London 'slaves' rescued after 30 years (24th November, 2014)

The Reading / Listening - Level 6

Three women have been rescued from a house in south London after being held in captivity for 30 years. Police raided the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who reportedly held the women against their will for three decades. Police told reporters the captives were kept in "horrific conditions". The rescue took place after one of the women managed to gain access to a telephone and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes in freeing victims of forced marriages. The police found a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old Briton. The British woman is believed to have been born in captivity and have no experience of life outside the house in which she was enslaved.

London police said: "This is the very early stages of a complicated and sensitive investigation. These women are highly traumatised, having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real exposure to the outside world." They added that: "Trying to find out exactly what has happened over three decades will understandably take some time." A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity expressed amazement at how the women could have been kept for so long in the middle of London without anyone knowing. She said: "In a very busy capital city, we often don't know our neighbours. We're looking at people who were kept against their will in an ordinary residential street in central London."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Level 4 or Level 5

Sources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25046624
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lambeth-slaves-rescue-couple-arrested-2836465
http://news.sky.com/story/1171815/women-were-kept-as-slaves-for-over-30-years

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. NEIGHBOURS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about neighbours. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

rescued / captivity / three decades / horrific / charity / victims / forced marriages / early stages / complicated / sensitive / traumatised / amazement / capital city

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. NEIGHBOURLY: Which of these neighbourly deeds are important? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Deeds for your neighbour	How important (why)?	How often do you do this?
Say hello
Invite them for coffee
Send New Year cards
Keep a spare house key
Go shopping for them
Help with their DIY / garden

4. CITY LIFE: Students A strongly believe city life is harming personal relationships; Students B strongly believe it isn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. CHARITY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "charity". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The women were rescued by a special unit from the British Army.	T / F
b.	The rescue took place after one of the captives telephoned for help.	T / F
c.	The woman called a charity that frees victims of forced marriages.	T / F
d.	None of the women who were held captive was British.	T / F
e.	London police suggested it would not be a difficult case to investigate.	T / F
f.	The police said it would take time to get to the facts of this case.	T / F
g.	The charity wasn't surprised this could have happened in London.	T / F
h.	The charity said it can be difficult to know who your neighbours are.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	rescued	a.	distressed
2.	captivity	b.	slavery
3.	raided	c.	confinement
4.	freeing	d.	intricate
5.	experience	e.	saved
6.	complicated	f.	wishes
7.	traumatised	g.	contact with
8.	servitude	h.	stormed
9.	will	i.	unremarkable
10.	normal	j.	releasing

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	after being	a.	forced marriages
2.	gain	b.	in captivity
3.	freeing victims of	c.	what has happened
4.	believed to have been born	d.	stages
5.	the house in which	e.	held in captivity
6.	the very early	f.	to the outside world
7.	a complicated and	g.	street
8.	no real exposure	h.	she was enslaved
9.	find out exactly	i.	sensitive investigation
10.	an ordinary residential	j.	access to a telephone

GAP FILL

Three women have been (1) ____________ from a house in south London after being held in captivity for 30 years. Police (2) ____________ the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who (3) ____________ held the women against their will for three decades. Police told reporters the captives were kept in "(4) ____________ conditions". The rescue took place after one of the women managed to gain (5) ____________ to a telephone and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes in freeing victims of (6) ____________ marriages. The police found a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old Briton. The British woman is (7) ____________ to have been born in captivity and have no experience of life outside the house in which she was (8) ____________.

horrific
forced
raided
enslaved
rescued
access
believed
reportedly

London police said: "This is the very early (9) ____________ of a complicated and sensitive investigation. These women are (10) ____________ traumatised, having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real (11) ____________ to the outside world." They added that: "Trying to find out exactly what has happened over three decades will understandably take (12) ____________ time." A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity expressed (13) ____________ at how the women could have been kept for so long in the middle of London without anyone knowing. She said: "In a very (14) ____________ capital city, we often don't know our neighbours. We're looking at people who were kept against their (15) ____________ in an ordinary (16) ____________ street in central London."

