MEKNES ENGLISH CORNER

UNIT-10-VOCABULARYBrain Drain

  Brain drain is when highly skilled and intellectual people migrate from their home countries to others in search of better job and life opportunities. The reasons of such migration divide into two categories, namely Push and Pull Factors. The former refers to reasons that make people exit their home countries; while the latter refers to reasons that attract migrants go to other countries.

Words and their meanings:

Salary:The amount of money that one receives regularly in return for a job

Qualified:Used to refer to a person who has a certain set of skills and competencies

Well-read:It refers to a person who has read a lot of books and learnt from them.

Prosperous: Of a country that is very well developed and that has a good economy.

Wage: the synonym of income and salary, it’s the payment in return for work.

Income: The money that a person gains for his/her work.

Modernity:The state of being developed and prosperous.

Pull factor: something that attracts people to go and live in a certain place

Push factor: something that causes people to want to leave the place where they liveand go and live in another place.

Intellectual:A person who has a lot of knowledge and information thanks to his education.

Knowledgeable:A person who has knowledge and lots of information.

Educated:A person who used to go to school and that leans a lot of information.

Exercise:Fill in the blanks with words from the list above.

1. Many intellectuals, when given a low…………………they prefer to …………………… and go abroad to find better opportunities.
2. Countries that are characterized with development and advanced technology have strong………………………. That make people want to go there.
3. High ……………………….& ………………………make people want to migrate to work abroad in other countries.