Unit 15 The necklace

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Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) About the author French shortstory writer and novleist Under the guidance of Flaubert and Balzac In the the 19th century French realism / French critical realist of the 19th century Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)

Scene 1 One afternoon, 1870 A park in Paris Marthilde, Jeanne Time: Place: Parts: General idea: One afternoon, 1870 A park in Paris Marthilde, Jeanne Marthilde tells Jeanne about her ten years of hard life.

Comprehensive Reading 1. Why didn’t Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first? 2. What was the life Mathilde lived in the past ten years like? 3. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend? 4. Where was Pierre Loisel working? 5. Why had she been working very hard?

Scene 2 Ten years before The home of Mathilde and Pierre Loisel Time: Place: Parts: General idea: Ten years before The home of Mathilde and Pierre Loisel Mathilde and Pierre Loisel Pierre and his wife were invited to the ball at the palace.They decided to borrow some jewellery from Jeanne.

Comprehensive Reading 1. How did Mathilde feel when her husband told her the good news? 2. Why was Mathilde worried? 3. How much did her dress cost her? 4. What else did she want to wear? 5. What did Pierre suggest? 6. What did they decide to do? Why? 7. When did Mathilde decide to see her friend?

Scene 3 Ten years later In the park Mathilde, Jeanne Time: Place: Parts: General idea: Ten years later In the park Mathilde, Jeanne Mathilde lost the necklace at the ball. So she and her husband worked ten years to pay for it. But ten years later, Jeanne tells her the necklace was not a real diamond necklace.

Comprehensive Reading 1. What kind of necklace did she get? 2. How did they enjoy the ball at the palace？ 3. What happened on their way home after the ball? 4. What did they do for Jeanne? 5. How much did the diamond necklace cost? 6. What did they do in order to pay back the debt?

Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions and conjunctions. Pierre Loisel used to work ________ a government office. One day he and his wife Mathild e received an invitation____ __ a ball __ ___the palace. Mathilde spent 400 francs ______ a new dress but had no more money __ __ jewllery. She borrowed a beautiful necklace ____her friend Jeanne. The couple had a very good time in the palace. But____ __ the ball Mathilde found the necklace missing. They borrowed money to buy a diamond necklace __ Jeanne. The necklace that looked exactly___ __ 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 recognize her. She did not know__________ then that the necklace she borrowed was not made________diamonds. It was worth 500 francs____ __ the most.

Language points 1.after all ⑴ It’s not surprising you’re tired. After all, you didn’t go to bed until 12 last night. I think we should let her go on holiday alone. 她毕竟十五岁了，不再是个小孩了。 ⑵ Although they met with difficulties， I hear they’ve succeeded after all。 I did promise to buy a car for you，但实在对不起，我实在无能为力了。 After all, she is fifteen; she is’t a child any longer. but I am sorry I can’t manage it at all.

Language points 2.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. √ × ×

Language points call on sb. call on =ask sb. to do sth call at sp. 3. 1, Marx called on the workers to unite. 2. I will call on Jean for an answer. visit/sb./sp. pay a visit to sb./sp. on sb. at sp. drop in

Language points 4. pay back 偿还 pay off 还清/pay for You have to pay back the money you borrowed. 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 What you said is worth considering of sth 5.worth/wothy . This VCD is worth 1,000 yuan.. What you said is worth considering of sth of being done to be done worthy The work is worthy of careful study. of being studied to be studied carefully.

TIPS If you want to write and perform a short play, these steps can be helpful. 1. Talk to the other students in your group and decide what the action of the play should be. Write an outline of the plot. 2. Decide what each person should be like. Make a short list of his or her qualities is he or she shy, friendly, happy, sad, seared or brave? 3. Write down the dialogue. 4. Decide which role each group member with play. Rehearse the play and then perform your play in front of the class.

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