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Unit 15 The necklaceReadingTHE NECKLACEScene 1A park in Paris,1870 Jeanne(J) is sitting in the park.Mathilde(M) walks towards her.M:Good afternoon, Jeanne.J:(Looking at the other woman)Im sorry,but I dont think I know you.M:In fact you do, but you may not remember me.Many years ago we knew each other very well.Im Mathilde Loisel.J:Mathilde!Oh yes. Sorry,I dont recognise you.Where have you been all these years,Mathilde?I hope you werent ill.You dont look very well.M:No,Jeanne I wasnt ill.I know I look older than my age.Thats because of hard work-ten years of hard work.J:Im sorry, Mathilde.Did you have a hard time?M:Yes,very hard. Years of hard work,very little food,only a small cold room to live in and never,never moments rest.That has been my life for the past ten years.J:Mathilde!I didnt know.Im sorry. May I know what happened?M:Well.I would rather not to tell you.J:Oh,come,Mathilde. Surely you can tell an old friend.M:Well,.Well,it was all because of that necklace,your beautiful diamond necklace.J:My necklace?I dont understand. Could you please explain?M:Do you remember one afternoon ten years agowhen I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours?Pierre,my husband,was working in a government office.Wed been invited to a ball at the palace,so I needed to borrow some jewellery.Scene 2The home of Mathilde and Pierre(P)Loisel,ten years before.P:Mathilde!Ive got some wonderful news.Weve been invited to the ball at the palace.M:It cant be true,PirreP:But it is true. I was the only person in my office who was invited.Ive written to accept the invitation.M:Oh,Pierre,how wonderful!But I dont think we can go.I havent got a evening dress for the ball!And a new dress costs over four hundred frances.P:Four hundred! Thats a lot of money.But,just this once.After all,this ball is very important.M:But theres another thing, Pierre.I have no jewellery to wear.P:Does that matter? Cant you just wear a flower instead?M:No,I couldnt do that.Everybody else will be wearing jewellery.I cant be the only woman who isnt wearing jewellery.P:Cant you borrow some?Dont you have a friend who might lend you some?M:Let me think. Maybe I could ask Jeanne.She married a man with a lot of money.Ill go and see her on Friday after I get the new dress.Scene 3In the park,Mathilde continues to tell Jeanne her story.M:So I called on you and asked if I could borrow some jewellery.Do you remember now?J:Yes,Mathilde, I remember.M:You were very kind.You brought out all your jewelleryand you told me I could take anything I liked.There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose.And then I saw a lovely diamond necklacewith a big blue stone in the centre.J:I remember.You tried it on and it looked wonderful on you.Im sure you looked beautiful that evening.You were always a pretty girlM:In those days I may have been pretty.Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball.But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives.After that night everything changed.J:Why? What happened?M:On our way home that night I looked downand saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more.I told Pierre.We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace,but without luck.We couldnt find it.It was lost.J:But I dont understand.You brought it back to me the next afternoon.I remember very well.M:Yes,Jeanne, I brought a necklace to you.It was exactly like your necklace,but it was a different one.It cost us thirty-six thousand francs.J:Thirty-six thousand francs!M:Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace.During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay for it.Thats why I now