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People are constantly moving from place to place. We
often hear of classmates, friends, relatives or
neighbors shifting to a new place. These people may be
moving down the street, to another city or even to
another country. If we were to look at the billions of
people in the world, we will notice that thousands are
moving every day for different reasons. Sometimes, we
hear of someone going to the airport, the railway
station or the bus depot to pick someone up or to see
someone off or to even go away themselves. Some of the
people are going away for the holidays, others on
business trips or to further their studies. This means
that people are moving away from their present homes to
a new place for a short time. This form of movement is
only temporary. These are not the only people who move
around. There are also other people who move from one
place to another during the different seasons of the
year or during different phases of their lives.
In recent years, in countries such as the United
States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom, the
younger people in small towns and villages are moving to
the bigger cities permanently. There are several reasons
for this migration. There are much more interesting
attractions for the younger generations in the bigger
cities in terms of entertainment as well as job
prospects. Thus, these people are willing to leave their
hometown in search of a better life.
In Great Britain, some people from the poorer
districts move to the richer districts for work. this
movement however is not permanent. One such case is the
seasonal migration of the Irish harvesters. These people
move to England and Scotland during the corn and potato
harvest seasons. They gather these crops as a means of
supplementing their income.
The Swiss peasants in the Alps are nomads. During
winter, they stay on the lower slopes of the mountains
with their herds of cattle and goats, as the fields of
grass on the upper slopes are covered with snow. In the
summer when the snow starts to melt, the peasants will
return to their homes that are on the upper slopes of
the mountains. The lush pastures here provide abundant
food to the herds of cattle and goats. this migration is
repeated regularly each year.
The Eskimos or Inuits of Canada also move from one
place to another according to the changes in season. In
spring, the Eskimos will move to places near lakes to
hunt for wild ducks. During the summer, the ice in the
river will have melted. these people will then move to
places near the rivers to catch fish. when autumn
approaches, the Eskimos will then move towards the dry
tundra to hunt for the meat and skin of the caribou. In
winter, the Eskimos will head south to the small town
such as Eskimo Point and Churchill to sell their goods
and buy the necessities that they require. |
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(a) People would go there to either pick someone up, see someone off or
even go away themselves..
(b) It means 'a place where buses are kept'.
(c) For the holidays, business trips or further studies. |
