David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer who is known for his exploration of Central Africa and his desire to end the slave trade. He spent many years living with African tribes, learning their languages and customs in order to spread Christianity and abolish slavery. Livingstone hoped that missionaries could help modernize Africa and pave the way for commerce and legal trade. He is renowned for his courage, determination and humanitarian vision for Africa.

1. David Livingstone

2. continue
•Please continue to tidy the kitchen when I’m
gone.

3. continue

4. determined
•I am determined to make this room sparkle and
shine.

5. determined

6. porridge
•Wash the breakfast dishes after you finish the
porridge in your bowl.

7. porridge

8. society
•Mother is meeting the ladies from the
missionary society for lunch.

9. society

10. wearily
•At the end of the day, we wearily climb the
steps to our bedroom.

11. wearily

12. Book in Latin

13. Africa

14. Lesson 43

15. barrels
•The man cleaned the barrels of his gun after
shooting the bear.

16. barrels

17. fascinated
•Many natives were fascinated by the strange
weapon.

18. fascinated

19. nationals
•The nationals taught the missionary how to
build a hut.

20. nationals

21. preserve
•A missionary wanted to preserve the Word of
God in the natives’ language.

22. preserve

23. Look up the word preserve and
record it in your dictionary.

24. unusual
•The natives’ language sounds unusual to us.

25. unusual

26. Lesson 44

27. deserting
•Sailors were deserting their ship as it sank
beneath the waves.

28. deserting

29. Look up the word deserting and
record it in your dictionary.

30. ebony
•The hard, black wood of the ebony tree is used
to make the black piano keys.

31. ebony

32. Look up the word deserting and
record it in your dictionary.

33. medicine
•A box of medicine was needed at the mission
hospital.

34. medicine

35. navigator
•The navigator looked at his maps and chose a
path.

36. navigator

37. Look up the word navigator and
record it in your dictionary.

38. savages
•Early explorers were afraid of being attacked by
savages and wild animals.

39. savages