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- 1Guns: Pros (7)- Second Amendment: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms"
- Cultural aspect (hunting, today: sport)
- The right to protect yourself/family/property
- Prohibition/ban won't work on criminals
- Reasons (such as hunting)
- Farmers protect livestock/crops
- Criminals use unregistered weapons - 2Guns: Cons (7)- New England settlers were distrustful towards armies; which the US has today
- Made for killing, more guns = more likely being used
- Leading cause of death: African American 12-19 y/o
- Guns being stolen/used by children
- USA: Highest count of school shootings
- Judiciary sentences people, not people
- Sport desensitizes people to lethal nature - 3English as a world language: Facts- mother tongue: 400 million
- second language: 350m-1b
- former English colonies kept English as their official language today - 4English as a world language: Cons (3)- Smaller languages will become extinct
- More English words in other languages resulting in loss of individual culture
- English at universities could lead to misunderstandings (non-fluent teachers) - 5English as a world language: Pros (4)- Borrows many words from other languages
- Languages and cultures always undergo changes
- New words enrich our languages (more choices)
- English is easy to learn - 6American Dream: Pros (7)- Success stories: Bill Gates, ...
- Equality in opportunity (not outcome)
- A "classless society"
- Individualism is important (less welfare & influence of the State)
- Encourages people to try their best
- Free education
- Means different things to different people - 7American Dream: Cons (8)- Relatively limited social mobility
- No support when handicapped
- Real success is very rare
- You can't do every job you want
- There are not enough jobs
- High quality schools are expensive
- African Americans: Lower income, not the same opportunities
- Pursuit of material things lead to climate change, pollution, ... - 8Globalization: Pros (6)- Improvements: Productivity, innovation, creativity
- Economic prosperity for developing countries
- Spread of democracy, freedom, human rights
- Cross-cultural understanding, fewer wars
- Borderless world of shared universal values
- Traveling easily, working abroad - 9Globalization: Cons (7)- Social interests stand second to financial interests
- "survival of the fittest"
- Power of multinational companies
- Danger to the environment (third-world countries)
- Danger to biological diversity (invasive species)
- "Outsourcing" of CO2 emissions
- Erosion of national culture, Amercanization - 10Immigration to the US: Cons (2)- They bring a foreign culture, native culture is lost
- What if foreigners don't want to integrate/ learn the language? - 11Immigration to the US: Busting myths (5)- They do low-payed, unpopular jobs
- Don't commit more crimes than other groups of society
- Pay taxes by buying things
- Increase demand & boost economy
- It's shows ambition to leave ones own country - 12Immigration to the US: Pros (3)- Needed in areas like agriculture (fruit pickers), private households, childcare, nursing homes, ...
- Foreign cultures encourages people to accept foreign ideas/traditions/religions
- America has always been a country of immigrants - 13Surveillance: In favour of security (4)- Tracking terrorists to prevent attacks
- Security measures at airports and borders since 9/11 to prevent terrorism
- PATRIOT ACT essential to safeguard the security of US citizens
- Section 102 prevents violence/discrimination against any ethnic group - 14Surveillance: In favour of privacy (6)- Constitution bans "unreasonable search and seizure"
- Power of government can be abused
- Profiling on ethnic/religious grounds
- Security as an excuse to violate human rights
- PATRIOT ACT doesn't necessarily protect
- FBI has held immigrants for months without charges - 15Brexit: Pros (8)- Access to market without EU rules
- No restrictions by EU
- EU rules hurt British interests
- Protection if Euro fails
- Free movement in the EU: Too much immigration (terrorism)
- Relationship to the US
- GB should be sovereign again
- Membership fees - 16Brexit: Cons (6)- Trade barriers, no free trade
- Financial advantages
- Britain loses influence (economically, politically, financially) as a non-EU-member
- Norwegian/Swiss model: Negotiation with EU partners who don't want other countries to leave
- International companies & banks might leave
- Idea of independent Britain is not up to date with Globalization - 17America's personificationsUncle Sam & Columbia
- 18USA PATRIOT ACT ContentProviding appropriate tools required (against) terrorism
- 19—Bar chart
- 20-Pie chart
- 21Difference between: Amount, percentage, numberAmount: Uncountable
Number: Countable - 22—Graph
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