos: Then say yes.

Official: By the power invested in me by the state of Alabama, I now pronounce you man and wife. Or woman and husband, whatever be your fancy. You may now kiss the bride. Anytime today son.

Official: What the hell was that? Put your arms around her! Give her some tongue, son!

Elena: We're just a little shy.

Carlos: Did it flash? You need to kiss her again – it didn't flash. Sorry man, kiss her like you mean it, like a man.

Official: Right on! Hubba hubba!

Betty: OK, I'll take a picture.

Carlos: Hold on. Let me get on the other side. Hold on Ok.

Betty: One, two, three

Carlos: Perfect. One with the ring! One with the ring! One more!

Betty: Congratulations.

Carlos: We're next, baby!

Betty: Oh, god.

Mike: Ok, Ok, Ok, Ok. She's still my girlfriend.

Carlos: Take it easy. You just got married. Finally.