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Guy de Maupassant ( ) French short-story writer and novelist Direct and simple The Necklace About the Author

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

Scene 2 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.

Time: Place: Parts: General idea : In the park Ten years later 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. Scene 3

1.Mathilde borrowed an evening dress and a diamond necklace from her friend for the palace ball. 4. That evening at the ball was the happiest in their lives because they had a lot of fun and Mathilde was the centre of people’s attention. 3. Pierre promised to buy Mathilde a nice evening dress which cost about 400 francs. 2. Mathilde was the only woman who was invited to the palace hall. F F T T

5. They rushed back, looked everywhere for the lost necklace and they found it. 6. They had to apologize to Mathilde’s friend Jeanne for that and promised to work for her to make up for the loss. 7. They bought a diamond necklace which cost only 500 francs and returned it to Jeanne. 8. They bought a real diamond necklace and returned it to Jeanne. Then they had to work night and day for 10 long years to pay off the debt. F F F T

1.Where did Mathilde and Jeanne meet? 2.Why didn’t Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first? 3.What did Mathilde tell Jeanne then? 4. Where was Mathilde’s husband Pierre Loisel working? 5. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend? 6.Why had she been working very hard?

Mathilde and Jeanne met …. 1.Where did Mathilde and Jeanne meet?

Mathilde and Jeanne met …. 2. Why didn’t Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first? Jeanne didn’t … because ….

Mathilde and Jeanne met …. 3. What did Mathilde tell Jeanne then? Jeanne didn’t … because …. Mathilde then told….

Mathilde and Jeanne met …. 4. Where was Mathilde’s husband Pierre Loisel working? Jeanne didn’t … because …. Mathilde then told…. Mathilde’s husband Pierre worked…

Mathilde and Jeanne met …. 5. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend? Jeanne didn’t … because …. Mathilde then told…. Mathilde’s husband Pierre worked… Mathilde and Pierre were… and …

Mathilde and Jeanne met …. Let’s retell Scene 1. Jeanne didn’t … because …. Mathilde then told…. Mathilde’s husband Pierre worked… Mathilde and Pierre were… and …

Read Scene 2 again and answer the following the questions. 1.What did Pierre tell Mathilde? 2. How did Mathilde feel when her husband told her the good news? 3.Why was Mathilde worried? 4.What did Jeanne promise to do? 5. What else did she want to wear? 6.What did Pierre advise? 7.What did they decide to do? Why?

1. What did Pierre tell Mathilde? Pierre told Mathilde that… and …

2. How did Mathilde feel when her husband told her the good news? Pierre told Mathilde that… and … Mathilde felt …but soon…

3. What did Pierre promise to buy? Pierre told Mathilde that… and … Mathilde felt …but soon… Pierre promised to buy …

4. What else did she want to wear? Pierre told Mathilde that… and … Mathilde felt …but soon… Pierre promised to buy … She also wanted to…

5. What did Pierre advise? Pierre told Mathilde that… and … Mathilde felt …but soon… Pierre promised to buy … She also wanted to… Pierre advised her to …but Mathilde didn’t…

6. What did they decide to do finally? Why? Pierre told Mathilde that… and … Mathilde felt …but soon… Pierre promised to buy … She also wanted to… Pierre advised her to …but Mathilde didn’t… Finally they decided… because…

Let’s retell Scene 2. Pierre told Mathilde that… and … Mathilde felt …but soon… Pierre promised to buy … She also wanted to… Pierre advised her to …but Mathilde didn’t… Finally they decided… because…

Read Scene 3 again and answer the following the questions. 1.Why did Mathilde visit Jeanne? 2.What kind of jewellery did Mathilde borrow? 3.How did they enjoy the ball at the palace ？ 4.What happened on their way home after the ball? 5.What did they do for Jeanne? 6.How much did the diamond necklace cost? 7.What did they do in order to pay back the debt?

1. Why did Mathilde visit Jeanne? Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to…

2. What kind of jewellery did Mathilde borrow? Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to… Mathilde decided to borrow…

3. How did they enjoy the ball at the palace ？ Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to… Mathilde decided to borrow… Mathilde had a…

4. What happened on their way home after the ball? Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to… Mathilde decided to borrow… Mathilde had a… Mathilde …on their way…

5. What did they do for Jeanne? Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to… Mathilde decided to borrow… Mathilde had a… Mathilde …on their way… They borrowed… and…

6. How much did the diamond necklace cost? Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to… Mathilde decided to borrow… Mathilde had a… Mathilde …on their way… They borrowed… and… The necklace cost them…

7. What did they do in order to pay back the debt? Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to… Mathilde decided to borrow… Mathilde had a… Mathilde …on their way… They borrowed… and… The necklace cost them… They had to…

Let’s retell Scene 3. Mathilde visited Jeanne in order to… Mathilde decided to borrow… Mathilde had a… Mathilde …on their way… They borrowed… and… The necklace cost them… They had to…

The story happened in Pairs. One day Pierre got an ________ to a place ball. He thought it _____ to him, and decided to got to the _____ with his ____ 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. The young ______went to the ball and had a very good time. On their way ____after the ball, Mathilde found that the _____ was ___ ____ around her neck. They rushed back to the _______ and looked for it. But they couldn’t ____ it; it was lost. invitationimportant partywife worried jewellery 400 borroweddiamond couple home necklace no longer palace find

The young ______ 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 money they had _________. After __ years of hard work, they at last ____ ____ all the money, but now Mathilde looked so____ that Jeanne even couldn’t recognize her when they met. When Jeanne heard the _____, she told Mathilde that the _______ she had _________ wasn’t a real ________ necklace. It wasn’t valuable at all. It was _________ 500 francs at the most. couple bought cost pay back borrowed ten paied back old story necklaceborrowed diamond worth

1.In your opinion, what will be the end of the story ? 2. What do you learn from the play?

When Jeanne learned the truth, she felt sorry for Mathilde and invited Mathilde to her home. Jeanne took out a beautiful case in which there were a lot of jewellery and the very diamond necklace that made Mathilde and her husband working day and night for ten years was among them. Jeanne picked it out and handed to Mathilde, saying, “Mathilde, please pardon me. I really didn’t know anything about it. It belongs to you. You are its real owner! Please take it.” Mathilde held it in hands with eyes full of tears. When Jeanne learned the truth, she felt sorry for Mathilde and invited Mathilde to her home. Jeanne took out a beautiful case in which there were a lot of jewellery and the very diamond necklace that made Mathilde and her husband working day and night for ten years was among them. Jeanne picked it out and handed to Mathilde, saying, “Mathilde, please pardon me. I really didn’t know anything about it. It belongs to you. You are its real owner! Please take it.” Mathilde held it in hands with eyes full of tears. Mathilde hurried home to tell her busband the good news. When he heard what happened, he couldn’t believe in his ears. Mathilde wanted to sell the necklace but Pierre wanted to keep it as a mark （纪念） from which they could take a life- long lesson. Mathilde considered it a good idea and she agreed to do so. Mathilde hurried home to tell her busband the good news. When he heard what happened, he couldn’t believe in his ears. Mathilde wanted to sell the necklace but Pierre wanted to keep it as a mark （纪念） from which they could take a life- long lesson. Mathilde considered it a good idea and she agreed to do so.