The Necklace

Money is a good servant and a bad master. 　　　　　 --Francis Bacon

　　　　　　－－ F. 培根

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Who comes to birth first, a hen or an egg, is still a mystery.

You’re full of mystery. What’s going on?

She gave me mysterious look, suggesting secret knowledge.

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The thought of my exams next week scares me stiff.

I’m scared of ghosts.

A scary ghost story.

A scarecrow was set up to scare away birds.

Shi ping, a Chongqing tour guide for Sean, an Irish student, asks an old man to help them read a map. Sean wants to find a secret cave he read about in a book. The cave is said to have a treasure buried inside it. The old man warns them that a terrible dragon may still protect it. Sean thinks that’s silly and laughs. After several days hiking, they arrived at the cave and enter it. Inside it was dark and cool. Sean and Shi walked farther inside and found a huge box full of jewellery. But suddenly they heard a strange noise. Without waiting to see what it was, they ran down the hill, never looking back.

About the authorGuy de Maupassant wa

s a well-known French novelist and short- story writer

“The diamond necklace” was his best short story.

He had a fine use of irony( 讽刺 ).

About the author:When he was young, he had a great

interest in literature.

Maupassant suffered a great deal from illness in his life. Yet he struggled to continue writing with tremendous（极大的，巨大的，不平常的） will power. He had but a short life, and died at the age of 43 ( on July 6, 1893 ).

Britain

France

China

America

Caoyu

Shakespeare

Maupassant

Mark Twain

Laoshe

The Thunder Storm

The Merchant of Venice

The Million Note

The Necklace

Tea House

Drama is literature that is meant to perform… drama is written to be acted Major types: Tragedy Comedy Farce （闹剧 , 滑稽剧） Melodrama （情剧 , 通俗剧）Technical elements: plot, character, dialogue, and setting

Do you know of drama?

Discussion:

1.If you are Mathilde, and you find the necklace is gone after the ball, what will you do?2.What cause their ten years hard work? What can you learn from the play?

Scene 1•Time:•Place:•Characters:•General idea:

One afternoon, 1870A park in Paris Marthilde, Jeann

eMarthilde 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?

One day, Jeanne was sitting in a park in Paris.A woman who she didn’t ___________ the woman who came ________ her. She ________ rather old and weak.It was Mathilde, who was her best friend many years ago . Jeanne ____________ how hard her life was, Mathilde said she worked ________________with a very little food _______, only a small room _____ ________ and never had a_________________. It was _____________ a beautiful _________ which she __________________ Jeanne ten years ago.

recognizetowards looked

wondered

to eat

day and nightto live in

moment’s rest because of

borrowed fromnecklace

THE STORY THE STORY

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.

Comprehensive Reading1. How did Mathilde feel when her husband tol

d 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 they decide to do? Why?

6. When did Mathilde decide to see her friend?

•Time:•Place:•Parts:•General idea:

In the parkTen years later

Mathilde, Jeanne

Mathilde lost the necklace at the ball. So she and her husband worked ten years to pay the debt. But ten years later, Jeanne tells her the necklace was not a real diamond necklace.

Scene 3

Comprehensive Reading1. What kind of necklace did she get?

2. What happened on their way home after the ball? 3. What did they do for Jeanne? 4. How much did the diamond necklace cost? 5. What did they do in order to pay back the debt?

Match the following words

jewelleryrecognisediamondballcontinuepreciouspositiveoutlinequality

1.beautiful things are made of valuable material

2.a very hard, precious stone3.to know who someone is

because you have seen him or her before.

4.to go on5.a large formal party at which

people dance6.of high cost or worth;valuable7.very sure; confident8.degree or grade of excellence9.the shape of an object or a

figure

The story happened in Pairs. One day Pierre got an ________ to a place ball. He thought it _____ to him, and decided to go 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 importantparty wife

worriedjewellery

400

borrowed diamondcouple

homenecklace no longer

palacefind

The young ______ borrowed a great deal of money and ______ a necklace that was exactly like Jeanne’s. it _______ them 36.000 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.

couplebought

costpay back

borrowed tenpaid back

old

story

necklace borroweddiamond

worth

Key sentences first

I. I’m sorry, but I don’t think I know you.

II. Sorry, I didn’t recognize you.

III. That’s because of hard work.

IV. I would rather not tell you.

V. Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours?

VI. In fact you do, but you may not remember me.

VII. It can’t be true.

Key sentences first

I. I was the only person in my office who was invited.

II. I’ve written to accept the invitation.

III. I haven’t got an evening dress for the ball.

IV. I have no jewellery to wear.

V. Does that matter?

VI. Everybody else will be wearing jewellery.

VII. She married a man with a lot of money.

Key sentences first

I. You tried it on and it looked beautiful on you.

II. In those days I may have been pretty.

III. Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball.

