节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-03-06
难易度:Low
关键字:slave, ivory, magical, entryway, palace, ornate, Kingdom of Oman
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And I'm Nathanael.
And you are joining us for day three of our lesson learning about Ian Ludwig's
experiences in Zanzibar.
Of course, Zanzibar is off the coast of Tanzania.
It's an exotic little island there with lots to do.
What is one thing that Ian got to experience, Nathanael?
Well, first they experienced a ferry ride.
They had to ride on a boat for two hours to get to this island called Zanzibar.
And after that, they went to a spice farm where their guide told them a lot
about the many different spices that are grown there.
All right.
So he got to experience a spice farm.
What's something else that he got to do in Zanzibar?
Well, the second day of our article, we saw that he got to swim with dolphins.
He met a fisherman who told them that they could swim with dolphins if they went
out into the water.
And it sounds like they had quite a good time.
That's right. It seems like they're having quite a good time.
We have more to learn.
Ian has something else he wants to share with us in today's part of his story.
I think it's a little more cultural.
So let's get started with the first reading of the day.
(Music).
Zanzibar.
We returned to Stone Town, and my friends left.
I stayed longer to explore Stone Town's big old houses.
Hundreds of years ago, the city had been a huge trading port for slaves and
ivory.
All shipments going east to the Indian Ocean stopped in Stone Town.
At that time, the city was rich, and wealthy people built big houses with
beautiful doors.
But then it became illegal to trade slaves and ivory.
(Music).
So we're learning all about Stone Town here.
Let's get started with that first sentence.
Ian says: We returned to Stone Town, and my friends left.
Stone Town is, of course, where they first arrived in Zanzibar.
Well, how do we continue, Carolyn?
Well, Ian says: I stayed longer to explore Stone Town's big old houses.
So his friends left, but Ian wanted to stay a little bit longer to do some
exploring.
Will this be something that interests you, Nathanael?
Actually, this is probably one of the things that I'm most interested in that
Ian has talked about.
I love beaches, but I've been to many of them many times.
Stone Town sounds very interesting.
It's a little bit different, a little more unique.
There's only one Stone Town like the one in Zanzibar.
So of course it would be a good experience.
Well, Ian continues.
Hundreds of years ago, the city had been a huge trading port for slaves and
ivory.
Well, let's talk about some of those words there.
The first one we want to talk about is "slave." This is from our Word Bank.
A slave is someone who works for someone else.
But unlike a servant, maybe the slave did not get paid, and maybe they had to
work whether they wanted to or not.
How might you see that word, Carolyn?
Well, a lot of times when we're learning about history, we also see information
about slaves and slavery.
The United States had a very big war called the Civil War.
And part of the reason for that was slavery.
How else might you see this word used, Nathanael?
Well, we don't really use it necessarily a lot, but sometimes we might say kind
of in fun to a friend,
"I'm not your slave, you can't tell me what to do," something like that.
All right.
So there's different ways to use this word.
Of course, most of us have a negative picture of the word "slavery," or slaves,
when we think about history.
Most people don't agree that slaves... or slavery is a good thing.
Well, let's continue with the next word from the Word Bank: ivory.
Ivory is a very valuable piece of... well, actually it comes from an elephant.
Elephant tusks are made of ivory, or we call that ivory.
And where might you use that word, Carolyn?
Well, pianos used to be made of ivory.
The keys used to be made of elephant ivory, or sometimes we think of walrus
ivory, which is another animal that has long tusks.
And that is not used anymore because as we see in the article later, it will
become illegal.
That's right.
Actually that makes me think of a phrase when people say: I'm tickling the
ivories,
that slang for playing the piano because the keys used to be made of ivory.
Well, how else could you use that word, Nathanael?
Well, I think maybe one of the only other ways that we use it might just be to
talk about its color, kind of white but not exactly white.
We might say that something is ivory-colored.
All right.
Well, we find out that Stone Town did use to be a trading port for slaves and
ivory.
All shipments going east to the Indian Ocean stopped in Stone Town.
So this is a very crucial, a very important place.
How do we continue, Carolyn?
We see: At that time, the city was rich, and wealthy people built big houses
with beautiful doors.
So it sounds like there was a lot of money coming in through the trading of
slaves and ivory.
But then it became illegal to trade slaves and ivory.
So it sounds like there's a little bit of a change in the economy of this town.
What do you think, Nathanael?
Well, I think that these things would have been very valuable.
You can make a lot of money selling slaves and ivory.
But thankfully, both of these things are illegal now.
Now they make their money selling spices and with tourism, if you remember from
earlier in the article.
And now it is time to go see Michelle one more time in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.