exposure
will
amazement
stages
residential
some
highly
busy

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	Three women have been rescued from a house in south London after being held in ______
	a. captive for 30 years b. captivation for 30 years c. captivity for 30 years d. captives for 30 years
2)	a 67-year-old man and woman who reportedly held the women ______
	a. against their will b. against their wills c. against their willed d. against their willing
3)	Police told reporters the captives were kept in ______
	a. "horrific condition" b. "horrific conditioned" c. "horrific conditioners" d. "horrific conditions"
4)	and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes in freeing victims ______
	a. of forceful marriages b. of farcical marriages c. of fearsome marriages d. of forced marriages
5)	no experience of life outside the house in which ______
	a. she was in slaved b. she was in slavery c. she was enslaved d. she was enslave
6)	This is the very early stages of a complicated and ______
	a. sensitively investigation b. sensitise investigation c. sensitivity investigation d. sensitive investigation
7)	______ for at least 30 years with no real exposure to the outside world
	a. held up servitude b. held on servitude c. held in servitude d. held an servitude
8)	Trying to find out exactly what has happened over three decades ______ some time
	a. will understandable take b. will understand ably take c. will under stand able take d. will understandably take
9)	A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity ______
	a. expressed amazement b. expression amazement c. expresses amazement d. expressive amazement
10)	in an ______ street in central London
	a. ordinarily residential b. ordinary residential c. ordinal residential d. ordering residential

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Three women have been rescued from a house in south London after being (1) ___________________ 30 years. Police raided the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who reportedly held the women (2) ___________________ three decades. Police told reporters the captives were kept in "horrific conditions". The rescue (3) ___________________ of the women managed to gain access to a telephone and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes in freeing (4) ___________________ marriages. The police found a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old Briton. The British woman (5) ___________________ been born in captivity and have no experience of life outside (6) ___________________ was enslaved.

London police said: "This is the (7) ___________________ of a complicated and sensitive investigation. These women are (8) ___________________, having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real exposure to the outside world." They added that: "Trying to (9) ___________________ has happened over three decades will understandably take some time." A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity expressed amazement at how the women could have been (10) ___________________ in the middle of London without anyone knowing. She said: "In a very busy capital city, we often don't know our neighbours. We're looking at (11) ___________________ against their will in (12) ___________________ street in central London."

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	In which part of London were the women held captive?
2.	How old are the suspected captors?
3.	Who did one of the captive women alert?
4.	What are the captives' nationalities?
5.	Who is thought to have been born a captive?
6.	In what mental state did police describe the women as being?
7.	What did the women have no real exposure to for 30 years?
8.	What did the police say would take some time to do?
9.	Whom did the charity say we often do not know?
10.	How did the charity describe the London street?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	In which part of London were the women held captive?	6.	In what mental state did police describe the women as being?
	a) North London b) South London c) West London d) East London		a) highly traumatised b) stable c) optimistic d) dazed
2.	How old are the suspected captors?	7.	What did the women have no real exposure to for 30 years?
	a) 65 b) 66 c) 67 d) 68		a) daylight b) news c) the Internet d) the outside world
3.	Who did one of the captive women alert?	8.	What did the police say would take some time to do?
	a) a TV show b) a neighbour c) the police d) a charity		a) search the house b) find a missing captor c) find out what happened d) interview everyone
4.	What are the captives' nationalities?	9.	Whom did the charity say we often do not know?
	a) all British b) Malaysian, Irish and British c) Dutch, Belgian and Norwegian d) Latvian, Polish and Finnish		a) ourselves b) those closest to us c) our friends d) our neighbours
5.	Who is thought to have been born a captive?	10.	How did the charity describe the London street?
	a) the 30-year-old Briton b) one of the captors c) a neighbour d) a charity worker		a) suburban b) ordinary c) upmarket d) out-of-the-way

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Saying hello every day

You think saying hello every day is the best act of neighbourliness. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their acts. Also, tell the others which is the least neighbourly of these (and why): inviting neighbours for coffee, helping neighbours with odd jobs or helping neighbours do their shopping.

