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TOPICS

Topics: How to work in the United States, interracial dating and marriage, to lean

on someone’s shoulder, pronouncing math expressions, rather

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GLOSSARY

interracial – between or among different races, such as White American, African

American, Asian American, and Latino (or Hispanic) American

* Our idea is to have an interracial meeting with leaders from all cultural groups

to discuss the problem of violence in our cities.

trend – a general direction that something is changing or developing in

* Even though the trend is for men and women to marry later in life, Hanna and

Bruce got married last week at the age of 20.

1.5 generation – an immigrant who arrives as a child and grows up partly in the

new country

* Normally, 1.5 generation Mexican Americans have a very different life

experience than their first-generation parents.

disparity – a big difference, usually between two things

* There’s a big disparity between what we were told we would pay for this rental

car and our final bill. Can you please explain the disparity?

green card – a permission card that allows someone from another country to live

and work permanently in the U.S.

* I’ve been here long enough to apply for a green card, but I’m not sure if I want

to stay in the U.S. long term.

to certify – to say officially that something is true

* This board was created to certify people who want to become airline pilots.

lottery – a way to select someone or something by chance, for example, by

giving each person a number, putting the numbers into a box, and taking out a

number without looking

* Since there are so many people who want to see the big game, the tickets will

be given out by lottery.

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dependent – a person who relies on another person for help and money to live,

usually a family member

* On the tax form, I’ve listed my two children as dependents.

spouse – someone’s husband or wife

* Are spouses invited to the holiday party at your office?

refugee – a person forced to leave a country because of war, persecution (being

treated badly because of their political or religious beliefs), or natural disaster

such as floods or earthquakes

* The largest group of Vietnamese Americans came to the U.S. as refugees.

alien – belonging to a foreign country; someone who is not a citizen of a country

* What do you think of the proposed law that would prevent aliens from getting

driver’s licenses in this state?

sponsor – a person or an organization that takes the responsibility for a person

or pays for a person to do something

* If we get a sponsor for our soccer team, we can get some uniforms and better

equipment.

to lean on (someone’s) shoulder – to rely on someone; to depend on

someone; to have help from someone

* After their divorce, I told Dean that he could lean on my shoulder anytime he

thought he needed help.

rather – very; extremely

* It’s already 11 o’clock. It’s rather late for him to be coming over, don’t you

think?

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WHAT INSIDERS KNOW

“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.”

There are many traditions in American weddings and one of them is related to

what the “bride” (women getting married) will wear on her wedding day. This

saying – “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”

– tells the bride that she must wear these four things if she is to have good luck

for her wedding and in her marriage.

What is the meaning behind each of these four things?

“Something old” – This shows a bride’s connection to her past and her

relationship to “tradition” or the old way of doing things. If a bride wears

something old, the marriage will have “longevity,” or will last a long time.

“Something new” – This shows hope for a good future. If a bride wears

something new, the marriage will be bright and happy, and be filled with “joy” or

happiness.

“Something borrowed” – This usually comes from another woman who is already

happily married. The idea is that the borrowed item will “lend” or give the new

marriage some of the good luck and happiness that the married couple already

has.

“Something blue” – This represents love and “fidelity” (faithfulness and loyalty).

It’s not clear why the color blue was selected. Perhaps it was chosen because

the word “blue” rhymes with the word “new”!

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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT

You're listening to English as a Second Language Podcast’s English Café

number 61.

This is the English Café episode 61. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to

you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles,

California.

On this Café, we're going to talk about how to get a job in the United States, how

to get permission to work in the U.S. We're also going to talk about interracial

marriage in the United States. And as always, we'll answer a few questions.

Let's get started.

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for this podcast that contains all of the vocabulary that we are going to be talking

about today, as well as a complete transcript of this podcast.

Our first topic is about how to get a job in the United States, or how to get

permission to work in the United States. This is a common question I get.

Unfortunately, I am not a lawyer. I don't have any legal training. I can give you

some general ideas about how people get permission to work in the U.S.

The term that is often used for having permission to work in the United States is

called a green card. To have a green card means that you have permission, and

I think this is because the color of the card, the piece of paper you used to get

from the Immigration Service was green. That is the common term that you will

hear. Someone will say, “Well, if you are not a citizen of the United States, do

you have a green card?” Of course, if you are a citizen of the United States, then

you don't need any special permission. But if you are coming from another

country and you want to work in a company or an organization in the United

States, you do need to get this green card.

There are lots of different ways of getting a green card. The most common way

is probably someone in your family is a citizen of the United States and they ask

for permission to give you a green card. If you marry an American citizen, your

spouse, “spouse,” - who is your husband or your wife, the general word is your

spouse - the person you are married to can ask for permission for you to work in

the United States. Of course, not everyone can marry an American. If you are

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already married, I do not recommend marrying an American. You probably do

not want to have two wives or two husbands. Maybe you do, but you can't do

that here!

If you are married and you want to work in the United States, there are other

ways of getting permission. Probably the most common way is through someone

who offers you a job in the United States. A company or an organization

sponsors you to work in the United States. To sponsor, “sponsor,” means that

you are saying this person is going to come to the United States, they're going to

work, I will be, in some ways, responsible for them. You are saying that...also

that this person is necessary for our company or our organization.

Now, in order to do this the company has to certify that the job you are going to

do is one that no other American can do. If there are lots of Americans who can

do your job as well as you can, then the United States Department of Labor -

that's the federal, or national, organization that takes care of employment in the

United States, the government organization that does that - if you cannot show

that there is no one else to take your job, there are no American citizens who

could do your job, then you cannot get permission. So, the company has to say

nobody else in the U.S. can do this job, and that means they have to advertise,

they have to show that they have tried to find someone and they could not, or

that you have some specific qualification that is important.

This sounds like it might be very difficult. It depends on the job. There are many

computer programmers, for example, who work in California that come from

other countries. There are computer programmers in the United States, of

course, but sometimes companies need more workers, need more employees

than they can find in the United States. So, the company has to certify that your

job cannot be filled by any other American. To certify, “certify,” means to prove

or to show. They have to certify the job cannot be filled. We use that verb, to fill,

“fill,” when we are talking about finding someone for a specific job. That's the

most common way that people find a job in the United States.

So, you can't get a green card first and then look for a job if you are using this

particular method of getting permission. First you have to find a company that

wants to hire you, that wants to make you one of their workers, and then that

company has to get permission for you to work at their company.

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