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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 4,Pygmalion,Reading,This play by George Bernard Shaw (,萧伯纳,) is an adaptation of a a classic Greek story. Do you know this story?,Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.,When he finishes the statue, he falls in love with it and goes to the Greek goddess, Aphrodite, to ask her to make the statue into a real woman.,His wish is granted.,The author George Bernard Shaw,An,Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater.,His main works:,Immaturity,Widowers Houses,Pygmalion,Man and Superman (1902),Major Barbara (1905),In Shaws play, Professor Higgins is a man who does not like women either and is very rude to them. For a bet he agrees to teach a poor young woman so that she can be passed off as a rich lady in high class society. So, like Pygmalion, Higgins creates a perfect young woman. Both the statue and Eliza depend on their creator for their new life.,My Fair Lady,Have you seen the film?,Pre-reading,Eliza Doolittle(E):,a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself.,Professor Higgins(H):,an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a persons English decides his/her position in society.,Main characters,Fateful meetings,Colonel Pickering (P):,an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins who sets him a task.,Read the text quickly and,complete its main idea.,The play is mainly about a poor 1. _ girl who is lucky to come across a professor who might help her to 2. _ her life.,flower,improve,Skimming,Read the text carefully and fill in,the blanks.,Careful reading,Eliza Doolittle, She is very poor and makes a living by 1. _ and is 2. _ to improve herself.,selling flowers,ambitious,Reading.mp3,Eliza Doolittle, When she sees Professor Higgins 3. _, she feels worried because she takes him for a(n) 4. _ in disguise who wants to catch her as a(n) 5. _., Her 6. _ English will make her live in the 7. _ all her life, according to Professor Higgins.,taking notes,policeman,thief,terrible,gutter,Professor Higgins, He is an expert in 8. _, who thinks that the quality of a persons English decides his / her 9. _ in society., He can know where a person is from by what he / she 10. _., He thinks if taught by him to speak properly, Eliza Doolittle,phonetics,position,says,Professor Higgins,may become a(n),11. _ lady., He thinks Eliza Doolittle can be changed into a woman like a duchess at an ambassadors garden party in 12. _ months, a ladys maid or a shop assistant., He was going to 13. _ to meet Colonel Pickering.,upper class,three,India,Colonel Pickering, He is a(n) 14. _ in the army and later a friend of Higgins., He studies many Indian 15. _ and comes to England to make Higgins acquaintance.,officer,dialects,1. This text is mainly about the first experience of Eliza meeting with _.,A. Professor Higgins,B. Colonel Pickering,C. Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering,D. a gentleman,Read through the act one and choose the best answer.,2. Which of the following can best describe Henry Higgins?,A. Kind and polite.,B. Impatient and anxious.,C. Self-important and confident.,D. Unsure and generous.,3. The flower girl wanted to become _.,A. a duchess,B. a shop assistant,C. a lady,D. a ladys maid,4. The flower girl was worried when she found Higgins making notes because _.,A. she thought she did something wrong,B. she thought she didnt have the right,to sell flowers,C. she didnt want Higgins to write,down what she said,D. she thought Higgins was a policeman,in disguise,5. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _.,A. ask him to buy some flowers from,her,B. talk with him,C. ask him to teach her,D. beg some money from him,6. Why Eliza began to cry? Because,_.,A. she thought Professor Higgins,would arrest her,B. the gentleman didnt give her some money,C. Pickering beat and scolded her,D. there was no reason,7. