Obama's Speech and Immigration voices

Listen to Obama's speech and answer the following questions:

 

a) What is he going to do?  First he will build on their progress at the border with additional resources for our law enforcement personnel, so that they can stem the flow of illegal crossings, and speed the return of those who cross over. Second, he will make it easier and faster for high-skilled immigrants, graduates and entrepreneurs to stay and contribute to their economy. Third, they will take steps to deal responsibly with the millions of undocumented immigrants who already live in their country. He also thinks they have to keep focusing enforcement resources on actual threats to their security. He says that the undocumented workers broke their immigration law, and he believes that they has to be held accountable, and especially those who may be dangerous.

b) How can he do this without congress's blessing?  As a president there is certain things you can do without the congress's blessing.

c) What is an American according to Obama?  An American according to Obama is someone that has an American attitude, speaks the language and loves the country. Also, someone who has lived their their whole lives or almost their whole lives, is considered an American, because these people has exactly the same dreams and hopes as an American.

d) What does Obama urge the house of Representatives to do?  He wants them to pass a bill. He wants to work with both parties to pass a more permanent legislative solution. The day he signs that bill into law, the actions he takes will no longer be necessary.

e) What is your stand to the issue, do you think Congress will pass the bill soon? Give reasons for your opinion. I think Obama's steps will work in some way, but it would be smarter with a more permanent legislative solution. And if everyone worked together there would be a higher chance to succeed.

Sources: Obama's speech

Summary of Immigration Voices:

On November 22, 2013, nine Nobel Laureates met with the president. They talked about the importance of a robust immigration system in the United States, and some of them were immigrants themselves. It was really just a bunch of smart people talking about the importance of  immigration. Immigrants can contribute to the country by working as lawyers, scientists, businesspeople etc., which the country needs. They also say that there is nothing wrong with the "dreamers", they have lived in America for a long time, are productive members of the society, and they are just as much an American as anybody else, but they are not Americans on paper, and this is something Obama wants to do something about.

President Quote: 

 

I really liked this quote by Lyndon B. Johnson, because he is reminding people that the United States started with immigrants, and that all their ancestors are immigrants. In the United States there is so many different cultures and people, and he says that the land has flourished because of this, because it was fed from so many sources, and nourished by so many cultures, and I think the reason USA is such a big and wealthy nation is just because of this.

Sources: Immigration Voices and President Quote

Acronyms

WTO

• deals with the global rules of trade between nations
• it’s main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible
• the goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters  and importers conduct their business

"99%"

• is a political slogan used by the Occupy movement (movement against social and economic inequality)
• «We are the 99%»
• the 99% are paying the price for the mistakes of a tiny minority within the upper class
• started in the US, but is now an international movement

IMF

• international fund is an international organization that was initiated in 1933 at Bretton Wood Conference 
• was formally created in 1945 by 29 member countries

The World Bank

• a United Nations international institution that provides loand and developing countries for capital programs 
• the World Bank’s official is the reduction of poverty

United Nations

• an international organization to promote international co-operation
• created following the second world war to prevent another such conflict
• 193 member states
• the UN headquarter is situated in Manhattan, New York City
• also has main offices in Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna
  

Great recession

• a term used to describe the general economic decline observed in world markets around the end of the first decade of the 21st century
• the recession is often associated with the US subprime mortage crisis and financial crisis of 2007-2008
  

Occupy Wall Street

• started with demonstrations  in New York City the 17th of September, 2011
• the demonstrations had spread to at least 70 cities in the US
• the demonstrations spread to other countries, like Germany England and Italy
• demonstrated against social and economic inequality, greed and corruption
• used the slogan «we are the 99%»
  

Globalization

• the process of international intergration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and aspects of culture
• the world is getting «closer»
• we affect each other
  

NGOs

• a non-govermental organization is any nonprofit, voluntary citizen’s group which is organized on a local, national or international level 
  
  
  
  Sources:
  http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/thewto_e.htm
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_are_the_99%25
  http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com
  http://www.imf.org/external/about.htm
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund 
  http://www.worldbank.org/en/about
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession
  http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization

Task 2 page 44

2 MAIN IDEAS
"How would you summarize the article if a friend asked you what it was about?"

The text "Media in Motion" is mainly about media and especially the Internet, and who uses it. The first medium that was used was the newspaper, and the roots of the term "the media" goes back to the 1800s. Back then, newspapers were the only medium they could use to give news to a mass audience.

Later on, the tv and the radio were invented, and it was not before in 1889 that the internet became a system open to anyone with a computer. By 2000 there were 361 million users, and ten years later there were more than 2 billion people online.

30% of the world's population is on the Internet, and although almost half of those people is Asian, English is the preferred language of international communication on the Internet. 56,7% of all Internet pages is written in English, and 44% of the users are Asian, and only 22.7 are European. 

However, the last years the number of Internet users that speak Asian is roughly the same, but people from around the world still uses English as their Lingua Franca. And if they continue to choose English, English will remain the most important language of international communication in the future.

Summary about Friday

From what I have heard, they did a lot of different things on Friday. They talked about social media, and they went down to Øystese to interview people about the subject.
In the end of the day, they watched a movie about the social media "facebook", and how it was made. The movie they watched is called "The Social Network". If you click the title, you can read a summary of the movie written by Michael Michelini.

Task 2 p.47

B) Discuss which of the interviewees you think made the best point. Who was the most interesting  to listen to?

I think that Diane was the one who made the best point, and she used facebook in a creative way that was useful for her and her hair salon. Clearence also made a good point because he talked about the dangers of social media.

Sources:
http://access-internationalvg2.cappelendamm.no/c952793/sammendrag/vis.html?tid=952796 (03.09.14)