高一 unit 15 The Necklace 教案

sp;        worked in government departments since 1871, he became familiar with
            the life of government workers. This experience helped him create
            his best short story The Diamond Necklace. He had a fine use of
            irony. His style eas direct and simple, with attention to realistic
            detail. The play we are going to learn is typical of Maupassant’s
            choice of topic and characters and his style and use of irony.
                Maupassant suffered a great deal from illness in his later life.
            He only lived for 43 years and died in Paris on July 6, 1893. He had
            a short life, but his works will last forever.
            2.       A brief introduction to the play
            This is a one-act play, which is based on Maupassant’s best-known
            story The Diamond Necklace. There are three characters in the play:
            Mathilde Loisel, a young woman; Pierre Loisel, Mathilde’s husband, a
            government worker; Jeanne, Mathilde’s good friend.
            The story takes place in Paris. One day, Pierre gets an invitation
            to a palace ball. He thinks it important to him, and decides to go
            to the party with his wife Mathilde. But Mathilde is worried,
            because she has no new dress and no jewellwey to wear. Her husband
            spends 400 francs on a new dress and she herself borrows a diamond
            necklace from her good friend Jeanne. The young couple go to the
            ball and has a very good time here.
            On their way back after the ball, Mathilde finds that the necklace
            is no longer around her neck. They rush back to the palace and look
            for it. But they can’t find it; it is lost.
            The young couple borrow a great deal of money and buy a necklace
            that is exactly like Jeanne’s. It costs them 36000 francs. So they
            have to work day and night to pay back the money they have borrowed.
            After ten years of hard work, they at last pay back all the money,
            but now Mathilde looks so old that Jeanne even can’t recognize her
            when they meet.
            When Jeanne hears the story, she tells Mathilde that the necklace
            she has borrowed isn’t a real diamond necklace. It isn’t valuable at
            all. It is worth 500 francs at the most.
            VI. Homework
               Prepare for the stage play.
               Write down the Listening material.
            
            
            Period II  Reading & Acting
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