Learn and Talk II

Lesson 64
Slavery

Content:
Part 1 Warm Up 3’
Part 2 Text 7’ Part 4 Discussion 8’
Part 3 Retell 3’ Part 5 After-Class Review

Tutor: Please keep your greeting in 2 mins. And you can go through Part 5 if time allows.
 Part 1 - Warm Up 3 mins

Why do you think there are slaves?

Did your country have slaves in history?

Tutor: Please encourage the student to answer the questions and keep this part in 3 mins.

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Part 2 - Text Slavery 7 mins Words and Expressions

Slavery is the idea that a human is someone’s property, that he/she can be
bought, sold and owned; and forced to work without being paid. This
1. … what was moral or immoral.
concept has been around for thousands of years.
(relating to the standards of good or bad
In the past there were different concepts about human rights and what was behavior, fairness, honesty, etc. that each
person believes in, rather than to laws)
moral or immoral1. It is only in the last 300 years that these ideas have begun
to change. Most people accepted that types of people were born to be E.g. I respected their moral standards.

slaves; or that if you won a war you could sell your captured enemies. The 2. … began to export large numbers of …
Koran and the Bible both mention slavery as a fact, without criticizing it. (to send goods to another country for sale)

Slavery was as common in Africa as in other countries; but in the 15th E.g. We export rice but import wheat.

Century, traders began to export large numbers of slaves to the Middle-East2. 3. … an estimated 12 million people ...
European countries followed this, exporting Africans to work on plantations (to guess or calculate the cost, size, value,
in the Caribbean, North and South America. A massive number of people etc. of something)

were needed, as demand for new products such as sugar, coffee and tobacco E.g. They estimate that the journey will take
at least two weeks.
was very high. In 400 years, an estimated 12 million people were removed
from Africa to work as slaves in the Americas or European colonies3.

Tutor: Please read or let the student read the text, and explain the underlined expressions in blue.
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Part 3 - Retell

Now retell the passage by yourself based on what you’ve read.

Hints:
property … owned … years
concept … change … accept … criticize
Africa … export … plantation … removed

Tutor: Please encourage the student to retell the text. The

hints are NOT necessarily needed.

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Part 4 - Discussion 8 mins Expressions may be used
(Try to talk for at least 2 minutes for each question. You are encouraged to use the
expressions that you’ve learned today. )
1. moral
moral / export / estimate
In the past there were different concepts
about human rights and what was moral
1. How important do you think moral standard is? Do you think it
or immoral.
is enough if someone only obeys the laws?

2. export
2. Do you know what your country sells to other countries?
But in the 15th Century, traders began to
export large numbers of slaves to the

3. Nowadays, in many parts of the world, millions of people are Middle-East.

still working as slaves. When do you think slavery can be
thoroughly wiped out?
3. estimate
In 400 years, an estimated 12 million

Tutor: Please let the student talk freely, each question about 2 mins. Using the expressions from people were removed from Africa …
today is encouraged.

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After-Class Review

Review the expressions you’ve learned today and try to use them to make some sentences.

1. moral 道德的 3. estimate 估计；估算

relating to the standards of good or bad behavior, fairness, honesty, etc. that
each person believes in, rather than to laws
E.g. 1. In the past there were different concepts about human rights and
what was moral or immoral.
2. I respected their moral standards.
3. A baby isn't born with a moral sense.
to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something
E.g. 1. In 400 years, an estimated 12 million people were
removed from Africa …
2. They estimate that the journey will take at least two
weeks.
3. The expert estimates that the painting is worth one
million.

2. export 出口；输出
to send goods to another country for sale
E.g. 1. But in the 15th Century, traders began to export large numbers of
slaves to the Middle-East.
2. We export rice but import wheat.
3. They now export all kinds of industrial products.
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