7.
T h e ............................................... is under a lot of pressure o w in g to the huge n um b er of displaced persons around the w o rld .
8.
He w a s ............................................................... from the country w h e n his visa expired.
9.
Because he had a criminal record, the govern m en t d id n 't w a n t him to enter the country, declared h i m ............................................... and asked him to leave immediately.
10. A fte r the econom y collapsed in the east, thousands o f ...............................................headed west in the hope of finding a go o d job. 11. People w h o are caught trying to enter the country illegally are usually held in a detention centre before b e in g ................................................. 12
w ere tightened in order to reduce the n um b er o f people illegally entering the country.
topic-specific vocabulary
Travel
3 N o w look at this essay and com plete the gaps w ith one of the w o rd s o r phrases from Exercises 1 and 2. In som e cases, m ore than one answ er m ay be possible. You w ill need to change the form of som e of the w o rd s. T ra v e l: the o th e r side o f the c o in ' Most
of us have,
atsome
point in our lives, experienced the joys of travel. W e go to
a
1...........................................................to pick up some brochures, or look on the Internet for a cheap holiday deal. W e book a tw o -w e e k 2.......................................................... w ith flights and accom m odation included (or if w e are 3............................................................. w e make our o w n w a y to the country and travel around from place to place w ith a rucksack on o ur back). W e make sure w e have all the right currency, our passport and any 4 ...........................................................that are necessary to get us into the country. W e go to
the
airport
and
5................................................................
We
strap
ourselves
into
our
tiny
6...........................................................aircraft seats and a few hours later w e 7............................................................ from the aircraft, strange n ew sights, smells and sounds greeting us. Nowadays, it seems, the w hole w o rld goes on holiday at once: the age of 8 ...........................................................is in full swing! But fo r the great m ajority of people around th e w orld , travel fo r the m is done in the face of great adversity and hardship. T h e y never get to indulge in an 9............................................................. holiday in a luxury hotel w ith all meals and drinks included. Th e y never get to explore the lush A m a zo n Rain Forest or the frozen wastes of the Arctic on an 10.............................................................holiday. For them , travel is a m atter of life and death. I refer, of course, to all the 11............................................................. escaping from their o w n countries, or the 12............................................................., m oved from one part of their country to another by an uncaring governm ent, or 13............................................................... forced to find a jo b and seek a living w herever they can. Can you imagine anything worse than the misery these people must face? Let's not confuse them w ith those 14.......................................................... w h o choose to live in another country and often have nice houses and high salaries. These people are simply desperate to survive. As well as losing their homes because of w a r or famine or other natural disasters, they must come to terms w ith their new environm ent: for many, the 15.............................................................can be to o great. A n d w hile m any countries w ith an open policy on 16............................................................will welcom e them in w ith open arms, others will simply turn them away. These people become 17.......................................................... , unw anted and unwelcome. Even if they manage to get into a country, they will often be 18.......................................................... or repatriated. The ir future is uncertain. Som ething to think about, perhaps, the next tim e you are 19...............................................................to yo u r five-star hotel by a palm -fringed beach or sitting in a coach on an 20............................................................. to a pretty castle in the countryside.
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