Poles apart gap filling 1 by Dominika Starzecka-Walczak https://padlet.com/domilingua/o4r3g4916yne en-us 2017-01-08 16:17:59 UTC 2026-03-11 04:03:25 UTC hello@padlet.com What a lovely, h__________(1) video. I imagine quite a lot of people have had to dry their eyes after seeing it. I didn't get tearful myself, but I've heard this Polish video is this year’s top Christmas t__________(2). You know, those sentimental videos designed to make people cry. Actually, I think it might even be more successful than this year’s advert from the UK department store John Lewis, which always seems to be the number one ad at Christmas. Anyway, as for the message it's trying to c__________(3), apart from the importance of family, I think the video shows us that it’s always possible to achieve the objectives that we set ourselves if we p__________(4) and show determination. Some things, like learning a language, are obviously difficult and take time. You know, you can’t expect to master English o__________(5). But the idea is that if you stick with it and refuse to give up, you’re b__________(6) to succeed in the end. But I think there’s another more subtle message about migration, which is so powerful because it’s so true to life. In recent years hundreds of thousands of Polish people have emigrated to the UK hoping to find better job opportunities. These people obviously have left family and friends back home to begin a new life abroad. I think it’s probably true that in families all over the world there’s always someone who has moved away from home in search of a b__________(7) future. So, I think maybe the video is an attempt to encourage people to show more empathy towards immigrants. You know, to put yourself in the same s__________(8), as it were. domilingua https://padlet.com/domilingua/o4r3g4916yne/wish/145866435 2017-01-08 17:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/domilingua/o4r3g4916yne/wish/145866435