diamonds CN. jewellery UN.

Earrings

( 手镯 )bracelets

rings

Brooches ( 胸针）

necklaces

Unit 15 THE NECKLACE

Maupassant famous French novelist 1850 —1893, the late 19th centry The necklace is one of Maupassant’s best known short stories. The story is very interesting and the heroine is well drawn. The author

A brief introduction to the play This is a one-act play, which is based on Maupassant’s best-known story “The Diamond Necklace”. There are three characters in the play: Mathilde Loisel, a young woman; Pierre Loisel, Mathilde’s husband, a small clerk( 事务 员 ) in a government office; Jeanne, Mathilde’s good friend.

Mathilde PierreJeanne The main characters

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The main idea for each scene Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Meeting with an old friend. An invitation to a ball at the palace. The story of a lost necklace.

Scene 1 Answer the following questions: 1.When and where did the story happen? 2.Why didn’t Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first? 3.What had Mathilde’s life been like in the past ten years? 4. Why had she been working very hard ? 5. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend?

1.When and where did the story happen? 2.Why didn’t Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first? 3.What had Mathilde’s life been like in the past ten years? It happened in a park, one afternoon in She had been working very hard for ten years, so she looked older than her age. She had been living a hard life. Years of hard work, very little food, only a little room to live in and never a moment to rest.

Because of the diamond necklace she borrowed from her friend. Because she and her husband were invited to a ball at the palace,and she thought she needed to borrow some jewellery. 4. Why had she been working very hard ? 5. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend?

Scene 2 Answer the following questions: 1. How did Mathilde feel when her husband told her they had been invited to the ball at the palace? Why? 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 ?

1.How did Mathilde feel when her husband told her they had been invited to the ball at the palace? Why? She felt excited. 2.Why was Mathilde worried ? Because she hadn’t got an evening dress. 3. How much did her dress cost her ? It cost her over four hundred francs. 4. What else did she want to wear? She wanted to wear jewellery. Because it was the first time for them to attend the palace ball.

5.What did Pierre suggest ? First he suggested that she should wear a flower. But Mathilde didn’t agree. Then he suggested that she should borrow some jewellery from one of her friends.

Scene 3 Answer the following questions: 1. What happened on their way home after the ball? 2. How much did they spend in returning Jeanne’s necklace? 3.What did they do in order to pay back the debt?

1. What happened on their way home after the ball? 2. How much money did they spend in returning Jeanne’s necklace? Thirty-six thousand francs. Mathilde found the necklace was not around her necklace any more and lost. They both worked day and night for ten years. 3.What did they do in order to pay back the debt?

Put the following sentences in the right order of time.

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

Comprehension exercises:

1. Mathilde thought that _____. A.her husband would buy her some jewellery if she went to the ball. B. going to the palace ball meant borrowing a necklace from Jeanne. C. she would be laughed at if she did not wear any jewellery at the ball. D. they would pay back the money they had borrowed if they worked hard. C

2. How did they enjoy the ball at the palace? A.They looked beautiful that evening. B.They had a very good time that evening. C.They were worried because the necklace was missing. D.They were not lucky enough to fine the lost necklace. B

3.Which of the following is not true? A.Neither of Mathilde and Pierre knew that the necklace was made of glass. B.Jeanne didn’t know the necklace Mathilde returned was a real diamond one until she was told. C.Mathilde felt very tired after they had paid back all the money they borrowed. D.Mathilde looked much older than her age because of ten years of hard work. c

4. How did Jeanne feel after she heard Mathilde’s story? A. Happy B. Sorry C. Strange D. Disappointed 5. What did the necklace cause to the husband and his wife? A. Happiness B. Honour C. Beauty D. Sadness B D

6. After reading the passage, we can see most people ______. A.will feel happy for Mathilde B.want to know if Jeanne would return the diamond diamond necklace to Mathilde. C.will draw some lessons from Mathilde D.will laugh at the husband and wife and also hate Jeanne. C

The story happened in Pairs. One day Pierre got an ________ to a ball at the palace. 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. invitation important party wife worried jewellery 400 borrowed diamond couple home necklaceno longer palace find Fill in the blanks

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 their debts, but now Mathilde looked so____ that Jeanne even couldn’t _________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_____. couple bought cost pay back borrowed tenpaid off old story necklaceborrowed diamond worth recognize most

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

A description of the characters in the play using adjectives( 形容词 ). Please guess them. Vain （自负的）, glad, sad, scared, old, responsible… Happy, careful, scared, responsible, ambitious( 有抱负的，有雄心的） Rich, surprised, kind, warm-hearted, friendly, Mathilde: Pierre: Jeanne:

In your opinion, what is the most important thing in your life, health, wealth, beauty, success or anything else? Why? Discussion What do you think will happen?

1.Try to add a possible ending to the play. 2. Suppose you are Perrie, Mathlde or Jeanne, use “I” to retell the story. Homework