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0:00hey everybody welcome to this b1
0:03english listening practice video you can
0:05use this video to practice your
0:07listening
0:08and comprehension as i speak before we
0:11start
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0:18today
0:19i'm going to talk about immigration this
0:21is a really relevant topic for today
0:23because as the world becomes more
0:25globalized
0:26immigration becomes more common nowadays
0:29more and more people
0:30are considering immigrating abroad for
0:32different reasons
0:34some people leave the country looking
0:35for a better job some people are looking
0:38for a safer environment
0:39and some simply want a change of scenery
0:42all in all there are a plethora of
0:43reasons one might choose to immigrate
0:46i personally have lived abroad for
0:48almost four years and so
0:50i too have had a lot of experience with
0:52immigration
0:53so let's talk about the pros of
0:55immigrating to another country
0:56and then we'll talk about the cons as
0:58well so the first positive that comes to
1:01mind
1:01is the cultural experience forcing
1:03yourself out of your comfort zone can
1:05always bring benefits
1:06regardless of how difficult it is for
1:08you before i moved abroad i
1:10still hadn't broken out of my shell so
1:12to say but once i started my life in a
1:15foreign country
1:16my horizons expanded i made new friends
1:19i tried new activities and i spoke a new
1:21language
1:22granted it's not easy to make all these
1:24changes but it's such a great learning
1:26experience
1:27you discover all kinds of new things
1:29along the way especially about yourself
1:32you realize what things about your life
1:34you really value
1:35and what things you're willing to change
1:38okay another positive about immigrating
1:40to a new country
1:41is that it can sometimes provide you
1:43with more career opportunities
1:45i've had tons of students who moved
1:46abroad because they have the opportunity
1:48to grow in their career
1:50and earn more money to support their
1:51family in some countries
1:53salaries are low or the currency isn't
1:56strong
1:56and so it might make sense economically
1:58for people to move somewhere else
2:00one last positive thing about
2:02immigrating is that it gives you a
2:03chance to learn a new language
2:05when you're forced to speak a foreign
2:07language to do all the things that you
2:08need to do
2:09you learn a lot faster it's definitely
2:12stressful but it could be that last
2:13piece of the puzzle that you need in
2:15order to master a language
2:17for example my spanish improved a ton
2:19after i moved to mexico
2:21alright now let's talk about some cons
2:23of moving abroad
2:24the absolute worst thing about
2:26immigrating is that you're probably
2:28leaving loved ones behind
2:29no matter how exciting it is for you to
2:31live in your new country
2:33you can't help but miss your family and
2:35friends back home
2:36sure you can call them or video chat
2:38with them but it's no substitute for
2:40actually being with them in the flesh
2:42it might get easier over time but you'll
2:44never stop missing your loved ones
2:47another negative about moving abroad is
2:49culture shock
2:50i already talked about the positives
2:52that can come from exposing yourself to
2:54another culture
2:55but sometimes it's not that great
2:57regardless of how interested you are in
2:59a foreign culture
3:00you'll never adopt 100 of their values
3:03and norms
3:04heck we don't even agree with a hundred
3:06percent of our own culture's values
3:08culture shock is inevitable when you
3:10move abroad because you have so many
3:12opportunities for misunderstandings
3:14miscommunications and exposure to
3:16foreign ideas i've experienced my share
3:19of culture shock throughout my time
3:20abroad
3:21it's something that you simply have to
3:23expect when you put yourself in this
3:25sort of situation
3:26one last negative about immigrating is
3:29that you might lose your sense of where
3:31home is
3:32after you spend a significant time
3:34abroad you might start to realize that
3:36you don't really know where you consider
3:38your home to be
3:39of course if you just spend a year
3:41abroad you'll probably come back home
3:43afterwards and adapt without issue
3:46but if you live abroad for multiple
3:48years you might find that when you
3:50return back to your home country
3:52you experience reverse culture shock the
3:55things that used to be normal for you
3:57are now foreign weird huh okay now i'm
4:00going to ask you
4:01three questions about today's video to
4:03check your comprehension
4:05write your answers in a comment down
4:06below number one
4:08how long have i lived abroad for number
4:11two
4:12what do i consider the worst thing about
4:14moving abroad
4:15and number three what might happen to
4:18you if you return home
4:19after having lived abroad for many years
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