FatefulMeetings阅读欣赏课PPT学习教案

1、会计学1FatefulMeetings阅读欣赏课阅读欣赏课Questions: What do you think of when you hear of “Pygmalion”? A Greek story.Warming up第1页/共24页Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.第2页/共24页He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.(使使复活复活)第3页/共24页His wish is granted.第4页/共24页GalateaP

2、ygmalion, king of CyprusAphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love第5页/共24页 Pygmalion, the play by George Bernard Shaw, is an adaptation of the Greek story. 第6页/共24页1.Shaws life 2.Shaws works3.Shaws identity第7页/共24页group1: Shaws lifevShaw was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856 and died in 1950.vhated sch

3、ooling and dropped out of school at 15.vIn1876, Shaw moved to London to live with his mother, where he began his literary career by writing music and theatre criticism, and novels.vIn 1884, he joined the Fabian Society（费边社）, and took an active part in the socialist movement.vbegan writing plays in 1

4、892.vwon Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.第8页/共24页 He wrote 51 plays, much concerned about the social problems he lived. His famous plays include: vWidowers House鳏夫的房产 vMrs. Warrens Profession 华伦夫人的职业 vMajor Barbara 巴巴拉少校v Heartbreak House 伤心之家vSaint Joan 圣女贞德v Pygmalion 卖花女vThe Apple Cart 苹果车grou

5、p2: Shaws works第9页/共24页 playwright, literary critic, socialist spokesman，free thinker.identitygroup3: Shaws identity He is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.第10页/共24页 Pygmalion was made intoa film called My Fair Lady in 1964. Read the three maincharacters and predic

6、t who is Pygmalion in the play.Pre-reading第11页/共24页第12页/共24页Skimming Pay attention to the title and para.1, skim the passage, and answer the following questions: 1. When and where does the story take place? 2.What is the weather like in Act One? 3.How many characters are included in Act One? Who are

7、 they?Answers: 1. 11:15pm in London in 1914 outside a theatre.2. Its pouring with rain.3. Four. They are Eliza (E), a gentleman (G), ProfessorHiggins (H) and Colonel Pickering (CP). 第13页/共24页Scanning Read Act One of the play and the answer the first five questions in Ex.1 on P.30.Answers: Henry Higg

8、ins.She thinks he is a policeman in disguise.He has been living in India and has studied many Indian dialects.4. He is anxious to meet Colonel Pickering, because they are studying in the same academic field.5. A shop assistant. She decides to take lessons from Colonel Pickering第14页/共24页 Can you reco

9、gnize each characters social position by their behavior and language? Is he or she from the upper class, middle class or lower class?”第15页/共24页Careful reading Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:第16页/共24页 Rude. He calls her “a silly girl” and he says that her English is ter

10、rible. Polite and respectful. He calls him “sir” and “my dear man”.第17页/共24页He appreciates his expertise and admires him. No. Maybe he is not interested in those who from the lower class.第18页/共24页 Her English is terrible in terms of grammar, spelling and pronunciation. At first, she is frightened of him, and then she is respectful and curious about Henrys expertise.第19页/共24页妄自尊大的妄自尊大的 傲慢的傲慢的妄自尊大的妄自尊大的 Choose those adjectives which best describe each character In the play.第20页/共24页kind, polite, genero