IN BRIEF We’re all going on a summer holiday - FOREVER

When the Brits talk about migration they usually mean ‘Jolly Foreigner’ going to dear old Blighty and taking their jobs and housing. Not many talk about the steady stream of Brits heading out of the jolly – radosny foreigner – obcokrajowiec country. But with 2000 UK citizens Blightly – slangowo: Anglia steady – stały, ciągły leaving every week, the exodus to head – kierować się citizen – obywatel is beginning to raise questions. to raise - tu: nasuwać

Business English Magazine’s U mp3 editor, Ed Wight, takes a closer FOT. LE MOAL OLIVIER LE MOAL FOT. look.

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ast year, nearly 200,000 In addition, those surveyed cited le� the UK the high cost of living in Britain and with no plans of returning, expensive housing as other reasons. L and 5.5 million now live abroad permanently. On top of The report does argue that most that, 58 million people outside émigrés leave not because of some the country claim British ancestry, deep-rooted resentment against making the British diaspora the Blighty, but because a life abroad third largest in the world, behind with higher standard of living and only India’s and China’s. Britain a nicer climate sounds be� er. But, has more people living abroad than this is just a polite way of saying that almost any other country. Brits are fed up with scrimping and saving in chilly, damp Britain. According to research from the Institute for Public Policy Research And who can blame them? Real (IPPR), the number of Brits looking disposable income barely rose to escape Shakespeare’s ‘sceptred between 2003 and 2005, and the isle’ is set to increase. Indeed, the quality of life is mediocre. Indeed, number of British citizens who out of Ireland, , choose to leave for good has doubled the USA, , in the last 5 years to 2000 per week and , Britain has the lowest or one every three minutes. And amount of disposable income, at the report predicts that another one least according to the Economist million Brits will move abroad over Intelligence Unit. the next fi ve years. Wherever I lay my umbrella… This is supported by independent So, with so many Brits heading off research conducted by the BBC for pastures new, where exactly is it to live abroad – mieszkać za granicą which shows that an increasing that they are going? Well, the report permanentny – na stałe to claim – twierdzić, utrzymywać number of people are considering shows that the top 10 countries, ancestry – pochodzenie, rodowód moving abroad. together accounting for 75 per cent to escape – uciec of all Brits living abroad, are: sceptre’d isle – „królewska” wyspa According to the BBC’s poll, more to leave for good – wyjeżdżać na dobre than half of British people have Australia – 1.3 million, equivalent to to predict – przewidywać considered emigrating in their life 2 per cent of the UK population conducted – przeprowadzony time. The majority of these were Spain – 760,000 majority – większość young people. USA – 680,000 obvious – oczywisty Canada – 600,000 to flock – gromadzić się taxman – fi skus The questions may seem obvious: Ireland – 290,000 surveyed – badany, ankietowany Why would the British want to leave New Zealand – 215,000 tax cut – obniżenie podatków Britain? Good jobs, good pay and – 212,000 disillusionment – rozczarowanie good standards of living – isn’t that France – 200,000 to cite – przytaczać, powoływać się na what Britain is all about? Isn’t that – 115,000 deep-rooted – głęboko zakorzeniony why so many other nations flock Cyprus – 59,000 resentment – uraza there, making London the most to be fed up with – mieć czegoś dosyć cosmopolitan city in the world? Another interesting fi nding of the to scrimp – zaciskać pasa report is that while more and more chilly – chłodny damp – wilgotny Maybe. But Brits can fi nd be� er jobs, people are qui� ing the UK to live in to blame – winić a be� er standard of living and a France, Spain, Australia or America, disposable income – dochód ne� o nicer climate abroad. fewer Britons are coming back from mediocre – mierny, pośledni abroad to live at home at any time in to head off for pastures new – ruszyć na Taxman a decade. podbój świata According to a poll conducted by fi nding – konkluzja, wniosek the Taxpayer’s Alliance, one in Who? to quit – porzucić, odejść fi ve of those surveyed would leave In the past, the perception of those perception – postrzeganie the UK because of the lack of tax leaving the UK was of either old old wrinklies – staruchy RUSYANTO PAULUS FOT. retirement – emerytura cuts from the government. This is wrinklies heading off for retirement misfi t – odmieniec compounded by disillusionment in sunny climes, or misfi ts and outcast – wyrzutek with the political parties. outcasts. Not any longer. They still

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exist but increasingly those looking for learning English. There are great Two-way traffi c to leave are young professionals or possibilities, but if we were to fall But, just as there are those leaving those who have decided on a change on our faces I would just get a job the UK, so there are those entering of career. somewhere else. I would be no and last year Britain saw an increase worse off . The world is a small place of 565,000 foreigners, around 1,500 One such person is former journalist these days.” every day according to the Offi ce for and assistant chief sub-editor, National Statistics. Of these it was Patrick Sherriff . He, his Japanese Another professional who has found that 474,000 were intending wife and two young children, plan decided to quit the UK is the very to live in Britain. But the fi gure is to pack their bags and head off for middle-class Felicity Vaughan. probably much higher. And why Japan where Patrick hopes to cash in Felicity decided to leave her home are they going there? To get the very on the demand for town of Edinburgh and set up her things Brits are going abroad for. tuition. business in Rome. Yes, it is confusing.

In an interview with Holdthe- “I wouldn’t want anybody to FrontPage, a website for journalists, think I was trying to escape from he said, “We have two children who anything. I did want Rebecca (her to cash in on (sth) – zarabiać na (czymś) are fi ve and two and we want them daughter) to experience the joy of demand – popyt to be bilingual. They are at home travelling, but it wasn’t because language tuition – nauka języka bilingual – dwujęzyczny but as time goes on it will be hard I felt any need to get away from to keep up – utrzymać na tym samym to keep up their Japanese. From Edinburgh. I still love the city and poziomie, nadążyć a career point of view it will be I’ve had some great times there,” to set up – założyć exciting to work for ourselves.” she told the Guardian’s Nick two-way traffi c – ruch dwukierunkowy “There is,” Patrick added, “always a Clayton, who himself happens to the very things – te same rzeczy great demand from business people live in Ibiza. confusing – zagmatwany, dezorientujący

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