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _.,A. his appearance,B. his action,C. his conversation,D. his manners,8. From the text, we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described below EXCEPT _.,A. he doesnt care about money,B. he is an expert in phonetics,C. he is proud,D. he is greedy,9. From the last sentence of the play, we can conclude that Eliza felt _ about what Higgins said.,A. confident B. optimistic,C. certain D. doubtful,The social position of each character influences the way they behave to each other. Generally speaking, people are more polite to those who they think are of a higher social class (H) and less polite to those they consider are members of a lower class (L). Is this true of the characters in Shaws play? Give your evidence in the chart below.,Comprehending Page 30 Ex. 2,Character,Position in society,Evidence in the play,Eliza,Lower class,Language:,calls gentleman “sir” and “capin” (or captain) which is a compliment,恭维,;,敬意,Behaviour:,respectful to people of higher class,Character,Position in society,Evidence in the play,Henry Higgins,Language:,calls Eliza “you silly girl” and Pickering “my dear man” (an equal and friend),Behaviour:,rude (and patronizing,屈尊俯就的,) to lower class; polite to same or upper class,Middle class,Character,Position in society,Evidence in the play,Colonel Pickering,Upper class,Language:,prepared to begin a conversation with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with praise to him,Behaviour:,generally confident and polite; but ignores Eliza,Relationships,between characters,Evidence from the play,Henry Higgins:,2 Attitude towards Eliza (L),Is the statement above true?,1 Attitude towards Colonel Pickering (H),2 watches her; notes her reactions; talks about her in front of her; calls her,silly girl,1 respects his professional work as a phonetician; calls him,sir,and my,dear man,2 Yes,1 Yes,Relationships,between characters,Evidence from the play,Colonel Pickering:,1 appreciates his expertise; praises him; asks his opinion; happy to be friends,2 ignores her; does not stop Henry when he talks about Eliza in front of her (which is very rude),1 Attitude towards Henry Higgins (L),2 Attitude towards Eliza (L),Is the statement above true?,2 Yes,1 Yes,Relationships,between characters,Evidence from the play,Eliza:,1 anxious; eager not to do the wrong thing; ambitious to improve herself; respectful and curious about Henrys expertise,2 feels upset not being included in the conversation when talked about,1 Attitude towards Henry Higgins (H),2 Attitude towards Colonel Pickering (H),Is the statement above true?,2 Unclear,1 Yes,What other things show ones status in society apart from how one speaks? Ex. 3 Page 31,clothes you wear,attitudes and,behavior,how many foreign,languages spoken,and countries visited,expensive possessions(,like cars or jewellery),education level,Choose those adjectives in the list which best describe each character in the play. In pairs discuss them and then place them in the boxes below. Some can be used more than once. Ex.4 Page 31.,impatient kind polite rude confident anxious eager enthusiastic emotional self-important ambitious generous unsure superior dynamic,kind, polite, generous,enthusiastic, eager, confident,impatient, rude, confident,superior, self-important,anxious, eager, emotional,ambitious, unsure, dynamic,5.,Suppose you have a chance to help Eliza improve her use of the English language. Correct all these sentences in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, so that she can use them properly. Page 31 Ex.5.,1 Come overere, capin, and buy me flowers off a poor girl.,Come over there, captain, and buy some flowers from a poor girl.,2 I aint done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.,3 I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise.,I havent done anything wrong by speaking to that gentleman.,I thought that maybe you were a policeman in disguise.,4 How do I know whetherou took me down right?,5 A shop assistant? Now thats sommat I want, that is!,How do I know whether you wrote down what I said accurately?,A shop assistant? Now thats something I would like to be!,Act one of Pygmalion tells us how the main characters of this play, Eliza Doolittle, Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering had their _ meetings while _ from a heavy rain outside a theatre in London, England in 1914.,sheltering / hiding,fateful,Eliza Doolittle was a poor flower girl. When she tried to sell her flowers to a gentleman, her _ English caught Professor Higgins attention. Professor Higgins, an expert in _, could place a person by his / her remarks. He convinced that the _ of a persons English decides his / her social position.,terrible,phonetics,quality,In his opinion, once educated to speak _, Eliza Doolittle could pass herself off in three months as a _ at an ambassadors garden party and perhaps she could even work as _ or a shop assistant.,Colonel Pickering, an officer in the army, who had studied many _ dialects himself, came to England to make the _ of Professor Higgins.,properly,duchess,a ladys maid,Indian,acquaintance,
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