Listen to these words and repeat to practice your pronunciation.
a scribe
slaves
slavery
metalworkers
agricultural workers
peasants
Listen and read along to these sentences.
What kind of jobs are you interested in? You should think about what your skills are and what you would enjoy doing every day for the rest of your life. It's a big commitment!
You don't get to choose what you do as a job! You're not the king. Only the king gets to decide what job everyone has in this village. You'd better not complain and just do your job, otherwise you might get in trouble.
I have big dreams. I don't want to just follow in other people's footsteps and be a nobody. I want to be somebody special in this village! Who's to say I won't be the king one day? Anything is possible, right?
My family has a long history of being scribes for the royal family. We take our job seriously and I have been training hard for many years to take over from my father when he is too old to work.
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