HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

are you ready for the lesson?


 lesson1,how long have you been here ?,will take you somewhere you may know very well: the INS office.you'll listen in on a conversation between two people waiting in line,which is something people unfortunately do very often,and which is also a situation in which americans like to make "small talk" then, you'll learn more vocabulary that will come in handy at the INS or anywhere you have to fill out forms but that's not all,lesson 1 also induces:

  • The present perfect tense vs. the simple past tense
  • using/orand since with the present perfect and simple past tenses
  • phrasal verbs withe pick 
  • idiomic expressions for saying goodbye
turn on a video to review the pronunciation of -ed, a very important ending in english
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1GSEsF1fFY
Build your vocabulary

perhaps you need to go to the INS to fill out some forms . here are some terms you would see if you were to fill out an application to register for permanent residence.many of these words have other meaning ,but these are the usages you will see on INS forms and other legal documents.

  1. to be cited. to be summoned to appear in court
  2. to be indicted.to be charged with a crime
  3. ordinance.a law or regulation,usually passed by  a local governement
  4. beneficiary.treatement to help someone return to regular, acceptable, or normal behavior or abilities.
  5. clemency. a lesser penalty than what a court originally suggested.
  6. amnesty.a pardon given to a large group of individuals
  7. to engage in. to be involved in somthing, to do something.
  8. to induce to influence someone to do something
  9. to conspire. to plan together in secret to do harm
  10. to solicit.to ask for something of value, usually money.
  11. to sabotage. to destroy or cause to fail.
  12. espionage.spying, 
  13. affiliated. to be in close connection
  14. to persecute. to harass, to cause someone to suffer because of a belief
  15. to incite. to move to action, to cause
  16. fraud a false claim trick; a liar or imposter
  17. waiver a document that gives up a right or unusual permission to someone else.
  18. custody, having legal guardianship of a child or children, often part of a divorce settlement

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