Tomeu blog C1.2. Immigration

• During the 1950s, foreign workers began flocking into Western Europe in search of a new life and a significant improvement in their standard of living.
• In Britain, some of the first immigrants arriving from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon soured for many.
• Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality many foreign workers found was often one of low wages and, in many cases, unemployment.
• A turned B converted C switched D changed
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• A broke B carried C came D started
• A closely B greatly C easily D normally
• A poor B low C few D weak
• A changed B lived C arrived D moved
• A several B high C numerous D heavy
• A most B percentage C majority D number
• A switch B change C modification D variation
• A amend B adjust C turn D alter
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• Some foreign workers did not adapt to life in a country of cold weather, cold welcomes and discrimination.
• West Indian immigrants moved into the inner cities, areas that were already fraught with social tensions caused by poverty and housing discrimination.
• There were cases of open hostility towards the newcomers; in 1958, riots erupted in Notting Hill, West London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.
• Despite the initial difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did manage to adjust to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and prospering.
• The contribution of foreign workers had the effect of speeding up the process of economic change in the postwar period, and it also helped to transform Western Europe into a multiracial society.
• 1965: (n) the year that Lyndon Johnson became president