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    - During the early 17th century, the slave trade emerged as ships from Europe traveled to West Africa to exchange goods for black slaves. - The slaves were then shipped to the Caribbean islands and American coast in poor conditions and sold for commodities like sugar, rum, and molasses. - To prevent rebellion, slaves from different language backgrounds were mixed on the ships. This led to the growth of pidgin languages for communication between slaves and sailors, and eventually the emergence of Creole languages.

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    - During the early 17th century, the slave trade emerged as ships from Europe traveled to West Africa to exchange goods for black slaves. - The slaves were then shipped to the Caribbean islands and American coast in poor conditions and sold for commodities like sugar, rum, and molasses. - To prevent rebellion, slaves from different language backgrounds were mixed on the ships. This led to the growth of pidgin languages for communication between slaves and sailors, and eventually the emergence of Creole languages.

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    BLACKENGLISH
    DuringtheearlyyearsofAmericansettlement,ahighlydistinctiveformofEnglish
    was beginningtodevelopintheislandsoftheWest Indies andthesouthernpart of the
    mainland,spokenbytheincomingblackpopulation.Thebeginningoftheseventeenthcentury
    sawtheemergenceoftheslavetrade.ShipsfromEuropetravelledtotheWestAfricancoast,
    wheretheyexchangedcheapgoodsforblackslaves.Theslaveswereshippedinbarbarous
    conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn
    exchangedforsuchcommoditiesassugar, rum,and molasses.Theshipsthenreturnedto
    England,completingan'Atlantictriangle'ofjourneys,andtheprocessbeganagain.Britain
    andtheUnitedStateshad outlawed thestavetradeby1865,butbythattime,nearly200
    yearsoftradinghadtakenplace.Bythemiddleofthenineteenthcentury,therewereover
    fourmillionblackslavesinAmerica.
    The policy of the slavetraders was to bring people of different language
    backgroundstogetherintheships,tomakeitdifficultforgroupstoplotrebellion.Theresult
    wasthegrowthofseveralpidginformsofcommunication,andinparticularapidginbetween
    theslavesandthesailors,manyofwhomspokeEnglish.OncearrivedintheCaribbean,this
    pidgin English continued to act as a major means of communication between the black
    populationandthenewlandowners,andamongtheblacksthemselves.Then,whenchildren
    came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black
    Creolespeechintheregion.ThisCreoleEnglishrapidlycametobeusedthroughoutthe
    cottonplantations,andinthecoastaltownsandislands.Similarly,creolizedformsofFrench,
    SpanishandPortugueseemergedinandaroundtheCaribbean.

    QUESTIONS
    1.Matchthefollowingwordswiththesuitabledefinitionorsynonym.
    emergence

    trade

    rum

    molasses

    outlaw

    growth

    landowner

    Proprietor,farmer.

    Declaresomebodytobepunishedorconsideredacriminal.

    Development.

    Exchangetoolsorservicesformoneyorothergoods

    Strongalcoholicdrink.


    2.Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothetext.
    a.Whendidtheslavetradebegin?

    b.WhenwastheslavetradeforbiddenintheUSA?

    c.Whydidthepidginsemerge?

    d.Whatkindofjobdidtheslaveshave?

    3.PuttheverbsinbracketsintotheSimplePastorPastContinuous.
    a. Zo (come) _______________________ round in her car and they (drive)
    _______________________tothetenniscourts.
    b.Two other people(use) _______________________their court when they (arrive)
    _______________________.

    c. They (buy) _______________________ icecreams while they (wait)


    _______________________toplay.

    4.CompletethetextusingthePresentContinuousorthePresentSimple.
    I(go)_______________________LondonnextThursday.BurningSpear,my
    favouritereggaeband,(give)_______________________aconcertatWembley.I(go)
    _______________________withBeth.We(notgo)_______________________by
    train;itismuchcheaperbycoach.Thecoach(leave)_______________________
    Plymouthat12.30p.m.

    5.Composition.Write80wordsaboutthefollowingsubject:Whatkindofjobwould
    youliketohaveinthefuture?

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