IV. But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives.

V. I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more.

VI. We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck.

VII. That’s why I now look so old.

考点链接1. ---You haven’t said a word about my new coat, Br

enda. Do you like it ?

---I’m sorry I ___ anything about it sooner. I certainly think it’s pretty on you.

A. wasn’t saying B. don’t say

C. won’t say D. didn’t say

2. I’m sorry, I ____ ____(not notice) the board .

3. The film brought the hours back to me ___ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.

考点链接4. The thing that ___ is not whether you fail or not, b

ut whether you try or not.

A. matters B. cares C. considers D. minds

5. An awful accident ___, however, occur the other day.

6. 我认为他不值得我的关心 .7. 你给他打电话了吗 ? 我昨天打了 .

8. 那就是你为什么要遵循原则的原因 .

9. 她戴许多珠宝的原因是她想与众不同 .

10. 她终于嫁给了她心目中的白马王子 .

Words Second recognize

He has changed so much that I can hardly recognize him.

He no longer recognizes me when he passes me in the street.

He refused to recognize defeat.

认出 ; 承认 , 认可 To know sb / sth again

recognize …to be ( as ) …by…

continue

We continued our journey, hoping to see him soon.

He continued working / to work as if nothing had happened.

After a short break the play continued.

The weather continues ( to be ) cold and wet.

to be continued

Words second call

•I called on Mrs. Froster this evening and we talked for hours.

•I will call on you at your office at one o’clock this afternoon.

•I’ll now call on Tom for an answer.

•He called on me to speak immediately after him.

•We call on the people of this country to work hard for national unity.

•The president called on his people to support the plan.

•Do you think we should call at Bob’s while we’re in London?

•The train called at every station.

call

call on (upon): 拜访 ( 某人 ); 请求 , 要求 ; 号召 , 呼吁call at: 访问 ( 某地 ); 到达call off: 叫走 ; 放弃 , 取消call in: 召集 , 招来 ; 来访 (vi.); call up: 打电话；使回想

起

拿回来 ; 归还 ; 使恢复 ; 使记得 bring sb./sth.to life

bring back

I’ll bring back the CD to you tomorrow.

The change of air brought her back to health.

The class reunion brought back a lot of memories.

pay off/back/for

I paid off all the debts after years of hard work.

It’s high time he paid me back the $100 he owes me.

He paid me back by not coming.

pay off: 还清 ( 债务 ), 付清 ; pay back: 偿还 ; 报复e.g. 一旦我们还清了这笔债 , 我们就不欠任何人的钱了 .

besides

This car belongs to Smith, and he has two others besides.

She seemed to have no desire to there; besides, her clothes were not good enough.

Besides a mother, he has two brothers to support.

The novel is badly written besides being far too long.

would rather

I would rather (not) tell anybody about it.

I would rather have taken his advice yesterday.

I would rather you told me the truth.

would rather (not) do 宁愿 ( 不 ) 干某事would rather have done 要是做过某事就好了would rather (that) + 过去时态 ( 虚拟语气 )

worth / worthy 值得的 ;配得上的

be (well) worth + n. / doing( 主动表被动 )

be worthy of + n./ being done / to be done

a worthy man / cause / gentleman

It’s worth doing sth

after all / at all / above all / in all

after all : 要知道 , 别忘了 ( 句首 ); 终究 , 到底 , 毕竟 ( 句尾 ) at (the) most; at least

1. The old woman was still dressing her thick coat.2. It’s 10 years since I last called on the village. Gr

eat changes have been taken place.3. The sweater is felt soft. Shall I ask the shop assis

tant if I keep it on?4. Jack was the only person in the building who we

re able to escape from the fire.5. In those days my parents couldn’t get enough

money to pay my schooling.

errors

errors6. He has no house to live. He has to find shelter on the street.7. The film is very worth being seeing.8. On his way to home, he found a man lying on the road.9. I shall never forget the day in which we celebrated with our teacher.10. She made the mistake because of she hadn’t thought it over.11. My wife and I plan to ____ ( 拜访 )our grandma on Christmas Day.12. The football match was ____( 取消 ) because of the wet weather.

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13. The Smiths borrowed a lot of money and they haven’t ____( 还清 )their debts.14. The old photographs ____( 使…想起 )memories of his happy childhood.15. ---How old are you, Ann? ---I ____( 宁愿 ) not say.16. Well, the story is too much for Lucy. She can’t understand, ____( 另外 ), she’s only two.17. The teenagers are fond of pop music; they don’t enjoy the local opera ____ ( 全然 ).18. John has few friends; ____( 至多 ) 10 friends came to his party last night.

