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VOCABULARY 1                                  In 1937 there was a movie of the fairy tale Snow White and
                                                the Seven Dwarfs. Many people enjoyed it. Other movies

                                               based on fairy tales followed. Famous actors enjoyed
 1  Listen and read. TR: 5.1
                                               speaking characters’ lines. Many of these movies have the
                                               same kinds of characters. Often, there’s a princess and a
 2  Listen and repeat. TR: 5.2                 prince. The princess is usually pretty and the prince is usually

                                                handsome and brave. There’s always a happy ending.
 Think about your favorite fairy tale. It’s probably
 a wonderful story, but do you know where it came from?  But times have changed. Now authors are rewriting the

                                               traditional tales with a twist. The characters in these
 The first fairy tales were not written down. One person simply   new stories surprise us. Maybe the princess isn’t pretty,
 told a story to other people. Then they told it to others. In 1812   but she’s smart, funny, and cool. Is she looking for a
 the talented brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm wrote a book   prince? No! She wants to do amazing things. She rides a
 of the old fairy tales. They called their book Children’s Tales. But   motorbike, or she’s a great athlete, perhaps.

 some readers weren’t happy. The stories were too scary for children!

                                               Both types of stories—traditional and modern—are great.
 So, later on the Grimm brothers wrote a different book. The stories   Which do you prefer?
 were exciting, but not scary. It was very popular. After that many

 other writers in different countries wrote down fairy tales.
                                                                        3     Ask and answer. Talk
                                                                              about the stories you like
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                                                                                           I like traditional stories.
                                                                                           They’re exciting!


                                                                 What kind of stories
                                                                 do you enjoy?



























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