Unit 15 The Necklace Get to know about

The Elements of A Play  1.  1. Actors & Actress  2.  2. monologue, dialogue, conversation  3.  3. setting (stage)  4.  4. audience  5.  5. Chorus  6.  6. most important ： important ： plot —— story

Comedy & Tragedy  1. What is a comedy?  with happy an ending, usually ends with a marriage  2. What is a tragedy?  with a sad ending, usually with the death of the main character

The necklace Unit 15

The main characters

A lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.. How much did the diamond necklace cost? How much did the borrowed necklace cost?

Complete the information on each scenewhenwherewho what what Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene A park in Paris The home of M and P A park in Paris Mathilde Jeanne Mathilde Pierre Mathilde Jeanne Meet each other Mathilde looked older. Get ready for the ball, Mathilde want to borrow some jewellery. Work hard to pay back for the lost necklace.

Scene 1 Meeting. 1. Did Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first? Why? 2. What happened to Mathilde in the past ten years? 3. Why had she been working very hard?

Scene 2 Recalling 1.Who were invited to the ball? 2. 2.What did Mathilde need in order to take part in the ball? 3. Why did she think that she must need some? 4. How did she decide to get the two things. 5. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend, Jeanne? from her friend, Jeanne?

Scene 3 Happening 6.What happened on their way home after the ball? 7.What did they do for Jeanne? 8.What did they do in order to pay back the debt?

（一） Mathilde ___________ the necklace from Jeanne. （三） Mathilde __________ the necklace to Jeanne by borrowing money. （四） After ten years hard work ， Mathilde _____ ____ all their debts. One afternoon ， She _____ Jeanne and knew that the necklace she borrowed was ______ 。 （二） At the ball ， Mathilde ______ the necklace. borrowed returned false lost paid off met

The development of the play: getting the invitationborrowing a necklace losing the necklace buying a new necklace returning the necklacelearning the truth

1.The story is told _____. A.in inverse order ( 倒叙 ) B.in narration order （叙述） C.in flashback order （插叙 ) D.in time order

A. Mathilde met Jeanne in a park in B. Mathilde asked Jeanne to lend her a diamond necklace. C. They worked hard to pay the money back. D. They had a good time at the palace ball. E. Pierre got an invitation to the ball. F. Mathilde returned the necklace to Jeanne. G. They found the necklace was lost. H. They borrowed money to buy a real diamond necklace. I. Jeanne told Mathilde the necklace wasn’t a real one. EBDGHFCAI

8.What do you think of Mathilde ? A.A vain （虚荣） woman B.A hard-working woman C. A greedy （贪婪） woman D.A pretty and rich woman 9. What’s the author’s writing style? A.irony （讽刺） B.humour C.sorrow D.delight

One day Pierre got an ________ to a palace ball. He thought it ________ to him, and decided to go to the ball with Mathilde. But Mathilde was ______, because she had no new dress and no _______ to wear. Her husband spent ___ francs on a new dress and she herself _______ a necklace from her good friend Jeanne. They went to the ball and had a very good time. On their way home after the ball, Mathilde found that the necklace was ____, and they couldn’t ___ it. important invitation worried jewellery 400 lostfind PRACTICE---Fill in the blanks borrowed

The young couple borrowed a great deal of money and ______ a necklace that was exactly like Jeanne’s. It ___ them francs. So they had to work day and night to ___ ___ the debts. Now, after ten years of hard work, Mathilde looked so old that Jeanne even couldn’t ________ her when they met. When Jeanne heard it, she told Mathilde that the necklace wasn’t a real _______ necklace. It was ____ 500 francs at the most. pay off bought cost diamond worth recognize

Discussion: What do you think of the three persons in this play? Mathilde: Pierre: Jeanne: pretty, vain Honest, poor, love his wife Generous, kind, beautiful

(1)Suppose you were Jeanne, what would you do after hearing Mathilde’s story? (2) Suppose you were Mathilde, What would you do?

One day, Jeanne was sitting in a park in Paris. A woman who she didn’t ___________ came ________ her. She ________ rather old and weak.It was Mathilde, who was her best friend many years ago. Jeanne ____________ how hard her life was, Mathilde said she worked ________________with a very little food _______, only a small room ____ ________ and never had a_________________. It was _____________ a beautiful _________ which she __________________ Jeanne ten years ago. recognize towardslooked wondered to eat day and night to live inmoment’s rest because of borrowed from necklace THE STORY