Here's the link to an mp3 of the story.
Know just the definitions of these words:
château: Large dwelling resembling a castle.
cosmopolite: one who is familiar with many cultures; sophisticated
Caucasus: Mountain range running southeast from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.
Cossack: Russian or Pole skilled at horsemanship.
Crimea: Ukraine peninsula that was part of Russia until recent times.
Folies-Bergère: Paris music hall famous for presenting operettas, pantomimes, musical comedies, acrobatic acts, and vaudeville.
Ganges: River in northern India.
knouter: One skilled at flogging.
lassar: Corrupt spelling of lascar, a sailor from India or Southeast Asia serving aboard a European ship.
Madame Butterfly: Tragic opera by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924).
Malay: (1) Adjective referring to inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, which includes Malaysia and part of Thailand; (2) noun designating an inhabitant of the Malay Peninsula.
Marcus Aurelius: Roman emperor from AD 160-180.
Monte Carlo: Tourist resort and gambling Mecca in Monaco on the Mediterranean coast of Southern France.
Tartar: Violent person who's hard to control.
Here are the 10 vocab words you need to know for the quiz next week:
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