Watch and Discuss:

As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions after you watch the video:

1. What colour was the shirt of the young man who got cut in the fight?What colour was the shirt of the young man who got cut in the fight?
2. What did the soldiers do with the babies?What did the soldiers do with the babies?
3. What were the slaves building?What were the slaves building?
4. How did Moses kill a slave master?How did Moses kill a slave master?
5. How did the soldiers know who had killed the slave master?How did the soldiers know who had killed the slave master?

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the dropdown box:

Narrator: Nearly 400 years after Abraham, has forced the Israelites from the Promised Land to Egypt. Here they've been enslaved by Pharaoh. Abraham and God have become a memory, all his people reduced to beasts of , except one.

Pharaoh's daughter: Moses. You're not going to fight again.

Moses: I can't . He's Pharaoh's son, mother.

Pharaoh: The fighting between them has to stop.

Pharaoh's daughter: Moses doesn't want to fight. It's your son who him into it and keeps losing.

Pharaoh's son: You may be my sister's , but I will be Pharaoh. I will be God!

Moses: Please.

Pharaoh's son: Fight me! I order you!

Pharaoh: Moses. Enough!

Pharaoh's son: He needs to learn his .

Pharaoh's daughter: You were the one that started...

Pharaoh's son: I will be Pharaoh!

Pharaoh: Then you better start behaving like one.

Pharaoh's son: This is your . You should never have let her keep him.

Pharaoh: Silence.

Pharaoh's son: You're not one of us.

Pharaoh: , I said!

Moses: What's he talking about?

Pharaoh: You'd better tell him now. You! Come with me!

Moses: Mother, tell me what? What?

Pharaoh's daughter: Moses, I love you like a son. But you're not my blood. You were born a .

Man: Take them all!

Pharaoh's daughter: Father killed so many children. He feared a . Your people were too many.

Moses: My people?

Pharaoh's daughter: I saved you. Your people are out there, Moses, our slaves, the Israelites. You had a brother - Aaron, and a sister - Miriam, but they are not like us.

Slave Master: Come on! You! Move along! Come on! You'll get more!

Pharaoh's daughter: They worship the God of Abraham. And he has them.

Slave Master: Get up!

Slave: Stop

Slave Master: Israelite !

Slave: O, please! Please, I of you!

Slave Master: Dog!

Man: Run. Run. I will the body.

Man: My Lord, the of Moses.

Soldier: Shall we him down?

Pharaoh's son: No. Let him go. He's no now. Welcome to your new life, Moses! You are nothing now! Nothing.

Matching exercise: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right:

Completion exercise: Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of the word.)

1. My grandmother's grandfather was a who was owned by a rich cotton farmer.
2. He an invitation to a party.
3. Elephants can carry heavy , such as tree logs.
4. Nobody knew what caused the train accident. The driver claimed it was not his .
5. He her to stay with him, but she left anyhow.
6. He wore an of tigers' teeth around his neck.
7. is sometimes caused by a long period without rainfall.
8. The young woman was put in jail because of her against the government.
9. They had to leave the building because of a bomb .
10. That man is ; he lies to everyone.

Comprehension and discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group or with a partner.

1. When talking about Abraham's descendants, the Israelites, why did the narrator say, "All his people reduced to beasts of burden, except one."?
2. When Moses and Pharaoh's son fought who always won the fights?
3. True or false? The people of ancient Egypt believed their ruler was a god?
4. Why did Pharaoh order his soldiers to kill Israelite babies?
5. How did Pharaoh's daughter save Moses?
6. What did Moses find out about his real family?
7. Why did Moses kill a man?
8. Why did the soldiers not try to hunt down Moses after he ran away?
9. What do you think will happen next?