UNIT 18 THE NECKLACE About the author

UNIT 18 THE NECKLACE

About the author: (莫泊桑 1850 ---1893) was a well-known French novelist and shortstory writer. He wrote in the tradition of the 19 th century French realism (现实主义). Most of his works were about everyday life of the simple humble people. “The diamond necklace” was his best short story. Maupassant

the big blue stone Necklace---项链

characters and relationships: Jeanne Mathilde Loisel Pierre Loisel husband wife friend

Read the play and answer questions: Scene 1 1. When and where did the story happen? 2. Why didn’t Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first? 3. What was the life Mathilde lived in the past ten years like? 4. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend? 5. Where was Pierre Loisel working? 6. Why had she been working very hard?

Answer: 1. In a park in Paris, one afternoon in 1870. 2. She looked older than her age because of ten years’ hard work. 3. She had been living a hard life. Years of hard work, very little food, only a cold room to live in and never a moment’s rest. 4. Because she and her husband were invited to a ball at the palace. 5. In a government office. 6. Because she lost the necklace and she had to pay back the money (that) she borrowed to buy the new diamond necklace.

Read the play and answer questions: Scene 2 1. What did Mathilde feel when they receiver the invitation to the palace ball? Why ? 2. What 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?

Answer: 1. She felt very excited because it was the palace ball and Pierre was the only person who was invited in his office. 2. Because she hadn’t got an evening dress. 3. 400 francs. 4. She want to wear some jewellry. 5. She should wear a flower she should borrow some jewellry from her friend. 6. She decided to borrow some jewellry from Jeanne because Jeanne married a man with a lot of money. 7. On Friday (after she got the new dress. )

Read the play and answer questions: Scene 3 1. what kind of necklace did Mathilde 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?

Answer: 1. A lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre. 2. they both had a good time. 3. She lost the necklace and didn’t find anywhere. 4. They borrowed money to buy a diamond necklace which looked like the lost necklace exactly. 5. 36, 000 Francs. 6. They both worked day and night for ten years. 7. The borrowed necklace wasn’t a real diamond necklace, which was made of glasses.

1. I didn’t recognize you l recognize (1) be able to identify sb. or sth. again that one has seen or heard before (认出) eg: I didn’t recognize you without your glasses. I couldn’t recognize his voice on the phone. l (2) admit that sth. is true (承认 ) eg: They recognized that there was a problem.

2. I don’t think I know you. 否定转移 l I think he studies very hard, ______ ? D A. do I B. don’t I C. does he D. doesn’t he l I don’t think he studies very hard, _____? C A. do I B. don’t I C. does he D. doesn’t he

3. I hope you weren’t ill. lhope + that-clause lwish + that-clause lhope to do sth. lwish to do sth. lhope sb. to do sth. ╳ lwish sb. to do sth. l. Wish you success! l. Wish you happy / lucky !

4. I was the only person in my office who was invited. linvite : (v. ) 邀请某人去某地或做某事 l invite sb. to a place (to 是介词) l invite sb. to do sth. （to 是不定式） l invitation: (n. )请柬 eg: I’ve written to accept the invitation. Joe sent me an invitation to his party.

5. accept / receive laccept 接受某物，主观的 receive 收到某物，但是不一定接受，客观的 Practice: received (1). I ____ his gift yesterday but I can’t accep t ____ it. receive (2). She did ____ her invitation but she refused accept to _______ it. accepted (3). Dr. Baker replied to the invitation, _____it

6. 花钱买某物的各种表示法 l. I spent $ 100 on the bike. l I spent $ 100 in buying the bike. l I paid $ 100 for the bike. l I bought the bike for $ 100. (/ at the price of $ 100). l The bike cost me $ 100. l The bike was worth $ 100. l It took me $ 100 to buy the bike.

7. cost v. 导致. cost n. 成本 eg: His carelessness driving cost him his life. 他的粗心驾驶导致他失去他的生命。 One mistake cost him his job. 一个错误使他失去了他的作。 What’s the cost of the coat? 这件衣服的成本是多少？

8. after all 毕竟; not at all 一点也不; in all 总共; above all并且 l. He’s handsome and intelligent and, ______, he’s kind. above all l She doesn’t understand. ____, After all she’s only two. l I didn’t know that _______. at all l _____, 1700 workers and 200 In all other people worked on the project.

9. She married a man with a lot of money. lvt. 及物动词 mary sb. eg: Tom married Mary last year. Old Black married his daughter to a rich businessman. 把女儿嫁给… Will you marry me? I married him for love/money.

lmarry vi. (不及物动词 ) eg: She didn’t marry until she was 30. l短语： be (/ get ) married (to) eg: They got married ten years ago. Tom has been married to Mary for ten years. It is ten years since they got married. Are you married or unmarried? l marry(v. )---marriage (n. )

PRACTICE---Fill in the blanks government Pierre used to work in a_____ office. One day he received an _______ to a _____ at the ______. palace invitation ball Mathilde spent 400 francs to buy a new _______ but she had no_____. jewellry dress She borrowed a beautiful ____ necklace from her friend Jeanne. The couple had a very good time in the palace.

But after the ball Mathilde found the necklace missing on their way home. They borrowed ______ to money buy a real necklace. The necklace that looked exactly like Jeannes’s cost them _____ francs. After they 36, 000 returned the necklace, they had to work _____and _____ for ten night day years

After ten years, Mathilde met Jeanne again, she had changed so much that Jeanne could recognize not_______ her. At last Jeanne told Mathilde that the necklace was not made ____ diamond, of but it was ____ 500 francs worth at most.

Homework: 1. Read the text more after class. 2. Finish Exx. 2 and 3 in WB.