Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2

“THE DIAMOND NECKLACE”

A young woman named Mathilde Loisel is married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. They live a poor life, which Mathilde hates. One day, they are invited to a grand ball where the rich people will be. Mathilde buys a new gown from her husband’s savings intended to buy him a gun for shooting larks, for his hobby. To go with that very elegant gown, she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend Madame Forestier. At the ball, Mathilde is prettier than any woman there. When they arrive home after that ball, she is aware that the borrowed necklace is gone. She and her husband try to find it, but they do not find it, so they buy another one exactly the same, for thirty-four thousand francs, from its original price of forty francs, such a very big amount of money for the couple. They use up Loisel’s inheritance from his father, borrowed from usurers, and they work odd jobs for ten years just to make up for that amount. After a decade, Mathilde sees Madame Forestier by chance, and after those years, finally confesses that the necklace she returned was a replacement. Madame Forestier is shocked, and tells her that the necklace she lent her was fake. It was worth at most five hundred francs.  

Menentukan Tenses :

-          A young woman named Mathilde Loisel is married .             : Simple Past Tense

-          They live a poor life, which Mathilde hates.                           : Simple Present Tense

-          One day, they are invited to a grand ball.                                : Simple Past Tense

-          Mathilde buys a new gown from her husband’s savings intended to buy him a gun for shooting larks, for his hobby.                                                                            : Simple Present Tense

-          To go with that very elegant gown.                                         : Simple Present Future

-          She borrows a diamond necklace from her friend Madame Forestier.

                                                                                                 : Simple Present Tense

-          At the ball, Mathilde is prettier than any woman there.         : Simple Present Tense

-          When they arrive home after that ball, she is aware that the borrowed necklace is gone.                                                                                         : Simple Present Tense

-          Such a very big amount of money for the couple.                  : Simple Present Tense

-          They use up Loisel’s inheritance from his father.                   : Simple Present Tense

-          Madame Forestier is shocked, and tells her that the necklace she lent her was fake.

                                                                                                  : Simple Past Tense

-          It was worth at most five hundred francs.                               : Simple Past Tense