THE NECKLACE

Unit 15

The writerMaupassant

famous French novelist

1850—1893,

the late 19th century

The necklace is one of Maupassant’s best known short stories. The story is very interesting and the heroine is well drawn.

• necklace 舞会• recognize 项链• diamond 认出• ball 钻石• government 政府• palace 珠宝• jewellery 宫殿• accept 请柬• invitation 宝贵的 , 珍贵的• precious 接受

diamonds

jewellery

cn.

un.

The main characters

Mathilde Pierre Jeanne

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 (What happened to Mathilde ) in the past ten years?

4. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace from her friend?

5. Where was Pierre Loisel working ?

6. Why had she been working very hard ?

1.When and where did the story happen?

It happened in a park , one afternoon in 1870.

2.Why didn’t Jeanne recognize Mathilde at first?

She had been working very hard for ten years , so she looked older than her age.3.What had Mathilde’s life been like in the past ten years? 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.

4. Why did Mathilde borrow a necklace 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.

5. Where was Pierre Loisel working ? He was working in a government office.

6. Why had she been working very hard ? Because of the diamond necklace she borrowed 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 ? 6. What did they decide to do ? Why? 7. When did Mathilde decide to see her friend?

1. How did Mathilde feel when her husband told her they had been invited to the ball at the palace? Why?

She felt excited. Because it was the first time for them to attend the palace ball.

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.

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.

6. What did they decide to do ? Why? They decided to ask Jeanne to lend her some jewellery. Because Jeanne married a man with a lot of money.

7. When did Mathilde decide to see her friend? She decided to go and see her on Friday after she got the new dress.

Scene 3 Answer the following questions:

1. Did they enjoy the ball at the palace?

2. What happened on their way home after the ball?

3. How much did they spend in returning Jeanne’s necklace?

4. What was the real price of Jeanne’s necklace?

1. Did they enjoy the ball at the palace?

2. What happened on their way home after the ball?

3. How much money did they spend in returning Jeanne’s necklace?

4. What was the real price of Jeanne’s necklace?

Thirty-six thousand francs.

Mathilde found the necklace was not around her neck any more and lost.

Five hundred francs at the most.

Yes, very much.

Complete the information on each scene

when where who what

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

1870

1860

1870

A park in Paris

The home of M and P

A park in Paris

Methilde Jeanne

MethildePierre

Methilde Jeanne

Meet each otherMethilde looked older.

Get ready for the ball, Methilde wants to borrow some jewellery.

Work hard to pay back for the lost necklace.

Put the following sentences in right order

A. Mathilde met Jeanne in a park in 1870.

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.

E-B-D-G-H-F-C-A-I

getting the invitation

borrowing a necklace losing the necklace buying a new necklace returning the necklace learning the truth

Comprehension Quiz

• 1. The story is based on “The necklace”, a story written by Guy de Maupassant( 莫泊桑 ),and he was____.

• a. an English writer

• b. a French writer

• c. an American writer

(b)

Comprehension Quiz

• 2. Ten years earlier, Mathilde had borrowed a necklace from her friend Jeanne in order to ______.

• a. go to a party

• b. go to the theatre

• c. go to a palace ball

(c)

Comprehension Quiz

• 3. The necklace Mathilde had borrowed from Jeanne was made of ____.

• a. diamond

• b. stone

• c. glass

(c)

Comprehension Quiz• 4. On her way home from the ball,

Mathilde found her ____ missing.

• a. money

• b. necklace

• c. watch

(b)

Comprehension Quiz

• 5. The next day Pierre and Mathilde bought_____.

• a. a glass necklace to return to Jeanne

• b. a gold necklace to return to Jeanne

• c. a real diamond necklace to return to Jeanne

(c)

Comprehension Quiz

• 6. Ten years later Mathilde happened to meet Jeanne in a park, but at first____.

• a. Jeanne didn’t recognize her

• b. Jeanne didn’t speak to her

• c. Jeanne refused to say hello to her

(a)

Comprehension Quiz• 7. For ten years both Mathilde and her husband

had worked day and night, because____.

• a. they wanted to save money to buy a real diamond necklace

• b. they had to pay back the money they had borrowed

• c. they wanted to save money to buy a house

(b)

Comprehension Quiz

• 8. Mathilde now looked older because_____.

• a. she had worked very hard for ten years

• b. she had been ill for many years

• c. she was poorly dressed

(a)

Discussion

1.What changed Methilde’s life exactly?

Vanity

2. In your opinion, what is the most important thing in your life, health, wealth, beauty, success or anything else? Why?

Homework

1.Try to act out the play.

3. Continue the story and write a scene in which Mathilde comes back home to tell her husband about her meeting with Jeanne.

2. Finish the exercise on page 85, grammar 2.