How Arrived In United States Flashcards

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Hi everyone

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Hola a todos

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My name is Emmanuel Adomfeh.

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Mi nombre es Emmanuel Adomfeh.

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And this is the story of how I arrived in America.

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Y esta es la historia de cómo llegué a Estados Unidos.

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Words and sentences that I didn’t know

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Palabras y frases que no conocía

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This story about me and how I arrived in the USA

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Esta historia sobre mí y cómo llegué a los Estados Unidos

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And so I was born in England

United Kingdom with in Europe

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Y así nací en Inglaterra

Reino Unido con en Europa

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I started

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Empecé

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Or I was born 1989

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O nací en 1989. mil novecientos ochenta y nueve

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My parents were students in the univerisity so I was born there.

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Mis padres eran estudiantes en la universidad así que nací allí

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When, I arrived the united states. I went to school in a neighborhood called the bronx.

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Cuando llegué a los Estados Unidos. Fui a la escuela en un barrio llamado el bronx.

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In the bronx, I encountered and made many friends

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En el Bronx, conocí e hice muchos amigos

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Then, when I finished school.

When I came to the United States.

I went to another city in new york.

I went to school in a neighborhood called the bronx.

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Luego, cuando terminé la escuela.

Cuando llegué a los Estados Unidos.

Fui a otra ciudad en nueva york.

Fui a la escuela en un barrio llamado el bronx.

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There, I spent a few years.

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Allí, pasé unos años.

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Then when I became a teenager

12 or 13 years old.

I was sent by my parents to ghana west africa.

When I turned 13

I fulfilled

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Luego, cuando me convertí en un/una adolescente

en 12 o 13 años de edad. Doce, trece.

Fui enviado por mis padres a ghana africa occidental.

cuando cumplí trece

cumpli

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So, I was originally born in the United Kingdom England.

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Originalmente nací en el Reino Unido, Inglaterra.

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I lived there up until the age of three.

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Viví allí hasta la edad de tres años

Viví allí hasta los tres años.

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My father was a PhD student at the University of Nottingham and, my mother was a nurse who accompanied him.

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Mi padre era estudiante de doctorado en la Universidad de Nottingham y, mi madre era una enfermera que lo acompañaba.

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Both of them came from Ghana.

They came from ghana

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Ambos venían de Ghana.

Ellos vinieron de ghana

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I came from ghana

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Yo vine de ghana

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They lived in Nottingham for a while.

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Vivieron en Nottingham durante un tiempo.

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For a time

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Durante un tiempo.

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And then, My dad got a position in a hospital in United States. Specifically, he got a job in New York City, The Bronx.

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Y luego, mi padre consiguió un puesto en un hospital de Estados Unidos. Concretamente, consiguió un trabajo en Nueva York, en el Bronx

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Specifically

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Concretamente

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My third brother, Michael was born there soon after we arrived in the Bronx. I live in the Bronx for a considerable period of time. Up until around 7 or 8 years old

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Mi tercer hermano, Michael, nació allí poco después de que llegáramos al Bronx. Viví en el Bronx durante un periodo de tiempo considerable. Hasta alrededor de los 7 u 8 años.

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We would arrive

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llegáramos

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I would arrive

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Yo llegaria

27
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you would arrive

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Tu llegarias

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Then, I moved to Upstate New York to a place called Albany, but not in albany proper. Rather, more in the outskirts of Albany, a place called Clifton Park.

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Luego, me trasladé al norte del estado de Nueva York, a un lugar llamado Albany, pero no en Albany propiamente dicho. Más bien, en las afueras de Albany, un lugar llamado Clifton Park.

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When, I was there. I went to a fundamentalist Christian School.

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Cuando, estuve allí. Fui a una escuela cristiana fundamentalista.

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Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy my experience at the school because they’re very racist and I experienced many races incidents

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Desafortunadamente, no disfruté mi experiencia en la escuela porque son muy racistas y experimenté muchos incidentes raciales

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However

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Sin embargo

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However,I continue to attend school for a considerable period of time yeah

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Sin embargo, continué asistiendo a la escuela por un período considerable de tiempo si

33
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I actually ended up being admitted to school bad way.

Improper

Proper

Proper

Properly Saidd

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En realidad, terminé siendo admitido en la escuela de manera mala

Incorrecto

apropiada.

adecuado/adecuada

propiamente dicho

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I actually ended up being admitted to school bad way.

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De hecho, terminé siendo admitido en la escuela de mala manera.

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My mom paid bribe to the school officials for me and my brother to attend school.

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Mi madre pagó un soborno a los funcionarios de la escuela para que mi hermano y yo pudiéramos asistir a ella.

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We spent two years in Ghana, then we came back to America.

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Pasamos dos años en Ghana y luego volvimos a Estados Unidos.

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Schooling in ghana was difficult. But that didn’t matter. Because, we learned allot from the experience.

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La escuela en ghana era difícil. Pero eso no importaba. Porque, aprendimos mucho de la experiencia.

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When we came back, I ended up finishing high school at the same fundamentalist Christian school that I mentioned earlier, was very racist.

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Cuando regresamos, terminé la escuela secundaria en la misma escuela cristiana fundamentalista que mencioné antes, era muy racista.

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But fortunately, I began attending the University of Albany.

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Pero afortunadamente, comencé a asistir a la Universidad de Albany.

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I became a biology major, and ended up doing pretty well in my classes.

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Me convertí en un estudiante de biología, y terminé haciendo bastante bien en mis clases.

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Thanks to all the lessons I learned in school and in Ghana.

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Gracias a todas las lecciones que aprendí en la escuela y en Ghana.

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I was also very diligent and focused with my studies

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También fui muy diligente y me concentré en mis estudios

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and eventually, I did well and graduated summa cum laude

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y finalmente, me fue bien y me gradué summa cum laude

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I eventually got accepted to State University of New York in Brooklyn.

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Finalmente me aceptaron en la Universidad Estatal de Nueva York en Brooklyn.

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And since that time, I have been training and studying to become a physician.

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Y desde entonces, he estado formándome y estudiando para ser médico.

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And my journey has just started.

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Y mi viaje acaba de empezar.

47
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you came from ghana

A

vienes de ghana

48
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I came from ghana

A

vine de ghana

49
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i come from ghana

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Vengo de ghana