新世纪大学英语第二册unit-2-the-value-of-life.pptxVIP

Do you know; 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 King’s vizier is in charge 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 coming up and its time for her to be killed. But the King wants to hear the end of the