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2. Multicultural Britain Immediately after the Second World War, Britain looked like a prosperous and friendly country for an immigrant worker. All Commonwealth citizens were free to enter the country and look for work, which was plentiful. However, since the Immigration Act of1962, Successive governments have introduced regulations to restrict the number of immigrants. It is difficult to get statistics on race, but the following patterns are clear. The percentage of nonwhites in Britain increased quite rapidly between 1945 and the end of the1970s. At present, more than half the nonwhites in Britain are immigrants, but it will soon be the case that the majority of nonwhites are people born in Britain. Ethnic minoritie are concentrated in the cities. The percentage of members of ethnic minorties who are unemployed, or in lowgrade jobs, is higher than in the population as a whole. Racial discrimination and poor living conditions have contributed to racial violence, especially in the day-to-day form of relations between young blacks and the police, or in the more extreme from of inner-city riots. This is despite the Race Relations Act (1976), which was designed to promote equality of opportunity for people of all races. II.知识归纳 1.call up 的用法归纳 (1)给……打电话(主要是美国用法，英国用法是ring up) On reaching Beijing.she called up her mother. 一到北京.她就给她母亲打了电话。 I called Tom up(called up 70m)and told him the news. 我给汤姆打了电话，告诉了他这个消息。 (2)征召入伍，调用(后备部队) In most countries，men are called up a the age of eighteen. 在大多数国家。男子十八岁就被征召服役。 His brother was called up right at the beginning of war. 战争一开始，他哥哥就被征召入伍。 (责任编辑：admin) |