19. The boy couldn’t _____( 想出 ) an answer when his teacher asked him why he was late.20. Jeanne ______( 嫁给 ) Jack ten years ago.1. The book is not interesting. In my opinion, it is r

eally not worth _____.A. reading B. to read C. to be read D. being read

2. You’d better go to bed. There isn’t anything on TV worth ____ up for.

A. getting B. staying C. rising D. to stay3. ---He got the first place in the examination. ---That’s ____ his parents are so pleased with him. A. when B. because C. why D. how

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4. He explained the reason ____ his being late to the teacher. A. of B. for C. about D. why6. ---It’s many years since I last saw you. I ____ you at first. ---I wouldn’t have, either. If someone hadn’t called you by name. A. didn’t know B. didn’t recognize C. knew D. recognized

考点链接7. He went to New York in the hope of getting a job there, but ____. A. without result B. without chance C. without luck D. without effect8. I can never forget one afternoon ten years ago ____ you came to my house and helped me out of trouble. A. while B. when C. that D. where9. I don’t mind picking up your things from the store. ____, the walk will do me good. A. Sooner or later B. Still C. In time D. Besides

考点链接10. ---I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week. ---Is that ____ you had a few days off? A. why B. when C. what D. where11. It’s not surprising that you are tired. ____, you

were up until 11 last night. A. Instead B. In fact C. After all D. What’s more12.---Do you mind if I open the window? --- ____ I feel a bit cold. A. Of course not. B. I’d rather you didn’t. C. Go ahead. D. Why not?

考点链接13.---How do you find the British Museum? ---Great! It’s ____ worth ____.A. very;visiting B. well; a visit C. quite; being visited D. very much; visiting14. Excuse me for breaking in ,___I have some news for you. A. so B. and C. but D. yet15. ---Can you attend the party tonight? ---Sorry, I can’t. ____ the boss about something urgent. A. I see B. I can see C. I’ll be seeing

考点链接16. Boy students are not allowed to ____ long hair. A. dress B. wear C. leave D. grow17. A. “ Does that matter much?” he asked. B. He asked ____ ____ ____ much.18. A. I know I look older than I really am. B. I know I look older than ____ ____ now.19. A. The village used to be a very quiet one. B. The village is ____ quiet ____ ____.

20. This kind of work ____ great patience, so you should take your time. A. calls on B. calls for C. calls up D. calls back21.--John wants to see you today. --I would rather he __tomorrow instead of today. A. come B. has come C. should come D. came22. Your words ____ , however, hurt her. You’d better make an apology. A. had to B. should C. did D. have done

scene actor character author actress quality act as… act out… play roles in perform perform scenes come up with / come up speak lines

I don’t like plays that much. 一场 ; 现场 ;( 出事 ) 地点

扮演… (be cast as); 起…的作用

表演… ; 实践 , 实施 ( 计划 ) 等

表演 ; 进行 , 履行 , 执行 ; 运行

人物 ; 性格

质量 ; 品质

I. Well, some TV programmes and computer games are a bit like plays--- you have characters _____ different roles and _____out a story.

II. Each of us has a role ___(play) in making the earth a better place to live in.

III. Mrs.Brown was much disappointed to see the washing machine she had had ____ went wrong again.

A. it B. it repaired C. repaired D. it repair

IV.He had had his watch ____ before you were called in. A. to repair B. repaired C. repairing D. repairV. Why should we have the boy ___ in the corner the whole morning? A. stood B. stand C. to stand D. standing

情态动词知多少1. 表示能力 can (can’t ) ; could (couldn’t )e.g. He hurt his foot and couldn’t play football.

He could swim, so he was able to cross the river.

Can I go with you?

Could you give me a hand?

You may smoke.

May I make a suggestion?

You might post this letter for me.

2. 表示请求 , 许可 can : 常表示一般的许可 , 请求 may: 用于比较正式的文体 , 含尊敬之意 might: 不常用 , 表示比较迟疑 , 婉转e.g. If I may say so, you’re not right. ---May I go now? ---Yes, you may.

情态动词知多少3. 表示必须 must; must not ;have to; have got to Cars must not be parked here.

Must I come here early tomorrow?

We must obey orders.

4. 表示应该 had better; should ; ought to You shouldn’t judge a man always by the clothes.

You ought to have an operation at once.

