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    Stories of Nasreddin (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Stories of Nasreddin (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Stories of Nasreddin (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
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    Stories of Nasreddin (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)

    By Qiliang Feng and Various Sources

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    About this ebook

    This is Book 14, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
    Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

    [Text Information]
    Readability | 79.08
    Total word count | 21779
    Words beyond 1500 | 1324
    Unknown word percentage (%) | 6.08
    Unknown headword occurrence | 2.45
    Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 56
    Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 240

    [Synopsis]
    Nasreddin is believed to have lived and died during the 13th century in Turkey. He was very clever and had a good sense of humour. He was also called Hodja, which is a title given to a scholar or very educated person. He is one of the most loved and celebrated personalities of Turkey.
    Stories about Nasreddin are known throughout the Middle East and have touched cultures around the world. There are thousands of stories about Nasreddin, and in these stories, Nasreddin is always clever, sometimes wise, and sometimes even foolish. These stories are generally humorous, but there is always a lesson to be learned.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQiliang Feng
    Release dateDec 19, 2015
    ISBN9781311492111
    Stories of Nasreddin (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
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    Qiliang Feng

    Qiliang Feng has been a teacher of English in senior high schools since 1983. He is a keen supporter of reading in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and is expert at rewriting graded/simplified ESL(English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) readers. He has published several series of English reading course books and is promoting a reading project called Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP), in which ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach the upper-intermediate level easily.

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      Stories of Nasreddin (ESL/EFL Version with Audio) - Qiliang Feng

      About This Book

      This is Book 14, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.

      Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

      Text Information

      Readability | 79.1

      Total word count | 21779

      Words beyond 1500 | 1324

      Unknown word percentage (%) | 6.08

      Unknown headword occurrence | 2.45

      Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 56

      Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 240

      Notes:

      1. About readability: This is Flesch Reading Ease Readability calculated with MS WORD. The higher the score, the easier the text is to read.

      Score | Level

      0-29 | Very difficult

      30-49 | Difficult

      50-59 | Fairly difficult

      60-69 | Standard

      70-79 | Fairly easy

      80-89 | Easy

      90-100 | Very easy

      2. This e-version does not give the meanings of unknown words. You can look them up with the dictionary on your e-reader. For words with different meanings and some expressions, we give their meanings at the end of the passages. We also provide some necessary background information.

      3. To get the audio or video of this book, GO>>>

      Synopsis

      Nasreddin is believed to have lived and died during the 13th century in Turkey. He was very clever and had a good sense of humour. He was also called Hodja, which is a title given to a scholar or very educated person. He is one of the most loved and celebrated personalities of Turkey.

      Stories about Nasreddin are known throughout the Middle East and have touched cultures around the world. There are thousands of stories about Nasreddin, and in these stories, Nasreddin is always clever, sometimes wise, and sometimes even foolish. These stories are generally humorous, but there is always a lesson to be learned.

      1. The Moon or the Sun?

      People asked Nasreddin:

      Nasreddin, which is more useful, the moon or the sun?

      Of course the moon is, replied Nasreddin.

      Why? asked the people.

      While the sun shines on the earth during daytimes, the moon lights the earth up during the nights.

      2. Question

      Nasreddin, why do you always answer a question with another question?

      Do I?

      3. Old Moons

      One day Nasreddin Hodja and a friend were admiring the sky and watching a new moon.

      Hodja, asked the friend, what do they do with the old moons?

      They cut them, and turn them into stars!

      4. Down the Stairs

      One of Nasreddin’s neighbours met him and asked,

      Hodja, last night I was passing by your house and I heard a lot of noise. What was it all about?

      Nothing serious. My wife threw my coat down the stairs.

      The neighbour was puzzled.

      Hodja, how could a coat falling down the stairs make that much noise?

      It could if I happened to be in it!

      5. Eating Dates

      One day the Hodja and his wife were eating dates. Hodja’s wife noticed that the Hodja was eating the dates with their stones[1].

      Hodja, why are you eating the dates with the stones? she asked.

      Because when the farmer sold them to me, he weighed them with the stones, was Hodja’s explanation.

      6. The End of the World

      A group of philosophers traveled far and wide to find, for many years, the end of the world but could not state a time for its coming. Finally they turned to Nasreddin Hodja and asked him:

      Do you know when the end of the world will be?

      Of course, said Nasreddin, when I die, that will be the end of the world.

      When you die? Are you sure?

      It will be for me at least, said Nasreddin.

      7. Where the Coffin Goes

      One day one of the men of Aksehir[2] died. His wife was crying.

      Oh, my husband! Where have you gone? There is no light, there is no food, there is nothing!

      When the Hodja heard this, he ran home and said to his wife,

      My wife! Open the door! The coffin is coming to our house!

      8. Age

      Nasreddin’s friends asked him his age.

      Forty, he replied.

      But Hodja, when we asked you your age ten years ago, you gave the same answer!

      That’s my word, and I stick with it, Hodja said.

      9. The Wife’s Name

      Nasreddin Hodja and a friend were discussing their wives, when it occurred to the friend that Nasreddin had never mentioned his wife’s name.

      What is your wife’s name? he asked.

      I do not know her name, admitted the Hodja.

      What? asked the friend in disbelief. How long have you been married?

      Twenty years, answered the Hodja, then added, At first I did not think that the marriage would last, so I did not take the effort to learn my bride’s name.

      10. Nasreddin and the Vegetables

      One evening Nasreddin climbed over a wall into a big garden. There were a lot of nice vegetables there, and Nasreddin began filling a sack with them.

      But while he was doing this, the owner of the garden came and said, What are you doing in my garden?

      Nasreddin answered, A strong wind blew me over the wall.

      The owner said, And who pulled my vegetables out of the ground?

      I caught them with my hands to stop myself, Nasreddin answered.

      And why are they in that sack then? the owner asked.

      I was asking myself that question when you arrived, Nasreddin said.

      11. The Cure for Mice

      Nasreddin was very poor and decided to make some money. He found small stones, came to the market place and laid the stones out on the ground.

      What do you sell, Nasreddin? a buyer asked him.

      I sell the cure for mice.

      And what should I do with it?

      Oh, it is really simple. You should catch a mouse, put one stone in its mouth and strike the head on the ground. The mouse would be dead immediately.

      I see. But if I caught a mouse and just struck its head on the ground without putting a stone in the mouth, then what would happen?

      It would die also, Nasreddin answered.

      12. The Mirror

      Nasreddin was in the town one day, and he was walking along a street when he saw something on the ground at the other side of the street. It was shining brightly in the light of the sun, so he went across the street quickly, picked the thing up and looked at it carefully. It was a mirror.

      When he saw his face in it, Nasreddin thought for a minute and then said, This is really a very ugly thing! Its owner was quite right when he threw it away, I think, and he threw the mirror away too and walked on.

      13. Youth and Old Age

      At a gathering where Nasreddin was present, people were discussing youth and old age. They had all agreed that, a man’s strength decreases as years go by. Nasreddin disagreed.

      I don’t agree with you, gentlemen, he said. "In my old age I have the same

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