13. Local Citizenship!! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE HERE! https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2020/10/27/13-local-citizenship/</strong></p> <p><strong>On today’s episode, we will discuss the idea of Local citizenship! When national governments can’t, or don’t want to, deal with immigrant populations, it falls to local governments and decision makers to make proactive policies!</strong></p> <p><strong>CONTACT US</strong></p> <p><strong>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/)</strong></p> <p><strong>Twitter - @thinkenglishpod</strong></p> <p><strong>Blog: thinkinginenglish.blog</strong></p> <p><strong>Gmail: thinkinginenglishpod@gmail.com</strong></p> <p><strong>VOCABULARY</strong></p> <p><strong>To be concentrated (passive v) - to bring or come together in a large number or amount in one particular area</strong></p> <p><em>Most of the country’s population is concentrated in the north</em></p> <p><strong>To delegate (v) - to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you</strong></p> <p><em>As a boss you have to delegate responsibilities to your staff</em></p> <p><strong>To devolve (v) - to cause power or responsibility to be given to other people</strong></p> <p><em>To be a good manager, you must know how to devolve responsibility downwards</em></p> <p><strong>vague (adj) - not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided</strong></p> <p><em>I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago</em></p> <p><strong>Decision-maker (n) - a person who decides things, especially at a high level in an organisation</strong></p> <p><em>She faces long hours and extreme pressure in her position as the top decision-maker in the company</em></p> <p><strong>Proactive (adj) - taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens</strong></p> <p><em>Companies are going to have to be more proactive about environmental management</em></p> <p><strong>fortunate (adj) - lucky</strong></p> <p><em>You’re very fortunate to have found such a nice