Canada – a land of diversity
Poznaj Kanadę jako kraj różnorodności.
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Canada – a land of diversity ( Kanada – kraj różnorodności )
Although many Canadians’ first language is English or French, many other languages are spoken: Italian, Chinese, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Dutch and Greek. There are many native languages such as Algonquian.
The French-speaking province of Canada is very different culturally. Since the 1960s there has been a strong ‚separatist’ movement.
There are many different native peoples throughout Canada like the Crees, Mohawks, Iroquois and Sioux. In the north of the country, the Inuit (Eskimos) now have self-governing homeland called Nunavut (meaning ‚Our Land’ ). It is over two milion sq km and is inhabited by 17,500 Inuits.
Canada is the one of the most tolerant societies in the world. For example, only 13% of Canadians say that they would object to their children marrying somebody of a different race (compared with 32% in the USA ).
GLOSSARY:
native – rodowity, ojczysty
movement – ruch
inhabit – zamieszkiwać
object to – sprzeciwiać się
compared with … – w porównaniu z
Source: „Opportunities”
