The necklace

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The necklace

---By Feng Li
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The necklace
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Guy de Maupassant(1850-1893) a well-known
French short story writer and novelist in 19th
century.
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Discussion Continue the story and write a scene
in which Mathilde comes back home to tell her
husband about her meeting with Jeanne. Suggested
answers ? Possible ending1 ? Possible
ending2
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Fill in the blanks with prepositons and
conjunctions
Pierre Loisel used to work a
govern-ment office. One day he and his wife
Mathilde received an invitation a ball
the palace. Mathilde spent 400 francs
a new dress but had no more money
jewellery. She borrowed a beautiful necklace
her friend Jeanne. The couple had a very
good time the palace. But the ball
Mathilde lost the Necklace. They borrowed money
to buy a new diamond necklace Jeanne. A
necklace that looked exactly the
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same Jeannes cost them 36,000 francs.
they returned the necklace, they had to work
day and night ten years to pay back the
money they had borrowed. Mathilde met
Jeanne again, she had changed so much her
friend could not recognise her. She did not know
then that the necklace she had borrowed was
not made dia- monds. It had been worth
500 francs most.
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• I dont think I know you.
• (believe, expect, suppose, imagine, guess)
• I dont believe she has lost the necklace.
• I dont suppose theyll be back tonight.
• I didnt think she was happy, ?
• I dont suppose that he cares, ?
• I think that they are coming tomorrow, ?
• I think/believe/ expect/ suppose so.
• I dont think so. I hope not .
• I dont believe/suppose/imagine so ?
• I believe/suppose/imagine not.

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2. recognise/know ?I know him, but when I
saw him last night, I could hardly recognise
you. ?He is recognised as one of the
greatest poets in the 20th century.
3.I didnt recognise you. Sorry, I didnt know
you lived here,too. Glad to see you again. I
thought you have left for Beijing.
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4. would rather ( not) do sth I would rather stay
here and have a good time. He would rather not
tell me the truth. I would rather have taken his
advice yesterday. I would rather you started
right away. Id rather you had arrived
yesterday. ? Id rather go skating than stay at
home. I would go skating rather than stay at
home. I prefer to go skating rather than stay at
home. I prefer going skating to staying at
home.
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5. invite ? ?? He invited several of us to the
show. We invited Helen to join our
club. ? ??, ?? What you have done can only invite
trouble. ? n. invitation You can see the school
only by invitation. The children received
invitations to the party.
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Fill in the blanks with the following words
borrow, lend,invite,invitation,know/know
about/recognize

1. I didnt _____ 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.

about
know
known
recognized
borrow
lend
invitation
invited
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• 6. after all
• I know he hasnt finished his work, but after
  all, he is a very busy man.
• I think we should do the work by
  ourselves. After all, we are grown-up now.
• (2) She said she would not go to the ball, but
• She went there after all.
• They met with difficulties, but I hear
  that theyve succeeded after all.
• So you see, I was right after all.

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Fill in the blanks with the following words
after all, in all, above all

1. Mathilde thought it was a diamond necklace, but
   it wasnt 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
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7. matter vi. ???, ??, ????? Does it matter
if were a bit late? It doesnt matter if
youre late well wait for you. If a person
does his best it doesnt matter what people think
of him. 8 marry (1) vi.?? He married late in
life. (2) vt.?,? She married
money. John is going to marry
Alice. Alice is going to marry
John.
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(3) 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,
?????????.

they have been married for ten years. they have
married for ten years. they have married for ten
years.
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Fill in the blanks with the following words
be married to/ got married to/marry sb.
1.Alice _______ a Frenchman with a lot of
money. 2. The scientist didnt ___________
until forty. 3. Have they _________ ? 4. They
______________ for ten years.
married
marry/get marry
got married
have been married
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9. continue ? vt/vi continue with sthgo on
with sth continue to do/doing sth go on to
do sth Mary had lunch and then continued her
work. We continued talking till late. They
continued to walk after a short rest. ? We must
fight for freedom. continued the speaker.
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10 .call on sb.
call at sp.
visit sb./sp. pay a visit to sb./sp.
on sb. at sp.
drop in
call on ask sb. to do sth
1). I often call my first teacher. 2). I will
call on Jean for an answer.
call back call for call in call up
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• do ,did, does
• He didnt come that evening. But he
• did phone you.
• Do come here next Saturday.
• It was in the park that I met her.
• It is Tom that/ who is wrong.

• look down
• Looking down from the hill, you can see the
  whole city.
• Look down at your shoes. How dirty they
  are!
• When she married the boss, she looked down
  on her friends.

look at look about/ around look forward to
look into look on look out look
over look through look back look up to
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Language points
14. pay back ?? pay off ??/pay for
I ll pay back the money to you next week. Have
you paid back the money for the books? 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.
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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
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Language points
15. worth/worthy adj. . This VCD is worth
1,000 yuan.. What you said is worth
considering. This book is worth reading.
The work is worthy of careful study.
of sth of being done to be done
worthy
of being studied to be studied carefully.
Worthwhile It is worthwhile to discuss the
problem. To discuss the problem is worthwhile.
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Fill in the blanks with the following words
Worth, worthy describe,description
1.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 cant ________ my joy
at that moment. 4.He gave a detailed _________
the murderer he saw at the spot.
worth
worthy
describe
description
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Fill in the blanks with the following words
believe, believe inaccept, receivecost,spend
1The day before yesterday, Mr.Green ______ an
expensive gift.,but he didnt _____ 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 dont ______ what he says and
dont ______ him. 4.Mathildes new evening dress
_____ them 400 francs. Her husband ____ 400
francs on the evening dress.
received
accept
cost
spent
believe
believe in
cost
spent
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Bye-bye!