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places Land ownership Hospital and schools they went 2. Listen to the tape and write down the main idea. The text is mainly talk about the three reasons why Elias joined the ANC Youth League. 3 Listen again and fill in the chart below. Differences White people Black people The jobs they did no need for a passbook to work needed a passbook to work Differences White people Black people Where the workers lived How much land they owned Their hospitals and schools with their families with their workmates most of South Africa poorest parts of South Africa the best the worst 3. Discuss the question in pairs. 1. Do you think Elias was right to join the ANC Youth League? 2. Imagine you are Elias. What would you do? Why? WHY ELIAS JOINED THE ANC YOUTH LEAGUE I joined the ANC Youth League because it fought for equal rights for black and white people in South Africa. First, white people did not have to carry passbooks and could work anywhere. As a black person I could not work without a passbook. Listening text This passbook had your name, address and birthplace in it. If the police found me without it or if I was living in the wrong town, I could be put in prison. So I went to the ANC Youth League for help. Secondly, in the gold mines where I worked, the white workers sat in their offices while the black South Africans worked underground. When we worked at the mines we could not live with families like the white people did. We had to live in large rooms with beds placed like desks in a classroom. I wanted to live in a home of my own just as white workers did. I believe the ANC Youth League could help us solve this problem. Thirdly, the white people could live anywhere they liked in South Africa. They owned almost all the land although they were fewer in number than the black people. They had the best schools. They had the best doctors. They made the laws. We wanted to have the same rights and to be equal with the white people in our own land. Those are the reasons why I joined the ANC Youth League. 1. What is a passbook? A. A book to help you pass exams. B. A book to show your identity. C. A book to tell you where to live. D. A book to tell you how to live. B 4. Listen again and choose the best answer. 2. If a black hasn’t a passbook _____. A. he can’t travel in South Africa B. he could be put in prison C. he can only travel inside South Africa D. no one will offer him a job B 3. Where did Elias work? A. In a school. B. In a post of