Role B – Invitations for coffee

You think inviting neighbours for coffee is the best act of neighbourliness. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their acts. Also, tell the others which is the least neighbourly of these (and why): saying hello every day, helping neighbours with odd jobs or helping neighbours do their shopping.

Role C – Helping with DIY / the garden

You think helping neighbours with odd jobs is the best act of neighbourliness. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their acts. Also, tell the others which is the least neighbourly of these (and why): inviting neighbours for coffee, saying hello every day or helping neighbours do their shopping.

Role D – Going shopping for them

You think helping neighbours do their shopping is the best act of neighbourliness. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their acts. Also, tell the others which is the least neighbourly of these (and why): inviting neighbours for coffee, helping neighbours with odd jobs or saying hello every day.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'rescue' and 'captivity'.

rescue

captivity

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

raided
will
conditions
access
57
born

early
real
take
long
busy
normal

SLAVES SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Slaves in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

CAPTIVITY DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'captivity'?
c)	What do you think about what you read?
d)	Why do people keep others captive?
e)	What punishment should the captors receive?
f)	Many cases like this have come to light over the past few years. Is this the tip of the iceberg?
g)	How can society now help the three women?
h)	What would being held captive for 30 years do to a person?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	What other news have you read or seen on this story?
b)	What things do you think the police will look into?
c)	Do you think the women will ever be able to lead a normal life?
d)	What advice would you give to the women?
e)	What three adjectives would you use to describe the captors?
f)	Could this kind of thing happen in your town?
g)	How well do you know your neighbours?
h)	What questions would you like to ask the police officers?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

Three women have been rescued from a house in south London after being held in (1) ____ for 30 years. Police (2) ____ the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who reportedly held the women against their (3) ____ for three decades. Police told reporters the captives were kept in "horrific conditions". The rescue took place after one of the women managed to (4) ____ access to a telephone and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes in freeing victims of (5) ____ marriages. The police found a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old Briton. The British woman is believed to have been born in captivity and have no experience of life outside the house in which she was (6) ____.

London police said: "This is the very (7) ____ stages of a complicated and sensitive investigation. These women are (8) ____ traumatised, having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real (9) ____ to the outside world." They added that: "Trying to find out exactly what has happened over three decades will (10) ____ take some time." A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity expressed amazement at how the women could have been kept for so long in the middle of London without anyone (11) ____. She said: "In a very busy capital city, we often don't know our neighbours. We're looking at people who were kept against their will in an ordinary (12) ____ street in central London."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	capture	(b)	captive	(c)	captivate	(d)	captivity
2.	(a)	breached	(b)	infiltrated	(c)	smuggled	(d)	raided
3.	(a)	desire	(b)	will	(c)	wants	(d)	determination
4.	(a)	give	(b)	garner	(c)	gain	(d)	grant
5.	(a)	forced	(b)	farcical	(c)	fierce	(d)	fleeced
6.	(a)	enslaved	(b)	slaving	(c)	slaved	(d)	enslavement
7.	(a)	young	(b)	starting	(c)	inaugural	(d)	early
8.	(a)	highly	(b)	height	(c)	highs	(d)	highest
9.	(a)	exposed	(b)	exposure	(c)	expose	(d)	exposition
10.	(a)	understood	(b)	understand	(c)	understandably	(d)	understanding
11.	(a)	knowledge	(b)	knows	(c)	knowing	(d)	known
12.	(a)	residents	(b)	residential	(c)	residences	(d)	residentships

