21380 living in a foreign country

Ideas on Living in a Foreign
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Emigration, abroad, approvals, get, acceptance, self-reliance, traveler,
face up, hostility, confident, search, remind, encounter, responsible,
meaning
Thousands of people emigrate every year. For many, who lives and works … for long
periods of time, it becomes the adventure of a lifetime. Many set off to unknown lands to fill
a gap of time in their lives, improve a foreign language, meet new and interesting people and
build …. The reasons for … are quite different: political or religious persecution, poverty,
awful living conditions, climate and many more. But people often take the chance in … of a
better life. However, living in a foreign country can be rather interesting, and yet has its
negative effects also.
The major effect is missing anything that reminding you of your family and hometown:
especially, when you … some problems which you are unable to resolve and lacked of your
relatives’ support. You realize how valuable your family is. Furthermore, the simple things
would … you where you belong such as a bird's song, trees blowing in the wind, sunrise, calm
night, people' speech and so on.
The second main effect is … of culture and traditions of foreign societies. The
behavior and customs of the guests may be very different from those of the inhabitants of
the host culture. Living abroad, the … can lose his cultural identity. Another potential
problem is that one may become a victim of discrimination. The traveler may … negative
reactions - unfriendliness, or even …, for example. However you can meet many interesting
characters, collect a wealth of tales to bring back home.
The third and perhaps most important effect are personal development and learning a
new language to communicate with people in the foreign country. The language may have
different grammar or pronunciation, so you should study a lot of things. Living away from
home, makes you more … and independent. You have to be … of organizing your life.
Living abroad brings a lot of hard things and it could give some people a new life.
Living far from family could be sometimes difficult in your life, but on the other hand it
would be to lead you to … new knowledge.
Anyway, there are no … of living in a foreign country. You should work for the country

that you were born in, that has brought you up, educated you. So that saying "Home Sweet
Home" has a stronger … than meets the eye!

Make a project
“My experience of living in a foreign country”
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What country did you visit or live?
What did you like or dislike there?
Describe your own attitude to living in a foreign country.