Lesson 1The Middle Eastern BazaarI
1)A bazaar is a market or street of shops and stands in Oriental countries
Such bazaars are likely to be found in Afghanistan,the Arabian Peninsula,Cyprus,Asiatic Turkey and Egypt
2)The bazaar includes many markets:cloth—market,copper— smiths’market
carpet—market,food—market,dye—market,pottery—market,carpenters’market,etc
They represent the backward feudal economy
3)A blind man could know which part 0f the bazaar he was in by his senses of smell and hearing
Different odours and sounds can give him some ideas about the various parts 0f the bazaar
4)Because the earthen floor,beaten hard by countless feet,deadens the sound of footsteps,and the vaulted mudbrick walls and roof have hardly and sounds to echo 、 The shop-keepers also speak in slow, measured t