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... for two weeks. She'svisiting - Ithink she's makingsure I'm eating properly!1 -L__ Sincethebeginningofsummer. I'vejustfinishedan English course to preparemefor ... side.'n,eimmigrantpopulationhashadabiginfluenceontheBritishmusicscene.WestIndiancultureandmusicinspiredanumberofBritishreggaebandssuchasUB40 in the1980s,and in the1990sAsianartistsbegantostandout.Cornershop'sBrimlulofAshawasahugehit,andTalvinSinghbecamethefirstAsiantowintheMercuryMusicPrize.MorerpcentiyartistssuchasRishiRichandPanjabiMChavesuccessfullymixedtraditionalAsianBhangramusicwithmoderndancebeats.BenjaminZephaniahisoneofBritain'smostpopularcontemporarypoets.HisparentswerefromJamaicabuthewasborn in Birmingham,England in 1958.Athisfirstschool,hefeltleftoutbecausehewastheonlyblackboy.Hesenled in benerathisnextschool,wherehestartedperforminghisrhyme,rapandpoetry in public.Nowadays.heisnotafraidtotalkaboutseriousissuessuchasraceandanimalrights-hecallshispoetry'streetpolitics'-buthispoemsareoftenveryfurny.Theyareveryrhythmical.influencedbyJamaicanmusicanddialect:Britainhasalonghistoryofinfluencefromforeigncultures.TheRomansstartedthetrend2000yearsago,whentheyinvadedthecountry.Morerecently,immigrantshavecomefromwar-torncountriessuchasIraq,AfghanistanandBosnia.Somepeople in Britainareworriedthatimmigrationlevelsaretoohigh,butforeachofthelastfortyyearsmorepeoplehaveleftthecountrythanhaveimmigratedthere.MostimmigrantsthesedayscomefromEurope,NorthAmericaendAustralasia,notthepoorer•countriesofAfricaandAsia.TheblackandAsianpopulationofBritainisonly6%ofthetotalpopulation,andoverhalfofthesewereborn in Britain-theyarenotimmigrants.Manyimmigrants in theUKlive in London,whereover300differentlanguagesarespoken in schools.Youmightbesurprisedtolearnthattherearemorepeopleliving in Londonwhowereborn in Germany,Italy,FranceorSpainthanpeoplewhowereborn in Bangladp,horPakistan.BendItLikeBeckhamisthestoryofanAsiangirlliving in suburbanBritainwhowantstoplayfootball,notcooktraditionalindianfood.Shejoins in withtheboys,untilshebondswithagirlwhoplaysfootballforagirls'team.ButforyoungBritishpeople,thisfilmisnotonlyaboutfining in toadifferentculture,butalsoaboutwhatit'sliketobeyoung,tohaveparentswhodon'tunderstandyourdreams.East/5EastisanotherBritishfilmcomedyaboutaBritishPakistanifamily in theNorthof•England.Peopleloveditforitsaccuraterepresentationoflife: in Britain in the1970's.®Readthetextagain andfindthis information.1 the original foreign influenceonBritain2 ... firstdayofkindergarten.::;ermanhas worked in the supermarketsinceAugust.- Findotherexamples in thearticle in Exercise lb.Underline-'examples in thepastsimple.{ircl~examples in thepresentperfectsimple.SpeakeElTalktoyourpartner. Student Astartsbytelling Student Bthefirstsentence.Bquicklyinventssomethingthathappenedbefore,toimpressA.Usethepastsimple.Oh,really?Heinvited...

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