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1、Audio-VisualClassesUnit:10DyingtoGetinBackgroundNotesIllegalImmigration:itreferstoimmigratingacrossnationalbordersinawaythatviolatestheimmigrationlawsofthedestinationcountry.Butinpoliticsitmayexpressalargersetofsocialissuesinareassuchas;economy,socialwelfare,educatio
2、n,health,slavery,prostitution,crime,legalprotections,publicservices,andhumanrights.Achilles’Heel:itmeansafatalweakness.ThistermreferstotheGreekLegendabouttheheroicwarriorAchilleswhosemothertriedtomakehimimmortalbyholdingtheinfantbyhisheelanddippinghimintotheriver.Fin
3、allyhewaskilledbyanarrowintohisundippedheel.7-11:itisaninternationalfranchisorforsellingdifferentgoodsofcompanies.Itnowoperatesin18countries,includingCanada,theUnitedStates,Mexico,Norway,Sweden,China,SouthKorea,Japan,etc.GuestWorkerProgram:itisaprogramwhichhasbeenpro
4、posedmanytimesinthepastandalsonowbysomeoftheAmericanPresidents,topermitUSemployerstosponsornonUScitizensaslaborersforapproximately3years,thenthoselaborerswillhavetoleavetheUSiftheyfailtogettheGreenCard(PermanentResidence).NotesonAmericaChristopherColumbusisbelievedto
5、bethediscovererofAmerica.HewasanItalianandwasfinancedbytheSpanishQueentofindasearoutetoIndia.In1492,hesailedwestfromSpaininsearchofasearoutedirectlytoIndia,buthefailedtoreachhisdestinationandhefoundAmericainstead.However,hebelievedhehadreachedIndiaandcalledthenatives
6、onthislandIndians.AmericaVespucciisanothersailor.HehadfollowedthesamesearoutebutheprovedthatthelanddiscoveredbyColumbuswasnotIndiabutanewcontinent.ItwascalledtheNewWorldwhileEuropebecameastheOldWorld.Nowthenewcontinentisnamedafterhim,NorthAmerica,andSouthAmerica.Unit
7、edStatesofAmericaThefullnameofthiscountryisTheUnitedStatesofAmerica,whichisshortenedtoTheUnitedStatesorabbreviatedtoTheUSA.WashingtonD.C.isthecapitalcityofthecountry.thetotalsizeoftheUSAis9.4millionsquarekm,whichmakesitthe4thlargestcountryintheworld.Bordering3oceansa
8、ndtheMexicangulf,theUShasalongcoastlineofabout20,000kmanditisoneofthecountrieswithlongcoastlinesintheworld.itissituatedinthesouthof
