English: 2Bac (All Streams)

Unit 10 (Brain Drain)
Vocabulary

 

 

Professeur : Mme ZAARA Asmae

 

Summary

 

I- Activity 1

II- Activity 2

III- Activity 3

IV- Activity 4

 

I- Activity 1

 

match the words with their definitions :

  1. brain drain
  2. physicist
  3. income
  4. skilled
  5. underdeveloped
  6. tempting
  7. physician
  8. unskilled
  9. scholar
  10. gain
  • a- not yet developed
  • b- having the ability to perform a task well
  • c- obtain, get
  • d- the emigration of educated professionals to other countries
  • e- an expert in physics
  • f- a person who practices medicine
  • g- highly attractive
  • h- revenue
  • i- an educated person who has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
  • j- not having special skill or training

 

II- Activity 2

 

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from activity 1 above :

Many people can't find a job because they aren’t ________________ at anything.

Newton is a famous ________________ . He formulated many laws in physics,

________________ is a serious phenomenon which has many positive and negative effects on both the countries of origin and the host ones.

Talented people emigrate because their ________________ is usually low in their home countries.

________________ salaries in the developed countries attract emigrants.

 

III- Activity 3

 

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from the list :

optimism - experts - situation - loss - developing - salaries

Scientists, engineers, ________________ and talented university students from poorer countries are flocking to the  industrialized world, drawn by the promise for tempting ________________ and better working conditions. But not everyone is happy with this ________________ , Governments of some ________________ countries regard the phenomenon as a ________________ of human capital which must be restricted. However, others view the situation with some ________________ as countries of origin might also gain some benefits.

 

IV- Activity 4

 

Match the words to make collocations :

  1. brain
  2. low
  3. attract
  4. developed
  5. skilled
  6. high
  7. standard
  8. clandestine
  9. human
  10. economic
  • a- countries
  • b- technology
  • c- crisis
  • d- drain
  • e- workers
  • f- emigration
  • g- attention
  • h- pay
  • i- resources
  • j- of living