My Fair Lady 卖花女学习英语.doc

Eliza learning how to speak English (Part one)Eliza: The “rine” in Spain.stays mainly in the “pline”.Mr. Higgins: The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.Eliza: Didnt I sigh that?Mr. Higgins: No, Eliza, you didnt “sigh” that. You didnt even say that.Mr. Higgins: Every night before you get into bed where you used to say your prayers, I want you to repeat “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain”.50 times .Youll get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. Now for your “H”s. Pickering, this is going to be ghastly.Captain Pickering: Control yourself, Higgins. Give the girl a chance. Mr. Higgins: Of course, no one expect her to get it right the first time. Now Eliza, watch closely. Now, you see this flame? Now, every time your H correctly, the flame will waver, every time you drop your H, the flame will remain stationary. Thats how you tell the difference. Now, listen carefully. “In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire.hurricanes hardly ever happen.” Now, repeat that after me. “In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.”Eliza: “In Ertford, Ereford n Ampshire, urricanes ardlyhever appen. ” Ah!Mr. Higgins: Oh, no, no, no! Have you no ear at all?Eliza: Shall I do it again?Mr. Higgins: No, please. No, you must start from the very beginning. Just do these: “ha, ha, ha, ha.”Eliza: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, hahahaha!+Mr. Higgins: Go on! Go on, go on.Eliza: Ha, ha, ha, ha Mr. Higgins: Does the same thing hold true in India, Pickering? This peculiar habit of not only dropping a letter like the letter H, but using it where it doesnt belong, like “hever” instead of “ever”. Why is it Slavs, when they learning English, do the same thing with their Gs? They say sin-ger instead of sing-er. Then they turn right around and say ling-er instead of lin-ger. I wonder why thats so. I must look it up.Captain Pickering: Oh, I say, Higgins.Mr. Higgins: Thats right, go on. Go on. Go on.Eliza learning how to speak English (Part two)Mr. Higgins: “Kind of you” “kind of you”. “How kind of you to let me come”.Eliza: How kind of you to let me come.Mr. Higgins: No, no, no. “kind of you.” Its just like “cup of tea.” “kind of you.” “cup of tea.” “kind of you.” Say “cup of tea.”Eliza: “Cup of tea”Mr. Higgins: No. “Cup of tea” Eliza: “Cup of tea”Mr. Higgins: Yes, you know, its awfully good cake this. I wonder where Mrs. Pearce gets it. Captain Pickering: First rate. Strawberry tarts are delicious. Did you try the pline cake?Mr. Higgins: Now try it again. Captain Pickering: Did you try the “pline”Mr. Higgins: Pickering! Now open your mouth, put your tongue forward.until it squeezes on the top of your bottom teeth, now say cup.Eliza: Cup.Mr. Higgins: Now say of.Eliza: Of.Mr. Higgins: Now say, Cup, cup, cup, cup, of, of, of, of. Eliza: Cup, cup, cup, cup, of, of, of, of. Cup, cup, cup, cup, of, of, of, of Captain Pickering: By Jove, Higgins, that was a glorious tea. Why dont you finish the last strawberry tart? I couldnt eat another thing.Mr. Higgins: No, thanks, really, old chap Captain Pickering: Shame to waste it. Mr. Higgins: Oh, it wont go to waste. I know somebody who is enormously fond of strawberry tarts. Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep, cheepEliza: Aaaaaaaaaaooooooowwwww!Eliza learning how to speak English (Part three)Mr. Higgins: Four, five, six marbles. Here we are. Now, Eliza, I want you to read this, and enunciate every word.just as if the marbles were not in your mouth. With blackest moss, the flower pots. were thickly crusted, one and all, the rusted nails fell from the knots that held the pear to the gable-wall. Each word, clear as a bell.Eliza: With blaest moss, the flower pots” I cant. I cant!Captain Pickering: I say, Higgins, are those pebbles really necessary?Mr. Higgins: If they were necessary for Demosthenes, they are necessary for Eliza Doolittle. Carry on, Eliza. Eliza: With blaest moss, the flower pots.were thickly crusted one and all Mr. Higgins: I cant understand a word. Not a word! Eliza: With blackest moss, the flower pots. were thickly crusted, one and all, the rusted nails fell from the knots that held the pear to the gable-wall Captain Pickering: Higgins, perhaps that poems a little too difficult for the girl. Why dont you try something simpler like The Owl and the Pussycat? Oh-ho, yes, thats a charming one!Mr. Higgins: Well, Pickering, I cant hear the girl! Whats the matter? Why you stopped?Eliza: I swallowed one.Mr. Higgins: Oh, dont worry. I have plenty more.Eliza learning how to speak English (Part four)Mr. Higgins: The rain in Spain.stays mainly.in the plain.Eliza: “The rain in Spa” I cant! Im so tired! Im so tired!Captain Pickering: Oh, for Gods sake, Higgins, it must be 3:00 in the morning. Do be reasonable.Mr. Higgins: I am always reasonable. Eliza, if I can go on with a blistering headache, you can.Eliza: Ive got a headache too.Mr. Higgins: Here. Eliza, I know your head aches. I know youre tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butchers window. But think what youre trying to accomplish. Think what youre dealing with. The majesty and grandeur of the English language, its the greatest possession we have. The noblest sentiments that ever flowed through the hearts of men. are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative and musical mixtures of sounds. Thats what youve set yourself out to conquer, Eliza. And conquer it you will. Now try it again.Eliza: “The rain in Spain.stays mainly.in the plain.”Mr. Higgins: What was that?Eliza: “The rain in Spain.stays mainly.in the plain.”Mr. Higgins: Again.Eliza: “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.”Mr. Higgins: I think shes got it. I think shes got it.Eliza: (sing) “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.”Mr. Higgins: By George, shes got it! By George, shes got it! Now, once again (sing) where does it rain?Eliza: (sing) “On the plain. On