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Premières

Axe 1: Identities & Exchanges

Activity 1: BLANK FILLING EXERCISE

photo p. 14

Fill in the blanks with the words from the list below :

aliens – artwork – awareness – billboard – border – crossing – debate – deport – fence –

guess – illegal – measures – opportunities – patrol – policy – poverty – separates –
smugglers – stand – toddler – undocumented – uniform – whose

This photo was probably taken at the Mexican American 1) ……………………… . We can see
a long and high iron 2) ……………………….. . In the foreground, on what we can 3)
…………………….is the American side of the border, stands a man dressed in a green 4)
…………………………….. . He could be a border 5) ……………………….guard 6)
………………………..mission is to prevent 7) ……………………………/.....................immigrants from 8)
………………………the border. He is looking at the giant photo of a 9) ……………………peering
over the fence that 10) ……………………………..the two countries.

Every year many 11) ………………………………….immigrants manage to get into the US thanks to
12)

……………………………… . On the other hand a growing number of Americans want tough

13)……………… to put an end to this. President Trump’s present immigration 14)
……………………………..seems to be an answer to this wish since he wants to build a huge wall
and 15) ……………………all illegal 16) ………… .

The giant photo standing on a 17) …………………………..on the Mexican side of the border is
an 18) …………………………….by French artist JR who wanted to raise 19)
………………………………….about the immigration 20) …………………………………in the US. The child
may 21) ………………………for the hopes of

Latinos who wish to flee 22) …………………………….and seek better 23) ………………………………..in
the US.