look so old.Well,after ass these years weve at last paid off all our debts.J:But my dear friend,Mathilde.That necklace you borrowed from me wasnt a real diamond necklace.It wasnt precious at all.The stones in the necklace were made of glass.It was worth five hundred francs at most.Integrating skills Reading and writingT:Good morning, class!Ss:Good morning, Mrs Brown.T:Today we are going to learn about famous plays and authors.First,I want to know what kind of plays you like.What about you,Tim.What kind of plays do you like?TIM:Oh,Im not sure. I dont like plays that much.Can we talk about something else,please?I prefer watching TV and playing computer games.T:I see.Well,some TV programmes and computer games are a bit like playsyou have characters playing different roles and acting out a story.TIM:Thats true.When I play a computer game,I act as one of the heroes in the game.SHARON:Yes,and some TV programmes are also like plays. They tell a story.You watch actors who act out dialogues and perform scenes.Just like in a play.T:Thats right.Well, why dont we try writing a play of our own?JIM:Thats too difficult.T:Well,writing a short play is not that difficult, and besides,we have to start somewhere if we want to learn how to write plays.You all know how to write a story,because we have read and written many stories in class.You also know how to write dialogues,because we often use dialogues in class.If we work together,we might come up with a very good story.Lets give it a try.Who wants to start?Joy?JOY?JOY:I know a good story.A student goes to see her grandmother who lives on the other side of town.On her way to her grandmothersshe meets an alien who takes her in his spaceship.T:Thats great. What happens on the spaceship?JIM:We may want to write this:the alien takes her to the futureand shows her what the world will look like a thousand years from now.Then she goes back to her grandmother and tells her about the future,but her grandmother doesnt believe her.SARAH:Could we write another story? The student is on her way to schooland she meets a girl that looks exactly like her.She is scared at first,but then she asks the other girl who she is and where she is from.The other girl says that she is a cloneand that she will live with the first girls family.T:OK,so we have two good ideas.Im, sure we can think of many more.Joy,use your idea about the alien with your group.Write the story first and then write down the the dialogue.Sarah,do the same with your story about the clone.The other groups will use their own ideasand then we will rehearse the plays and act them out.Good Luck!Work bookUnit 15The necklaceIntegrating skillsReadingLearning to actHave you ever dreamt of becoming an actor?Acting is different from other jobs,because many of the skills needed cannot easily be learnt.The first thing an actor must have is the desire to become an actorand the belief that he or she can act well.There are basic skills every actor must learn,such as how to use ones voice and how to move on stage,but becoming a good actor is often a matter of personal development.If you want to become an actor,you must build up your self-confidence and learn to notice people around you.Learning how to act can be fun.Many acting teachersshow their students how to use their imagination in new ways.A common acting exercise asks students to imagine that they are a treea cloud,or an ocean wave.Students are then asked to close their eyes,concentrate on the object they have chosen,and use their body to show what the object feels like.The teacher may also ask students to think about a general topicand list situations or actions that belong to the topic.For example,if the topic is