Lesson The1001 Nights Vocabulary

Lesson 9.The1001 Nights
Vocabulary connecting words (1)
Skills Reading: a book cover;
Reading and Listening: a story Help with Listening weak forms (2)
Review Past Continuous; Past Simple
Reading

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   Work in groups. Discuss these questions.
   

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   Do you like reading? What kind of books or magazines do you read?
   
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   When is your favorite time for reading? Why?
   
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   What was the last book you read? Did you like it? Why?/Why not?
   

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   a) Read about the book. Then answer these questions.
   

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  What is The Thousand and OneNights?
  
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  How old are the stories?
  
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  Which counties are they from?
  
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  Were they for adults or children?
  

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   Work in pairs. Compare answers.
   

The Thousand and One Nights is probably one of the most famous books in the world. It is a collection of stories first told by travellers from Persia, Arabia, India and China between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. In later years professional storytellers also told the stories in coffee houses in Turkey, Egypt and many other countries. The Thousand and One Nights contains well-known stones like Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty thieves, so people often think they are just for children - but they were originally for adults.
This new edition of The Thousand and One Nights is fully illustrated and contains new versions of all the stories, translated from the original texts by Brian Woodhead.


Beading, Listening and Vocabulary

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   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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