Unit 18 NecklaceUnit 18 NecklaceStep 1 Words and Expressions I received an invitation from a friend of

mine to invite me to have dinner, because she will get married to a boy who works in the government.I accepted the invitation, but I have no evening dress or jewellery, so I bought a coat and a necklace. It’s beautiful with a diamond in the center, and it is worth 4000 Yuan, so it is valuable.

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 有价值的 valuable 接受

Step 2 Part 1 ReadingStep 2 Part 1 Reading

Read Part 1 fast and answer the following questions----

1. When did the story happen?2. Why do you think Jeanne could not

recognize Mathilde?3. How is Mathilde’s life in the past ten

years?

Step 3 Part 2 ReadingStep 3 Part 2 Reading1. Why did Pierre say it was good

news that they were invited to the ball? 2.Why was Mathilde worried when she

knew that she was invited to go the ball?3. Why didn’t Mathilde want to wear a

flower for the ball?4. What decision did they make at last?

Step 4 Part 3 ReadingStep 4 Part 3 Reading1. When Mathilde visited Jeanne the

next day,which piece of jewellery did Mathilde choose finally? What was it like?

2. What happened on their way home?3. What did they do after that?4. When Mathilde told Jeanne the truth,

what did Jeane answer?

Comprehension QuizComprehension 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 QuizComprehension 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 QuizComprehension Quiz

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

a. diamond b. stone c. glass

(C)

Comprehension QuizComprehension Quiz4. On her way home from the ball, Mat

hilde found her ____ missing. a. money b. necklace c. watch

(B)

Comprehension QuizComprehension 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 QuizComprehension 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 QuizComprehension Quiz7. For ten years both Mathilde and her husba

nd had worked day and night, because____. a. they wanted to wave 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 QuizComprehension 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)

Fill in the blanks(1)Fill in the blanks(1) Pierre used to work in a_____

office. One day he received an _______ to a _____ at the ______. Mathilde spent 400 francs to buy a new _______ but she had no_____. She borrowed a beautiful ________ from her friend Jeanne. The couple had a very good time in the palace.

government

invitation ball palace

dress jewellerynecklace

Fill in the blanks(2)Fill in the blanks(2)But after the ball Mathilde found t

he necklace missing on their way home. They borrowed ______ to buy a real necklace. The necklace that looked exactly like Jeannes’s cost them _____ francs. After they returned the necklace, they had to work _____and _____ for ten years.

money

36000

day night

Fill in the blanks(3)Fill in the blanks(3)

After ten years, Mathilde met Jeanne again, she had changed so much that Jeanne could not_______ her. At last Jeanne told Mathilde that the necklace was not made ____ diamond, but it was ________ 500 francs at most.

recognize

of worth

1> I didn’t recognize you. recognize: 1) to know again sb. or sth. t

hat you have seen or heard before( 认出 )I didn’t recognize you without your glasse

s.I couldn’t recognize his voice on the phon

e. 2) to that sth is true ( 承认 )They recognized that there is a problem.

I don’t think I know you. 否定转移 I think he studies very hard, ___________

?A. do I B. don’t I

C. does he D. doesn’t he  I don’t think he studies very hard, _____

_____?A. do I B. don’t I

C. does he D. doesn’t he       

(D)

(C)

I hope you weren’t ill.I hope you weren’t ill.hope + that-clause wish + that-clause  hope to do sth. wish to do sth.  hope sb. to do sth. ╳wish sb. to do sth.  Wish you success! Wish you happy / lucky ! 

相同

相同

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

invite :(v.) 邀请某人去某地或做某事 invite sb. to a place (to 是介词 ) invite sb. to do sth. （ to 是不定式） invitation: (n.) 请柬I’ve written to accept the invitation. Joe sent me an invitation to his party.I went to the party at the invitation of Tom.

accept receiveaccept receiveaccept 接受某物，主观的 receive 收到某物，但是不一定接受，客观的 Practice:1. I ________ his gift yesterday but I can’t ______

__ it.2. She did ________ her invitation but she refused

to _______ it.3. Dr. Baker replied to the invitation, _________it

receivedaccept

receiveaccept

accepting

花钱买某物的各种表示法花钱买某物的各种表示法 I spent $ 100 on the bike. I spent $ 100 in buying the bike. I paid $ 100 for the bike. I bought the bike for $ 100. (/ at the

price of $ 100). The bike cost me $ 100. The bike was worth $ 100. It took me $ 100 to buy the bike.

cost :cost : 导致导致 ..cost: cost: 成本成本

His carelessness driving cost him his life.

他的粗心驾驶导致他失去他的生命 One mistake cost him his job. 一个错误使他失去了他的工作

What’s the cost of the coat?

这件衣服的成本是多少？

after all after all 毕竟毕竟 ; not at all ; not at all 一点也一点也不不

in all in all 总共总共 ; above all; above all 并且并且 He’s handsome and intelligent and, ____________, he’s kind.

She doesn’t understand. ________, she’s only two.

I didn’t know that _______. _________, 1700 workers and 200 other p

eople worked on the project.

above all

After all

at all In all

She She marriedmarried a man with a lot a man with a lot of moneyof money

vt. 及物动词 mary sb. Tom married Mary last year.Old Black married his daughter to a ric

h businessman. 把女儿嫁给…Will you marry me?I married him for love/money.

vi.                  不及物动词She didn’t marry until she was 30.短语： be (/ get ) married (to) They got married ten years ago.Tom has been married to Mary for ten year

s. It is ten years since they got married.  Are you married or unmarried? marry(v.)---marriage (n.)

continue to do sth. continue to do sth. = continue doing sth= continue doing sth

start to do sth. = start doing sth. ;begin to do sth. = begin doing sth.like to do sth. ≈ like doing sth. stop to do sth. stop doin

g sth.remember/forget/mean/try/want

to do sth. ≠remember/forget/mean/try/want

doing sth.