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TMS3720 Assignment 4 2024 (235217) - DUE 12 September 2024
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TMS3720 Assignment 42024 (235217) - DUE
12 September 2024
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,TMS3720 Assignment 4 2024 (235217) - DUE 12 September 2024
TMS3720 Assignment 4 2024 | Due 12 September 2024. All questions answered with
references.
QUESTION 1 – LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Read the following story and answer the questions that follow:
The Necklace, by Guy de Maupassant
She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as if by an error of fate, into a
family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of becoming known,
understood, loved or wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and so, she let herself
be married to a minor official at the Ministry of Education.
One evening, her husband came home with an air of triumph, holding a large
envelope in his hand.
“Look,” he said, “here’s something for you.”
She tore open the paper and drew out a card, on which was printed the words:
“The Minister of Education and Mme. Georges Rampouneau request the pleasure of
M. and Mme. Loisel’s company at the Ministry, on the evening of Monday January
18th.”
Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the invitation on the
table, resentfully, and muttered:
“What do you want me to do with that?”
“But, my dear, I thought you would be pleased. You never go out, and it will be such a
lovely occasion! I had awful trouble getting it. Everyone wants to go; it is very exclusive,
, and they’re not giving many invitations to clerks. The whole ministry will be there.”
He stopped, stunned, distressed to see his wife crying. Two large tears ran slowly
from the corners of her eyes towards the corners of her mouth. He stuttered:
“What’s the matter? What’s the matter?”
With great effort she overcame her grief and replied in a calm voice, as she wiped her
wet cheeks:
“Nothing. Only I have no dress and so I can’t go to this party. Give your invitation to a
friend whose wife has better clothes than I do.”
However, he said:
“Very well, I can give you four hundred francs. But try and get a really beautiful dress.”
The day of the party drew near, and Madame Loisel seemed sad, restless and anxious.
Her dress was ready, however. One evening, her husband said to her:
“What’s the matter? You’ve been acting strange these last three days.”
She replied: “I’m upset that I have no jewels, not a single stone to wear. I will look
cheap. I would almost rather not go to the party.”
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“No; there is nothing more humiliating than looking poor in the middle of a lot of
rich women.”
The next day she went to her friend’s house and told her of her distress.
Madame Forestier went to her mirrored wardrobe, took out a large box, brought it
back, opened it and said to Madame Loisel:
“Would you lend me this, just this?”
“Why, yes, of course.”
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