GuydeMaupassantwasawellknownFrenchnovelistandshort-storywriter.Hebecameafamousnovelistinhisthirties.Hehadafineuseofirony.Hisstylewasdirectandsimplewithattentiontorealisticdetail.Hesufferedagreatdealfromillnessinhislaterlife.Heonlylivedfor43YearsanddiedinParis.Hehadashortlife,buthisworkswilllastforever.1.Howmanycharactersarethereinthetext?2.What’stheirrelationship?1.DidJeannerecognizeMathilde?2.Whydidn'tJeannerecognizeMathilde?3.WhatmadeMathildelookolderthanshereallywas?4.Whatcausedallthesemisfortune?Questionsofscene1:(No,shedidn't.)(BecauseMathildelookedolderthanherage.)(Tenyearsofhardwork,verylittlefood,onlyacoldhousetolivein,andneveramoment'srest.)(Thediamondnecklace.)1.WhywasMathildeworried?2.Howmuchdidherdresscost?3.Whatelsedidshewanttowear?4.WhatdidPierresuggest?5.Whatdidtheydecidetodo?Questionsofscene2:(Shehadn'tgotaneveningdressfortheball.)(Over400francs.)(Shewantedtowearjewellery.)(Towearaflowerinstead.)(Toborrowsomejewelleryfromafriend-Jeanne.)Readtheplaycarefully,thenchoosethebestanswerstothequestionsofthewholeplay.1）Thestoryisbasedon“Thenecklace”，astorywrittenbyGuydeMaupassant，andhewas____．A．anEnglishwriterB．aFrenchwriterC．anAmericanwriter2）Tenyearsearlier，MathildehadborrowedanecklacefromherfriendJeanneinorderto____．A．gotoapartyB．gotothetheatreC．gotoapalaceball3）ThenecklaceMathildehadborrowedfromJeannewasmadeof____．A．diamondB．stoneC．glassBCC4.Onherwayhomefromtheball，Mathildefoundher____missing．A．moneyB．necklaceC．Watch5.ThenextdayPierreandMathildebought____．A．aglassnecklacetoreturntoJeanneB．agoldnecklacetoreturntoJeanneC．arealdiamondnecklacetoreturntoJeanne6.TenyearslaterMathildehappenedtomeetJeanneinapark，butatfirst____．A．Jeannedidn’trecognizeherB．Jeannedidn’tspeaktoherC．JeannerefusedtosayhellotoherBCA7）FortenyearsbothMathildeandherhusbandhadworkeddayandnight,because___．A．theywantedtosavemoneytobuyarealdiamondnecklaceB．theyhadtopaybackthemoneytheyhadborrowedC.theywantedtosavemoneytobuyahouse8）Mathildenowlookedolderbecause____．A．shehadworkedveryhardfortenyearsB．shehadbeenillformanyyearsC．shewaspoorlydressedBAThemainideaofeachscene:Scene1:Scene2:Scene3:MeetingwithanoldfriendAninvitationtoaballatthepalace.Thestoryofalostnecklace.Thecharactersofthepeopleintheplay:Mathilde:Pierre:Jeanne:Ayounglady,prettybutvain.Agovernmentworker,notrichbutambitious(有野心的).Ayounglady,richandwarm-hearted.Theprocessoftheplay:Gettingtheinvitation---borrowinganecklace---losingthenecklace---buyinganewnecklace---returningthenecklace---learningthetruth.12345Pierre,Mathilde'shusband,wasonceinvitedtoaball.AsMathildehadnojewllerytowear,PierreadvisedMathildetoborrowsomefromherfriendJeanne,whomarriedamanwithalotofmoney.Jeannelentheralovelydiamondnecklace.PierreandMathildehadagoodtimeattheball.Butontheirwayhome,theyfoundthenecklacewasgone.Theyboughtanecklacewhichcostthemthirty-sixthousandfrancsandreturnedittoJeanne.Ittookthemtenyearstopaybackthemoney.Andonedayinthepark,MathildemetJeanne.Shewassurprisedtoknowthatthenecklacesheborrowedwasnotarealone.Itwasworthfivehundredfrancsatthemost.Homework:ContinuethestoryandwriteasceneinwhichMathildecomesbackhometotellherhusbandabouthermeetingwithJeanne.