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	being held in ypitacivt
2.	reylotredp held the women
3.	ofhrrcii conditions
4.	specializes in freeing svicmit
5.	ocedrf marriages
6.	the house in which she was eseldavn
Paragraph 2
7.	a complicated and nvesitsei investigation
8.	highly saamrduttie
9.	having been held in ureedvsit
10.	no real upxorsee to the outside world
11.	expressed amztnmeae
12.	an ordinary netlsiiedar street

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	outside world." They added that: "Trying to find out exactly what has happened over three decades will
( 1 )	Three women have been rescued from a house in south London after being held in
( )	busy capital city, we often don't know our neighbours. We're looking at people who were
( )	kept against their will in an ordinary residential street in central London."
( )	captivity for 30 years. Police raided the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who reportedly held the women against
( )	understandably take some time." A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity expressed amazement at how the women could have been
( )	no experience of life outside the house in which she was enslaved.
( )	in freeing victims of forced marriages. The police found a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and
( )	place after one of the women managed to gain access to a telephone and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes
( )	a 30-year-old Briton. The British woman is believed to have been born in captivity and have
( )	kept for so long in the middle of London without anyone knowing. She said: "In a very
( )	traumatised, having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real exposure to the
( )	London police said: "This is the very early stages of a complicated and sensitive investigation. These women are highly
( )	their will for three decades. Police told reporters the captives were kept in "horrific conditions". The rescue took

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	for women will decades the their three Held against.
2.	horrific were conditions kept ". in The " captives
3.	women the of One telephone a to access gain to managed.
4.	forced of victims freeing in Specializes marriages.
5.	in born been have to believed is woman British The captivity.
6.	London . " stages early very the is This " said: police
7.	been servitude least Having in at years held for 30.
8.	to has find happened out exactly Trying what.
9.	women could have been kept for so long How the.
10.	street In in an central ordinary London residential.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Three women have been rescuing / rescued from a house in south London after being held in captivity for 30 years. Police raided / breeched the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who reported / reportedly held the women against their will for three decades. Police told reporters the captives were kept in "horrific / horrifically conditions". The rescue took place after one of the women managed to grant / gain access to a telephone and contacted Freedom Charity, which specializes in / on freeing victims of farcical / forced marriages. The police found a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old British / Briton. The British woman is believed / believing to have been born in captivity and have no experience of life outside the house in which she was slaving / enslaved.

London police said: "This is the very earlyish / early stages of a complicated and sensitive / sensitivity investigation. These women are heightened / highly traumatised, having been held in servitude / service for at least 30 years with no real exposure / exposing to the outside world." They added that: "Trying to find out exactly what has happened over / past three decades will understandably take some time." A spokeswoman from Freedom Charity expressed / expressive amazement at how the women could have been kept for so long in the middle of London without anyone knowing / knowledge. She said: "In a very busy capital city, we often don't know our neighbours. We're looking / looked at people who were kept against their will in an ordinary resident / residential street in central London."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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L_nd_n p_l_c_ s__d: "Th_s _s th_ v_ry __rly st_g_s _f _ c_mpl_c_t_d _nd s_ns_t_v_ _nv_st_g_t__n. Th_s_ w_m_n _r_ h_ghly tr__m_t_s_d, h_v_ng b__n h_ld _n s_rv_t_d_ f_r _t l__st 30 y__rs w_th n_ r__l _xp_s_r_ t_ th_ __ts_d_ w_rld." Th_y _dd_d th_t: "Try_ng t_ f_nd __t _x_ctly wh_t h_s h_pp_n_d _v_r thr__ d_c_d_s w_ll _nd_rst_nd_bly t_k_ s_m_ t_m_." _ sp_k_sw_m_n fr_m Fr__d_m Ch_r_ty _xpr_ss_d _m_z_m_nt _t h_w th_ w_m_n c__ld h_v_ b__n k_pt f_r s_ l_ng _n th_ m_ddl_ _f L_nd_n w_th__t _ny_n_ kn_w_ng. Sh_ s__d: "_n _ v_ry b_sy c_p_t_l c_ty, w_ _ft_n d_n't kn_w __r n__ghb__rs. W_'r_ l__k_ng _t p__pl_ wh_ w_r_ k_pt _g__nst th__r w_ll _n _n _rd_n_ry r_s_d_nt__l str__t _n c_ntr_l L_nd_n."

PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

three women have been rescued from a house in south london after being held in captivity for 30 years police raided the home of a 67-year-old man and woman who reportedly held the women against their will for three decades police told reporters the captives were kept in "horrific conditions" the rescue took place after one of the women managed to gain access to a telephone and contacted freedom charity which specializes in freeing victims of forced marriages the police found a 69-year-old malaysian woman a 57-year-old irish woman and a 30-year-old briton the british woman is believed to have been born in captivity and have no experience of life outside the house in which she was enslaved

london police said "this is the very early stages of a complicated and sensitive investigation these women are highly traumatised having been held in servitude for at least 30 years with no real exposure to the outside world" they added that "trying to find out exactly what has happened over three decades will understandably take some time" a spokeswoman from freedom charity expressed amazement at how the women could have been kept for so long in the middle of london without anyone knowing she said "in a very busy capital city we often don't know our neighbours we're looking at people who were kept against their will in an ordinary residential street in central london"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

ThreewomenhavebeenrescuedfromahouseinsouthLondonafterbeingheldinc
aptivityfor30years.Policeraidedthehomeofa67-year-oldmanandwom
anwhoreportedlyheldthewomenagainsttheirwillforthreedecades.Policetoldre
portersthecaptiveswerekeptin"horrificconditions".Therescuetookplaceaftero
neofthewomenmanagedtogainaccesstoatelephoneandcontactedFreedomCh
arity,whichspecializesinfreeingvictimsofforcedmarriages.Thepolicefounda69
-year-oldMalaysianwoman,a57-year-oldIrishwomananda30-year-oldBrito
n.TheBritishwomanisbelievedtohavebeenbornincaptivityandhavenoexperie
nceoflifeoutsidethehouseinwhichshewasenslaved.Londonpolicesaid:"Thisist
heveryearlystagesofacomplicatedandsensitiveinvestigation.Thesewomenar
ehighlytraumatised,havingbeenheldinservitudeforatleast30yearswithnoreal
exposuretotheoutsideworld."Theyaddedthat:"Tryingtofindoutexactlywhath
ashappenedoverthreedecadeswillunderstandablytakesometime."Aspokesw
omanfromFreedomCharityexpressedamazementathowthewomencouldhave
beenkeptforsolonginthemiddleofLondonwithoutanyoneknowing.Shesaid:"In
averybusycapitalcity,weoftendon'tknowourneighbours.We'relookingatpeopl
ewhowerekeptagainsttheirwillinanordinaryresidentialstreetincentralLondon.
"

FREE WRITING

Write about slaves for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

We all have a duty to visit our neighbours and find out more about them. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the London slaves. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. NEIGHBOURS: Make a poster about neighbours. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. SLAVES: Write a magazine article about the London slaves. Include imaginary interviews with the police and neighbours.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to a policing expert. Ask him/her three questions about the London slaves. Give him/her three of your opinions. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

T

d

F

e

F

f

T

g

F

h

T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	rescued	a.	saved
2.	captivity	b.	confinement
3.	raided	c.	stormed
4.	freeing	d.	releasing
5.	experience	e.	contact with
6.	complicated	f.	intricate
7.	traumatised	g.	distressed
8.	servitude	h.	slavery
9.	will	i.	wishes
10.	normal	j.	unremarkable

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	South London
2.	67
3.	The Freedom Charity
4.	Malaysian, Irish and British
5.	The British woman
6.	(Highly) traumatised
7.	The outside world
8.	Find out exactly what happened
9.	Our neighbours
10.	As being ordinary

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

b

2.

c

3.

d

4.

b

5.

a

6.

a

7.

d

8.

c

9.

d

10.

b

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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