The necklace ---By Feng Li

The necklace

Guy de Maupassant （ ） : a well- known French short story writer and novelist in 19th century.

Discussion Continue the story and write a scene in which Mathilde comes back home to tell her husband about her meeting with Jeanne. Suggested answers: ◇ Possible ending1: ◇ Possible ending2:

Pierre Loisel used to work a govern- ment office. One day he and his wife Mathilde received an invitation a ball the palace. Mathilde spent 400 francs a new dress but had no more money jewellery. She borrowed a beautiful necklace her friend Jeanne. The couple had a very good time the palace. But the ball Mathilde lost the Necklace. They borrowed money to buy a new diamond necklace Jeanne. A necklace that looked exactly the Fill in the blanks with prepositons and conjunctions

same Jeanne ’ s cost them 36,000 francs. they returned the necklace, they had to work day and night ten years to pay back the money they had borrowed. Mathilde met Jeanne again, she had changed so much her friend could not recognise her. She did not know then that the necklace she had borrowed was not made dia- monds. It had been worth 500 francs most.

1.I don ’ t think I know you. (believe, expect, suppose, imagine, guess) I don ’ t believe she has lost the necklace. I don ’ t suppose they ’ ll be back tonight. I didn ’ t think she was happy, ? I don ’ t suppose that he cares, ? I think that they are coming tomorrow, ? I think/believe/ expect/ suppose so. I don ’ t think so. I hope not. I don ’ t believe/suppose/imagine so 或 I believe/suppose/imagine not.

2. recognise/know ① I know him, but when I saw him last night, I could hardly recognise you. ② He is recognised as one of the greatest poets in the 20th century. 3.I didn ’ t recognise you. Sorry, I didn ’ t know you lived here,too. Glad to see you again. I thought you have left for Beijing.

4. would rather ( not) do sth I would rather stay here and have a good time. He would rather not tell me the truth. I would rather have taken his advice yesterday. I would rather you started right away. I ’ d rather you had arrived yesterday. ◇ I ’ d rather go skating than stay at home. =I would go skating rather than stay at home. =I prefer to go skating rather than stay at home. =I prefer going skating to staying at home.

5. invite ① 邀请 He invited several of us to the show. We invited Helen to join our club. ② 征求, 招引 What you have done can only invite trouble. ③ n. invitation You can see the school only by invitation. The children received invitations to the party.

Fill in the blanks with the following words: borrow, lend,invite,invitation,know/know about/recognize 1.I didn’t _____ him, but I had ______ little ____ him. After talking with him at the meeting, this morning I _________ his voice on the phone as soon as I heard him. 2.Mathilde wanted to _______ some jewellery from her good friend Jeanne. Jeanne did ________ a necklace to her Yesterday he received an _______. Some friends _______ him to attend a meeting. borrow lend invitation invited knowknown about recognized

6. after all (1) I know he hasn ’ t finished his work, but after all, he is a very busy man. I think we should do the work by ourselves. After all, we are grown-up now. (2) She said she would not go to the ball, but She went there after all. They met with difficulties, but I hear that they ’ ve succeeded after all. So you see, I was right after all.

Fill in the blanks with the following words: after all, in all, above all 1.Mathilde thought it was a diamond necklace, but it wasn’t a real one _______. 2.Why isn’ t he allowed to stay here? _____, it his home. 3.Children need many things,but _______ they need love. 4.There are twenty cars ______ destroyed in the fire. after all After all above all in all

7. matter vi. 很要紧, 重要, 有很大关系 Does it matter if we ’ re a bit late? It doesn ’ t matter if you ’ re late; we ’ ll wait for you. If a person does his best it doesn ’ t matter what people think of him. 8 marry (1) vi. 结婚 He married late in life. (2) vt. 嫁, 娶 She married money. John is going to marry Alice. Alice is going to marry John.

(3) marry/be married (to)/ get married (to) She married a Frenchman. She married with a Frenchman He got married to a world-famous model last week. Are you single or married? Is he married ?/Has he got married? He married her daughter to a blind but rich man. So far, 他们结婚已有十年了. they have been married for ten years. they have married for ten years. × √ × ×

Fill in the blanks with the following words: be married to/ got married to/marry sb. ; 1.Alice _______ a Frenchman with a lot of money. 2. The scientist didn’t ___________ until forty. 3. Have they _________ ? 4. They ______________ for ten years. married marry/get marry got married have been married

9. continue ① vt/vi continue with sth=go on with sth continue to do/doing sth= go on to do sth Mary had lunch and then continued her work. We continued talking till late. They continued to walk after a short rest. ② “We must fight for freedom.” continued the speaker.

10.call on sb. call at sp. visit sb./sp. pay a visit to sb./sp. drop in on sb. at sp. call on =ask sb. to do sth 1). I often call my first teacher. 2). I will call on Jean for an answer. call back call for call in call up

11 do,did, does He didn’t come that evening. But he did phone you. Do come here next Saturday. It was in the park that I met her. It is Tom that/ who is wrong. 12 look down Looking down from the hill, you can see the whole city. Look down at your shoes. How dirty they are! When she married the boss, she looked down on her friends. look at look about/ around look forward to look into look on look out look over look through look back look up to

I ‘ll pay back the money to you next week. Have you paid back the money for the books? At last he paid off the debts. Have you paid all your debts? I have paid 20 yuan for the tapes. Here the workers are paid by the hour. Once we have paid off the store, we shall owe money to no one. Language points 14. pay back 偿还 pay off 还清 /pay for

Fill in the blanks with the following words: pay off, pay back,pay for 1.How much did you _______ the recorder? 2. He has ______ the debts his father left him. 3.we must remember to ________ the money ______those books to John next week. pay for paid off pay back for

15. worth/worthy adj.. This VCD is worth 1,000 yuan.. What you said is worth considering. This book is worth reading. worthy of sth of being done to be done The work is worthy of careful study. of being studied to be studied carefully. Language points Worthwhile It is worthwhile to discuss the problem. To discuss the problem is worthwhile.

Fill in the blanks with the following words: Worth, worthy; describe,description 1.The book is well ______ reading again. 2. This article is _______ of careful study. being studied carefully. 3. When I heard Beijing beat for the 29 th Olympic Games,words can’t ________ my joy at that moment. 4.He gave a detailed _________ the murderer he saw at the spot. worth worthy describe description

Fill in the blanks with the following words: believe, believe in;accept, receive;cost,spend 1The day before yesterday, Mr.Green ______ an expensive gift.,but he didn’t _____ it. 2.That splendid house ______ him $20,000. So we can say,he ____ $20,000 on that house. 3. He always lies, so most of us don’t ______ what he says and don’t ______ him. 4.Mathilde’s new evening dress _____ them 400 francs. Her husband ____ 400 francs on the evening dress. received accept cost spent believe believe in cost spent

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