Lesson The 1001 Nights Vocabulary

Beading, Listening and Vocabulary

3. 
   a) R2.7 Read and listen to Shahrazad’s story, the first story of The Thousand and One Nights. Match paragraphs 1-3to pictures A-C.
   

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  Read the beginning of Shahrazad’s story' again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
  

1. 
   The King killed his first wife.-true
   
2. 
   He was married to his next wife for three years.-false
   
3. 
   Shahrazad worked for the King.-false
   
4. 
   Shahrazad’s father didn’t want her to marry the King.-true
   
5. 
   Shahrazad asked her mother to help her.-false
   

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  Work in pairs. Compare answers. Then correct the false sentences.
  

4. 
   a) Which of these endings to Shahrazad’s story is correct, do you think? Compare ideas in groups.
   

1. 
   The King didn’t kill Shahrazad and they lived happily together.
   
2. 
   Shahrazad killed the King and became Queen.
   
3. 
   The King killed Shahrazad and married her sister.
   

2. 
   R2.8Listen and check.
   
3. 
   Listen again and answer the questions.
   

1. 
   Who listened to Shahrazad’s first story?
   
2. 
   Why didn’t the King kill her the morning after the wedding?
   
3. 
   What was Shahrazad’s plan?
   
4. 
   What did the King do in the end? Why?
   

Shahrazad’s story

1. 
   There was once an Indian king called Shahriyar. One day King Shahriyar found his wife with another man so he killed her and her lover. After that the King married a different woman every day and killed her the next morning before she could stop loving him. This continued for three years.
   
2. 
   Shahrazad was the clever and beautiful daughter of the King’s adviser. When her father told her what was happening, she decided to marry the King. Shahrazad’s father tried to stop her because he knew she was going to die. But Shahrazad had a plan to save herself and all the women in the kingdom. The King and Shahrazad got married a few days later.
   
3. 
   After the wedding, while the King was drinking with his friends, Shahrazad went to find her sister. “I need your help,” said Shahrazad. "Come to the palace this evening and ask me to tell you a story.”