friendship,students may lista handshake,laughtermeeting and so on.They are then asked to show the situation or action,using their bodies only.Acting exercisesmay also teach the students to trust each other and to communicate.For example,one student may close his or her eyesand have another student lead him or her around.Or,a teacher may write the numbers from one to five on the blackboard,explaining that one means walk around but dont look at anyone,two means stay away from others,three means try to stay between two other studentsand so on.The teacher then calls out the numbersand the students act in the way described.When actors prepare for a performance,they have to do more than just learn the lines of the play.The director will help them decide how to move,where to stand or walk and what expressions to use.Perhaps the most important thing an actor or actress has to learnis to understand the character they play.Good actors must of course know what their character does in the play,but they also need to know what the character might do in other situations.Sometimes,actors change themselves in order to become more like the character they play.When Tom Hanks shot the film Cast Away,Cast Away,he had to lose a lot of weightto look like someone who had been on a deserted island for almost five years.Actors also often spend time with people who are like their characters.For example,if an actor is going to play a policeman,he or she may spend a month following a real policemanto watch how he works and lives.Even if you dont want to be a actor,you may want to take part in a play or an acting class.Many of the skills an actor or actress has to learncan be useful in our everyday life and may even help you learn faster.So act now and learn to act! 15单元 项链阅读项链第一场1870年，巴黎的一个公园.让娜(J)坐在公园里.M:Good afternoon, Jeanne.M:下午好,让娜.J:(看着另一位妇女)很抱歉,可是我不认识你.M:其实你认识我,但你可能不会记得我了.很多年前我们彼此十分熟悉.我是玛蒂尔德.卢瓦泽尔.J:玛蒂尔德!噢,是呀.对不起,我没有认出你.这些年来你去了哪里呀,玛蒂尔德?我希望你不是生病了.你看上去气色不好.M:没有.让娜,我没有生病.我知道我现在比起自己的实际年龄老了很多.那是因为艰苦的劳作-十年艰苦的劳作啊.J:对不起,玛蒂尔德.你这些日子过得很苦吗?M:是的，很苦.十几年繁重的劳动,食不果腹,仅有一间冰冷的小屋藏身,而且得不到一分钟的休息.这就是我过去10年的生活.J:玛蒂尔德!我不知道.我很抱歉.我可以知道发生了什么事情吗?M:哎,我还是不说的好.J:噢,说吧,玛蒂尔德,你当然可以讲给一位老朋友听.M:那,.那好,这一切都是因为那条项链,你那条漂亮的钻石项链.J:我的项链?我不明白.请你解析一下好吗?M:你还记得十年前的一个下午,我去你家借走了你的一条项链吗?我丈夫皮埃尔在一个政府部门工作.我们应邀去参加一个宫廷舞会.所以我需要借一些首饰.第二场十年前,玛蒂尔德和皮埃尔的家.P:玛蒂尔德!我有个令人陶醉的消息,我们被邀请去参加宫廷舞会了.M:这不可能吧,皮埃尔!P:但这是真的,我是我们办公室受到邀请的唯一的人.我已答复了,表示愿意接受邀请.M:哦,皮埃尔,真是太棒了!但是我觉得我们不能去.我连一件去参加舞会的夜礼服都没有!而一件新礼服价值要超过400法郎.P:400法郎!那是一大笔钱啊.可是,毕竟我们只有这样一次机会,而这次舞会非常重要.M:但是,还有一件事,皮埃尔.我没有佩带的首饰.P:这碍什么事?你戴朵花不就可以了吗?M:不行,这可不行.其他人都会佩带首饰.我不能成为唯一不佩带首饰的女人.P:那你一能借一些吗?你有没有可以借首饰的朋友?M:我想想看.也许我可以问问让娜.她嫁给了一个很有钱的人.星期五我买了新衣服后去看看她.第三场在公园,玛蒂尔德继续给让娜讲她的故事.M:所以我去拜访你,问我能否借有些首饰.你现在还记得吗?J:是的,玛蒂尔德,我能记得.M:你真是太好了.你把自己所有的首饰都拿出来.你说,我可以拿走我想要的任何东西.有那么多漂亮日东西,真的好难挑选.后来,我看到一个可爱的钻石项链,中间有一颗很大的蓝色钻石.J:我想起来了.你戴在身上比量着,看起来真漂亮.我确信那天晚上你风光极了.你那时一直是个漂亮的姑娘.M:那时候我也许我很漂亮.我和皮埃尔在舞台上确实玩得很开心.可是,那是我们一生中幸福时光的最后一刻.过了那个夜晚,一切都发生了改变.为什么呀!发生了什么事?M:那天晚上,在我们回家的路上,我低头一看,发现我脖子上的项链不见了.我告诉皮埃尔.我们急匆匆返回宫廷去寻找.我们问遍那儿的每一个人,问他们有没有见到过一条项链,可是,真不走运我们未能找到,项链丢了J:但我还是不明白.次日下午你拿来还给了我们呀,我记得清清楚楚M:是的,让娜,我给你拿来一个项链,它跟你的项链几乎一模一样.但那是另外的一个.它花了我们36000法郎.J:36000法郎!M:我和皮埃尔借钱买了那串项链接下来的10年时间我们两口子为了还这笔钱,不分昼夜地干活.这就是我现在如此苍老的原因.还好,过了这些年的苦日子,我们终于还清了所有的债务.J:可是,我的好朋友,玛蒂尔德,你从我这借走的那串项链并不是真正的钻石项链.它一点儿也不值钱.项链上的钻石是玻璃做的,它最多值500法郎.综合技能 读和写T:早上好,同学们.Ss早上好，布朗太太.T:今天,我们学习一些著名的戏剧和作者.首先,我想知道你们喜欢哪种类型的戏剧.帝姆,你呢?你喜欢什么类型的戏剧?我不确定.我不是那么喜欢戏剧.我们可以谈论一些别的什么吗?我更喜欢看电视或玩电子游戏.T:我明白了.电视和电子游戏有一点像戏剧都有人物饰演不同的角色,并表演出一个故事TIM:这是真的.当我玩电子游戏时,我常在游戏中扮演一个英雄的角色.SHARON:是的,大多数电视节目和戏剧差不多.他们讲一个故事,然后你们观看演员表演故事的情节和对话.这些跟戏剧里的差不多.T:是的.对了,我们为什么不写一部我们自己的戏剧呢?JIM:那太难了.T:写一部简单的戏剧没有那么难,再者,如果我们想学会怎样写剧本,我们要知道从何入手.你们都知道如何写一个故事,因为我们在课堂上已经读过,写过很多故事.你们也知道怎能样写对话,因为我们上课经常用对话.如果我们一起来,我们就会想出一个好的故事.让我们试一试.谁愿意先来,JOY:我知道一个好故事.一