The following reading is about two different models of racial integration. Please fill in the 15 gaps with the missing words:
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Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?
In multicultural societies there are different models of racial integration.
The USA is traditionally called a melting (1).......... because with time, generations of (2) .............. have melted together: they have abandoned their cultures to become totally assimilated into American society.
But in (3).......... UK, where cultural diversity is considered a positive thing, immigrants (4).......... always been encouraged to maintain their traditions and their (5) .......... language.
This model of racial integration can be (6) .......... as a salad bowl, with people of different cultures living in harmony, like the lettuce, tomatoes and carrots in a salad.
(7) .......... , managing cultural diversity is not always easy.
The world was shocked (8) .......... the terrorist attacks which happened in New York in 2001.
All these attacks involved people from Muslim ethnic communities, who seemed to be well integrated in society.
Both models (9) .......... multicultural societies have contradictory aspects:
- in a melting pot there is no cultural diversity and sometimes differences (10) .......... not respected;
- in a salad bowl cultures (11) .......... not mix at all.
For example, in multicultural cities, some people spend their entire lives (12) .......... and working without ever learning the country’s language.
So which model is better?
The ideal situation (13) .......... be a society where all citizens have equal rights and opportunities, but can also maintain their own individuality.
It is not easy to put this ideal (14) .......... practice, but multiracial society is now a reality and we must learn to live together in (15).......... best possible way.
Match the beginnings and the ends of the following sentences:
| 1. Melting pot societies | a. are different models of integration. |
| 2. Salad bowl societies | b. encourage total assimilation. |
| 3. Melting pot and Salad bowl | c. have different models of integration. |
| 4. Multicultural countries | d. find it difficult to integrate. |
| 5. Ethnic communities sometimes | e. respect cultural differences. |
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