5. 表示推测 must must + v. must have done can’t can’t + v. can’t have done can can + v. can have done may may + v. may have done should should + v. should have done ? needn’t have done; shouldn’t have done

1. Mary’s score on the test is the highest in her class; she ___ have studied very hard.

A. may B. should C. must D. ought to

2. You ___ her in her office last Friday; she’s been out of town for two weeks.

A. needn’t have seen B. must have seen

C. might have seen D. can’t have seen

情态动词知多少

3. The room is in terrible mess; it _____ cleaned.

A. can’t have been B. shouldn’t have been

C. mustn’t have been D. wouldn’t have been

4. She was thankful that she’d had her baby in hospital; otherwise, she thought, the baby _____.

A. died B. had died

C. might have died D. might die

5. ---Will you stay for lunch?

---Sorry, ____. My brother is coming to see me.

A. I mustn’t B. I can’t

C. I needn’t D. I won’t

6. ---Are you going to Jeff’s party?

---I’m not sure. I ____ go to the concert instead

A. must B. would C. should D. might

7. I don’t believe him. He _____ be serious.

A. needn’t B. can’t

C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t

8. In those days, the old woman _____ sit at the gate

for hours, waiting for her son to return from the

front.

A. could B. should C. might D. would

9. ---You must phone us every week.

--- Yes, I _____.

A. must B. have to C. will D. should

10. He ____ live in the country than in the city.

A. prefers B. likes to

C. has better D. would rather

十年的艰辛劳动 短暂的休息 毕竟；终究拜访某人 访问某地 日日夜夜 至多 ; 不超过偿还 还清债务 邀请某人参加晚会 试穿 运气不好 玩得愉快 价值 500 法郎

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Language points1.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 points2.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.

they have married for ten years.

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×

×

×

Language points

call on sb.

call at sp.

visit/sb./sp.

pay a visit to sb./sp.

drop in on sb.

at sp.

call on =ask sb. to do sth

1, Marx called on the workers to unite.

2. I will call on Jean for an answer.

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

4. pay back 偿还 pay off 还清 /pay for

5) worth/wothy

. This VCD is worth 1,000 yuan..

What you said is worth considering

worthyof sth

of being done

to be doneThe work is worthy of careful study.

of being studied

to be studied carefully.

Language points

Fill in the blanks with the following words:believe, believe in;accept, receive;cost,spend

1The day before yesterday, Mr.Green ______ an expensive gift.,but he didn’t _____ it.

2.That splendid house ______ him $20,000 . So we can say,he ____ $20,000 on that house.

3. He always lies, so most of us don’t ______ what he says and don’t ______ him.

4.Mathilde’s new evening dress _____ them 400 francs. Her husband ____ 400 francs on the evening dress.

received

accept

cost

spent

believe

believe in

costspent

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

borrow, lend,invite,invitation,know/know about/recognize

1. I didn’t _____ him, but I had ______ little ____ him. After talking with him at the meeting, this morning I _________ his voice on the phone as soon as I heard him.

2. Mathilde wanted to _______ some jewellery from her good friend Jeanne. Jeanne did ________ a necklace to her .

3. 4. Yesterday he received an _______ . Some friends _______ him to attend a meeting.

borrowlend

invitationinvited

know known about

recognized

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

after all, in all, above all

1. Mathilde thought it was a diamond necklace, but it wasn’t a real one _______.

2. Why isn’ t he allowed to stay here? _____, it his home.

3. Children need many things,but _______ they need love.

4. There are twenty cars ______ destroyed in the fire.

after all

After all

above all

in all

Fill in the blanks with the following words:Pay off, pay back,pay for

1.How much did you _______ the recorder?

2. He has ______ the debts his father left him.

3.we must remember to ________ the money ______those books to John next week.

pay for

paid off

pay back

for

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

Worth, worthy; describe,description1.The book is well ______ reading again.

2. This article is _______ of careful study.

being studied carefully.

3. When I heard Beijing beat for the 29th Olympic Games,words can’t ________ my joy at that moment.

4.He gave a detailed _________ the murderer he saw at the spot.

worth

worthy

describe

description

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

be married to/ got married to/marry sb. ;

rob/ steal1.Alice _______ a Frenchman with a lot of money.

2. The scientist didn’t ___________ until forty.

3. Have they _________ ?

4. They ______________ for ten years.

5. Last year he ______ a gun from the police station and _____ the bank of $10,000, so he has been sentenced to death.

married

marry/get marry

got married

have been married

stolerobbed

He asked : “ Are you from America?”

He asked me if /whether I was from America.

“ Where have you been these years?” he asked her.

He asked her where she had been those years.

“Do you think it was stolen by a thief?”(he/her)

“How much does a new dress cost?”(he/her)

He asked her if she thought it had been stolen by a thief.

He asked her how much a new dress cost.

Discussion

The character of Mathilde:

Vanity 虚荣 ;What causes Mathilde to

work hard for ten years?