White Gold

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White Gold

Pre Intermediate 3: World Culture, p. 104-105

We are going to watch a video, first we must learn the meaning of some words.

a colony (noun)

an area or country, settled in, and controlled by, a different country

a plantation (noun)

a type of farm where a certain product is grown to sell for money

a slave (noun)

a person who is made to work for no money, against their will

sugar beet (noun)

the part of a sugar plant that grows below the ground

sugar cane (noun)

the part of a sugar plant that grows above the ground

Match the words to their definitions.

a small tree that grows above ground and produces sugar

a person who works for other people without pay

a country that controls another country

a vegetable that grows below ground and produces sugar

a large farm

colony

a plantation

a slave

sugar beet

sugar cane

Well done. Now watch the video and put these things in order. What do you see first, second, third etc. ?

- cakes

- sugar cane

- sugar cubes

- chocolate

- sugar beet

- bags of sugar

Great work.

Now go back to Google Classroom and click 'Mark as done'

00:31

In the 1970s, how much sugar did people in Britain eat?

1. They ate 4 million tons of sugar every year.
2. They ate more sugar than now.
3. They didn't eat as much sugar as now.

01:05

Where did people first grow sugar 8,000 years ago?

1. In India.
2. In the Mediterranean.
3. In Papua New Guinea.

01:27

Why did people call sugar 'White Gold'?

1. Because it was difficult to find.
2. Because it was so expensive.
3. Because of its colour.

01:54

Why did sugar become cheaper?

1. Because transport became cheaper.
2. Because it was easy to grow in the Caribbean.
3. Because people started to produce sugar in Europe

02:30

What order did you see these things?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

cakes

sugar cane

sugar cubes

chocolate

sugar beet

bags of sugar