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ts first publication, the story still touches the readers deeply to their hearts. Maupassant suffered a great deal from illness in his later life. Yet he struggled to continue had a short life, and died at the age of 43 in 1893. Maupassant’s stories were built around the everyday life of the simple humble(低下 ) people. He had a fine use of irony. His style was direct and simple, with attention to realistic details. He saw clearly the toil, sufferings and the bitterly ironic happenings in human lives. At his best , he was able to put into a few pages a life story . The main characters Mathilde Pierre Jeanne Characters: ? Mathilde ? Pierre ? Jeanne a young lady, pretty but vain a government worker, not rich a young lady, rich but warmhearted Plot: getting the invitation ? borrowing a necklace ? losing the necklace ? returning the necklace ? learning the truth Scene 1( Qamp。t think you are right. b. I don39。認(rèn)識 a. When I met one of my friends last night, I could hardly recognize him b. I recognized his voice on the phone. c. They recognized the book as the best one in the year. d. He recognizes that English is very important. Fill in the blanks with proper forms of “recognize/ know”: 1. Dogs _________ people by their smell. 2. Most countries in the world _______________ the new government so far. 3. We __________ that this is an unpleasant choice to make. 4. She really _________ theory es from practice. 5. They all ___________ him to be a great leader. 6. I _________________ him since he was a child. recognize have recognized recognize knows recognize have known have you been all these years, Mathilde? a. I didn’t know you were here. b. Can you tell me the correct answer? Repeat please! I wasn’t listening. c. Why were you not present at the meeting? I was waiting for a friend who came from Beijing. 5. times: conditions at present or at some specified period Times have been good since 1980. Times are not what they were. in ancient/modern times ahead of time / behind the times/ behind time(be late ) Language points: (接受 ,領(lǐng)受 。t marry until forty.