SCRIPT of the recording :

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Hi , and welcome to Ellis . My name is John

and Ill be your . through the museum. The
. Island processing
. opened in .. and
was in .. for .
years. Over . immigrants
passed.. these doors, representing
. of all immigrants
to.. . So, this is the place where your
. first stepped . on
American . . Your
great. , or your great
..
through theses doors . But if they
to the .. people
of.. , only if they were .. class
. , only if they were those who had
enough .. to . for their
passage .. the steamship. They had endured a
.. journey. They had to sleep in the
, that is the of
the ship which was .. and
. Then they arrived here for their
.. . Imagine the
of being .. back
. . Passengers who .. enough money to
for a .. or a . class
ticket did . go Ellis Island. They
were onboard the ship by
.. and .. and they

. through the .
procedures without any . The Authorities thought
that .. they had enough money to . a good
. , they had also enough money to
.. themselves once in the country.
Altogether, .. of todays .. can
.. their .. to Ellis Island

Your READING TASK :

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VERB FORMS AND TENSES

PRETERIT ( Base Verbale)

PLU - PERFECT

OBLIGATION

PASSIVE FORM

ABSENCE DOBLIGATION

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Quote the preposition used several times by John .

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Quote the verbs that are associated with the preposition throughout the
text .

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 Give an equivalent for : the bottom of a ship

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Give an equivalent for : to operate
.

Translate : to support themselves

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Give an equivalent for : to have enough money to pay for
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Translate : immigration procedures

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What is the verb used :
immigration procedures

Infer the meaning of : processing center