8unit4Reading

Unit4Pygmalion Reading MyFairLadyHaveyouseenthefilm Pre reading Pygmalion agiftedartist makesastonestatueofabeautifulwoman Whenhefinishesthestatue hefallsinlovewithitandgoestotheGreekGoddess Aphrodite toaskhertomakethestatueintoarealwomanandbecomehiswife TheGoddessagreestohisrequest Thenthebeautifulladyandhelivehappilytogether Readthetextquicklyandcompleteitsmainidea Theplayismainlyaboutapoor1 girlwhoisluckytocomeacrossaprofessorwhomighthelpherto2 herlife flower improve Skimming 1 ThistextismainlyaboutthefirstexperienceofElizameetingwith A ProfessorHigginsB ColonelPickeringC ProfessorHigginsandColonelPickeringD agentleman Readthroughtheactoneandchoosethebestanswer 2 Theflowergirlwantedtobecome A aduchessB ashopassistantC aladyD alady smaid 3 Elizagreetedtothegentlemaninorderto A askhimtobuysomeflowersfromherB talkwithhimC askhimtoteachherD begsomemoneyfromhim 4 WhyElizabegantocry Because A shethoughtProfessorHigginswouldarresthimB thegentlemandidn tgivehersomemoneyC PickeringbeatandscoldedherD therewasnoreason 5 ProfessorHigginsbelievedthathecouldjudgeapersonby A hisappearanceB hisactionC hisconversationD hismanners 6 Fromthetext wecaninferthatProfessorHigginsisamandescribedbelowEXCEPT A hedoesn tcareaboutmoneyB heisanexpertinphoneticsC heisproudD heisgreedy 7 Fromthelastsentenceoftheplay wecanconcludethatElizafelt aboutwhatHigginssaid A confidentB optimisticC certainD doubtful judgethepersonalitiesofmaincharacters gothroughthetextagain chooseadjectivestodescribeeachcharacter ElizaDoolittle ProfessorHiggins ColonelPickering unsure childish emotional ambitious impatient rude confident superior self important kind polite generous enthusiastic kind polite generous enthusiastic impatient rude confident superior self important unsure childish ambitious emotional ActoneofPygmaliontellsushowthemaincharactersofthisplay ElizaDoolittle ProfessorHigginsandColonelPickeringhadtheir meetingswhile fromaheavyrainoutsideatheatreinLondon Englandin1914 sheltering hiding fateful ElizaDoolittlewasapoorflowergirl Whenshetriedtosellherflowerstoagentleman her EnglishcaughtProfessorHiggins attention ProfessorHiggins anexpertin couldplaceapersonbyhis herremarks Heconvincedthatthe ofaperson sEnglishdecideshis hersocialposition terrible phonetics quality Inhisopinion onceeducatedtospeak ElizaDoolittlecouldpassherselfoffinthreemonthsasa atanambassador sgardenpartyandperhapsshecouldevenworkas orashopassistant ColonelPickering anofficerinthe