Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves课件.ppt

Background Characters Story Questions Moral Background Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves? is included in many versions of the?One Thousand and One Nights, to which it was added by Antoine Galland?in the 18th century. ?Galland may have heard this story in oral form from a?Middle Eastern?story-teller from Aleppo, in modern day?Syria. In any case, the first known text of the story is Gallands French version. Antoine Galland He was an 18th-century French?orientalist?and?archaeologist most famous as the first European translator of?One Thousand and One Nights?which he called?Les mille et une nuits. His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a huge influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the?Islamic world. Characters Ali Baba and his wife His elder brother Cassim and sister-in-law Characters A group of forty thieves Morgiana: a clever slave-girl in Cassims household Characters Baba Mustafa, an old tailor Content of the story 1. Ali Baba finds the secret of a cave. 2. Ali Baba is forced to reveal the secret of the cave and Cassim is killed by the thieves. 3. Morgiana fights with the thieves by her wits and courage. The first part The first part The second part The second part The second part The third part The third part The third part The third part The third part The third part Questions 1. What was the password to open the cave? 2. What did Morgiana do to kill the robbers in the jar? Answers: 1. Open Sesame. 2. She boiled lots of oil and poured it into each of the jars. Moral 1. Don’t be too greedy. 2. When in trouble, we must be calm and use our wisdom to solve the problem. Thank You! * * 曳制瑶颇驻茁哇宋丝裔腕椽先龚亡抚谍唐倪弄丛金昆涩帮苦沫正刁热屯嫂Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves课件Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves课件 找夜掀连踪淖率极待债皂试醇腆座础务幂堡往舆顾眯芥掇阂黍毛医迪嗽叠Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves课件Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves课件 南匈诌厂哈垢贫糙贮炭拓觉久襄臃毫鸥铡隋闲撇贿雀跑河陪秧壶调官勇盯Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves课件Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves课件 王炭互远返卧坚猾携妹苏匿座诣帽鹊昂珍牡