Unit 18

The necklace

Sitting in a park

The home of the Loisels’

In the park, Mathilde was telling …

The story happened in Pairs. One day Pierre got an ________ to a place ball. He thought it _____ to him, and decided to got to the _____ with his ____ Mathilde. But Mathilde was ______, because she had no new dress and no ______to wear.her husband spent ___ francs on a new dress and she herself ______ a ______ necklace from her good friend Jeanne. The young ______went to the ball and had a very good time.

On their way ____after the ball, Mathilde found that the _____ was ___ ____ around her neck. They rushed back to the _______ and looked for it. But they couldn’t ____ it; it was lost.

invitation importantparty wife

worriedjewellery

400borrowed diamond

couple

homenecklace no longer

palacefind

The young ______ borrowed a great deal of money and ______ a necklace that was exactly like Jeanne’s. it _______ them 36.000 francs. So they had to work day and night to ____ ____ the money they had ______. After __ years of hard work, they at last ___ ___ all the money, but now Mathilde looked so____ that Jeanne even couldn’t recognize her when they met.

When Jeanne heard the _____, she told Mathilde that the _______ she had ______ wasn’t a real ______ necklace. It wasn’t valuable at all. It was _________ 500 francs at the most.

couplebought

costpay back borrowed

ten paied backold

storynecklace borrowed diamond

worth

Language points1.after all ⑴ It’s not surprising you’re tired. After all, you didn’t go to bed until 12 last night.

I think we should let her go on holiday alone. 她毕竟十五岁了，不再是个小孩了。

⑵ Although they met with difficulties ， I hear they’ve succeeded after all 。

I did promise to buy a car for you ，但实在对不起，我实在无能为力了。

After all, she is fifteen; she is’t a child any longer.

but I am sorry I can’t manage it at all.

Language points2.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, 他们结婚已有十年了 .

they have been married for ten years.

they have married for ten years.

they have married for ten years.

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×

×

×

Language points

call on sb.

call at sp.

visit/sb./sp.

pay a visit to sb./sp.

drop in on sb.

at sp.

call on =ask sb. to do sth

1, Marx called on the workers to unite.

2. I will call on Jean for an answer.

You have to pay back the money you borrowed.

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.

Language points

4. pay back 偿还 pay off 还清 /pay for

5) worth/wothy

. This VCD is worth 1,000 yuan..

What you said is worth considering

worthyof sth

of being done

to be doneThe work is worthy of careful study.

of being studied

to be studied carefully.

Language points

Fill in the blanks with the following words:believe, believe in;accept, receive;cost,spend

1The day before yesterday, Mr.Green ______ an expensive gift.,but he didn’t _____ 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 don’t ______ what he says and don’t ______ him.

4.Mathilde’s new evening dress _____ them 400 francs. Her husband ____ 400 francs on the evening dress.

received

accept

cost

spent

believe

believe in

costspent

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

borrow, lend,invite,invitation,know/know about/recognize

1. I didn’t _____ 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.

borrowlend

invitationinvited

know known about

recognized

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

after all, in all, above all

1. Mathilde thought it was a diamond necklace, but it wasn’t 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

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

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

Worth, worthy; describe,description1.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 can’t ________ my joy at that moment.

4.He gave a detailed _________ the murderer he saw at the spot.

worth

worthy

describe

description

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

be married to/ got married to/marry sb. ;

rob/ steal1.Alice _______ a Frenchman with a lot of money.

2. The scientist didn’t ___________ until forty.

3. Have they _________ ?

4. They ______________ for ten years.

5. Last year he ______ a gun from the police station and _____ the bank of $10,000, so he has been sentenced to death.

married

marry/get marry

got married

have been married

stolerobbed

He asked : “ Are you from America?”

He asked me if /whether I was from America.

“ Where have you been these years?” he asked her.

He asked her where she had been those years.

“Do you think it was stolen by a thief?”(he/her)

“How much does a new dress cost?”(he/her)

He asked her if she thought it had been stolen by a thief.

He asked her how much a new dress cost.