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    The document discusses different versions of fairy tales like Cinderella and the Gingerbread Man that exist around the world. It provides details on variations of Cinderella from Western, Asian, Middle Eastern and Polish versions that feature different main characters, events, and items. It also discusses how fairy tales evolved from storytelling and reflect cultural differences as they spread and were adapted locally.

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    The document discusses different versions of fairy tales like Cinderella and the Gingerbread Man that exist around the world. It provides details on variations of Cinderella from Western, Asian, Middle Eastern and Polish versions that feature different main characters, events, and items. It also discusses how fairy tales evolved from storytelling and reflect cultural differences as they spread and were adapted locally.

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    B2+ UNIT 8 Culture

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    Culture B2+ Unit

    Once upon a time


    1 Match the words in the boxes to create the names of fairy
    tales from around the world. What other names do you
    know these stories by?
    Magic  •  Golden  •  Little  •  Runaway  •  Little Briar  •  Gingerbread

    Sandal  •  Girl  •  Rose  •  Goldenhood  •  Mirror  •  Rice cake

    2a Read the text about fairy tales around the world. How do
    the versions of Cinderella and the Gingerbread Man change
    in different countries? Do you know any other versions?

    Fairy Tales
    She goes to the festival and intrigues
    the wealthy man’s son with a riddle. He
    has to search for the girl with
    the riddle, not the shoe, and
    when he finds her he
    has to answer the riddle
    Cinderella is perhaps before she will marry him.
    the most famous of all Storytelling evolved from
    fairy tales. Everyone putting together everyday occurrences, so universal
    knows the story of themes and emotions such as love, hate, courage and
    a poor girl who is kindness appear in tales from around the world. As
    treated badly by her Hans Christian Andersen said, “Life itself is the most
    stepmother and two wonderful fairy tale.” The natural movement of people
    stepsisters. Then she and the opening up of trade routes probably aided the
    catches the eye of a spread of stories around the world. The tales that were
    Prince and all ends relevant to families, tribes, villages or cities were kept in
    happily ever after. The memory and passed down to future generations. Over
    first written record of the years, as different cultures developed, the stories
    this story appeared in varied as specific realities and customs were included.
    1634 in a collection of Most communities have a protagonist that needs to
    folk tales compiled by undergo a quest to combat a fierce monster, or an
    a Neapolitan courtier. unhappy situation they need rescuing from. On top of
    Hans Christian Andersen
    In 1697, Charles these, specific social situations are applied to make it
    Perrault published his version in France, adding details real for the audience.
    such as the pumpkin carriage, fairy godmother and glass Another example of a story with numerous variations
    slipper. is The Gingerbread Man (US), also known as The Pancake
    However, there are worldwide variations of the same Boy (Norway), The Runaway Rice Cake (China) and The
    fairy tale. Yeh-Shen is a Chinese story dating back to the Runaway Radish (Mexico), to name but a few. They all
    ninth century which has striking similarities. In this follow the same basic story of a food item running away
    version, a girl at the mercy of her stepmother befriends to avoid being eaten by a clever animal. The different
    a fish in a nearby lake. Sadly her stepmother finds out, versions of fairy tales teach an important lesson about
    catches the fish and serves it at dinner. Later, a spirit the cultural differences across the world.
    appears to Ye-Shen and tells her to bury the fish bones. Next time you hear, read or see a fairy tale. think
    The fish bones take on the role of the fairy godmother about how it might differ if it were written or recorded
    and the story continues in more or less the same vein in another part of the world.
    as the Cinderella of the Western world.
    The Golden Sandal, which is a Middle-Eastern story,
    shares the essential Cinderella items: stepmother and
    ugly sister. It also has a magic fish, like the Chinese
    version. However, the women don’t attend a party;
    instead, they are invited to a wedding preparation
    where the bride is being painted in Henna. The bride’s
    brother finds a lost sandal in the river and asks his
    mother to search for the owner.
    Raisel’s Riddle is a Polish version of Cinderella. Here,
    Raisel is raised by her grandfather but they are poor.
    When he dies, she finds work in a wealthy man’s kitchen
    and faces harsh treatment from the cook. At the start of
    a local festival she is granted three wishes by an old lady.

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    Culture B2+ Unit

    2b Read the text again and match the two halves of the sentences.
    1 Charles Perrault added details like the pumpkin a stories would have been heard in different areas.
    carriage b often ends up being eaten by a clever animal.
    2 In Yeh-Shen the magic fish assumes c to his version of Cinderella in the seventeenth
    3 As people moved around and trade extended, century.
    4 As fairy tales are based on stories about human d they are bound to have similarities around
    nature, the world.
    5 As stories were told over the generations, e details specific to one culture or area were added
    6 In the Gingerbread Man stories, the food that is to the tale.
    running away f the role of the fairy godmother.

    2c Read the text again and record the details of the different versions of Cinderella.

    Western Asian Middle Eastern Polish

    Main characters

    Cinderella’s saviour

    Event Cinderella
    attended

    Item Prince needs


    to find

      Gateway to culture PROJECT


    3a Work with a partner and discuss the questions. 3b You are going to work on a presentation about
    1 Did you enjoy reading fairy tales as a child? Why/ the different versions of a fairy tale. Read the
    Why not? questions and prepare your research.
    2 Did you read fairy tales in a book or did someone 1 Work in pairs and brainstorm different fairy tales.
    tell you the stories? 2 Choose one story and find out how the tale varies
    3 Why do you think it’s important to encourage in at least three countries. Answer the following
    children to read or listen to stories? questions:
    ■ Who are the main characters?

    ■ What are the main events in the story?

    ■ What are the variations in different countries? Can

    you think of reasons for the variations?


    ■ What can you learn about the cultural differences

    of each country through the fairy tale?


    3c In pairs, use your notes to give a presentation
    to the rest of the class on your fairy tale. Your
    presentation should be around three minutes
    long. Make sure you point out the variations in
    the different versions and how this reflects on
    the culture of that country.

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