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1、Do you know,The books of the Arabian Nights, also known as the One Thousand Nights and a Night, is the full collection comprised of literally hundreds of stories, many contained within other stories, all dating back more than a thousand years. It is one of the most valuable treasures of all literatu
2、re, and stand near the top of the list of literary works that have influenced western literature.,3,The book is about a Sassanian king, Shahryar, who decides to make sure his wife is always faithful to him by marrying a new girl every night and killing her in the morning. The Kings vizier is in char
3、ge of finding a new girl every day to marry the king. One day, the viziers own daughter comes to him and insists that she should marry the king. That wedding night, she offers to tell her new husband a story. She tells a great story, but just at the most exciting part she stops because the sun is co
4、ming up and its time for her to be killed. But the King wants to hear the end of the story, so he agrees to let her live another day. So she continues her story that night, and again she ends at the most exciting part, and again the king lets her live. She does that every night, for a thousand and o
5、ne nights, and finally the King sees that this was a bad idea and falls love with her, and let her live as his queen.,In Arabian Nights, Aladdin got a magic lamp with which he could fulfill any desire. Suppose one day you were to get the lamp and be allowed to make three wishes, what would your thre
6、e wishes be? Why would you make there wishes?,5,Study the following quotes about the value of life. Which quote do you like best? Why?,The purpose of life is a life of purpose. - Robert Byrne We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill Live as if you were to
7、die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Ganhi There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein,6,You think you own _ land you land on The earth is just a dead thing you can _ But
8、I know every rock and tree and _ Has a life has a _ has a name You think the only people who are people Are the people _ But if you walk the _ of a stranger Youll learn things you never knew You never knew _ the wolf cry To the blue corn moon Or asked the _ bobcat why he grinned Can you sing with al
9、l the _ Can you paint with all the colors of the wind Can you paint with all the colors of the wind,whatever,claim,creature,spirit,who look and think like you,footsteps,Have you ever heard,grinning,voices of the mountain,7,Come run the _ pine trails of the forest Come taste the sun-sweet berries of
10、the earth Come roll in all the riches _ And for once never wonder _ The _ and the river are my brothers The heron and the otter are my friends And we are _ each other In a circle in a hoop that _ _ the wolf cry To the blue corn moon Or let the eagle tell you _ Can you sing with all the _ Can you pai
11、nt with all the colors of the wind Can you paint with all the colors of the wind,hidden,all around you,rainstorm,all connected to,what theyre worth,never ends,Have you ever heard,where hes been,voices of the mountain,8,How high does the sycamore grow If you _ then youll never know And _ the wolf cry
12、 To the blue corn moon For whether we are _ We need to sing with all the _ We need to paint with all the colors of the wind You can the earth and still All youll own is earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind,cut it down,white or copper-skinned,youll never hear,voices of the mounta
13、in,9,10,One day, some Americans working in Africa decided to _ for wild animals. They stopped at a village. This village was very poor. The local people were dirty and _. But they looked _ and seemed to _what they were doing. Seeing this one American said: “This place is _. These people live just li
14、ke _.” A young American officer said, “Yeah, they have got _; they may as well _.” The old American officer was a _ man. In fact, he looked just like one of the _ in the village. He disagreed with the other two Americans. He thought that the local people valued their lives because they had something
15、 to live for. He said, “Maybe its those _ in rages, or the _ they love, or the _ they enjoy, or the _ they like. ”,1. Listen to the recording and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.,go hunting,in rages,happy,be enjoying,terrible,animals,nothing to live for,be dead,quiet,local men,kids,women,freedom,work,11,2. Work in groups of two or three and discuss the follow
