人教高一英语Unit15 The necklace

Guy de Maupassant, the well-known French short story writer and novelist. When he was young, he had a great interest in literature.
Seven-year old
Guy de Maupassant ( 1850---1893 )
1. I‘m sorry, but I don’t think I know you. 很抱歉，我 想我并不认识你 2. In fact you do. (=In fact you know me.) 事实上你认识我 3. Where have you been all these years, Mathilde? 这些年你上哪儿去了，玛蒂尔德? 4. That's because of hard work——ten years of hard work. (=That's because we have worked very hard these ten years.) 5. Years of hard work, very little food, only a small cold room to live in and never a moment‘s rest.多年劳累，食不果腹，寒舍斗室，无从休息。 6. Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? 十年前的一个下午，我到你家借过一条项链，你还记得吗?
recognize
towards
looked
wondered
to eat
day and night
to
live in
moment’s rest
because of
borrowed from
necklace
THE STORY
Retell The Story
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When
Where
Who
What
In 1870
A park in Paris
Mathilde; Jeanne
candle/ chose/ blue good time/ way/found/gone returned/without luck borrowed/36,000/bought/returned day and night/ pay back glass/ 500/ at most
When
Where
Who
What
meeting with an old friend
One afternoon in 1870
A park in Paris
Mathilde; Jeanne
1.J:didn’t recognise/look older 2. M: hard/little/small/ never 3. J: surprise/explain 4. M: 10/office/invited/ball/necklace
You are the most beautiful woman in the world.
What happened after the ball?
Did they find the lost necklace?
Next month we will pay off our debts.
what are you looking for? what kind of necklace is it? where did you lose it? what does it look like? Is it valuable? How much is it?
We are looking for a necklace
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 ).
11 years’ old
19 years’ old
He practised writing literary works under the guidance（指导，教导）of the famous novelist Flaubert(福楼拜). And Balzac was another teacher of his. So he wrote in the tradition of 19th century French realism（ 现实主义），and became one of the most famous French critical realists（批判现实主义作家）of the 19th century.
Yes, very
Waiter
Mathilde
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?
The story of a lost necklace
One day, Jeanne was sitting in a park in Paris. A woman who she didn’t ___________ 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.
A young lady
A government worker
A young lady
Listen to the tape and answer the following questions
1.Why didn’t Jeanne recognize her at first? 2.How did Mathilde spend her past ten years?
7. But, just this once. After all, this ball is very important. 不过，就只这么一次。(要知道)这次舞会毕竟很重要啊。 8. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it. We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. (=We went back hurriedly and tried to find the necklace, but with no success.) 我们马上赶回皇宫去寻找，我们询问了那儿的每一个人， 问他们是否拾到了项链。可是，真倒霉 9. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay for it. (= In order to return the money which we had borrowed, both of us worked a long time every day in the next ten years.) 在后来的十年时间里，为了偿还这笔借款， 我们两人不分昼夜地干活
Why did Mathilde need the jewellery?
Can I borrow some jewellery ?
Scene 2
Everybody else will be wearing jewellery She can’t be the only woman who…
Scene 2
When
Where
Who
What
ten years ago
The home of Mathiilde and Pierre
Mathilde; Pierre
P: only/invited/accept M: happy/ evening/ 400/ jewellery P: suggested/ borrow] M: ask/ Jeanne/ married
What did till Mathilde think of on hearing the words?
The necklace is not a real diamond one.
Scene 3
What is drama?
Drama is literature that is meant to perform…drama is written to be acted. Major types: Tragedy Comedy Farce（闹剧） Melodrama（情节剧） Technical elements: plot, character, dialogue, and setting
An invitation to a ball in the palace
Read the third scene and find out the answers to the questions.
key
1.Did Matilde and Pierre have a good time during the ball? 2.What happened after the ball? 3. Did they find the lost necklace? What did they do then?
It is a diamond necklace
It is worth many thousands of francs
I think I lost in at the ball here this evening
It is made of diamonds and has a big blue stone in the centre.
The Necklace— a story telling us a story about a necklace
1.How many characters there are in the play? 2.Who are they?
Mathilde: Pierre: Jeanne:
Scene 1
Sorry. I didn’t recognize you.
Ten years of hard work very little food, only a small cold room to live in and never, never a moment’s rest.
Scene 1
Mathilde returns to the palace where the ball was held to ask about the necklace .And the waiter ask Mathilde and you will be Mathilde answer the questions
What do you think of the characters? How do you know? (plot, dialogue)
Mathilde: Pierre: Jeanne:
pretty and vain
not rich but ambitious
rich but warm-heated
Unit15 The necklace
Period 2 Reading
The Necklace
Money is a good servant and a bad master. --Francis Bacon －－F. 培根
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