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1、Unit 4 Pygmalion,Reading,选修八,Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.,He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.,His wish is granted.,This play, Pygmalion, was also made into a film called My Fair Lady.,Pre-reading,Main characters,Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower

2、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. Colonel Pickering(P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins who sets him a task.,Acting,Act one,Fateful meetings

3、,: Try to act it out.,Eliza Doolittle,Henry Higgins,Colonel Pickering,The play by Shaw has the same theme as the Greek Story,Theme of the Greek story: Pygmalion, an artist create a statue from stone and make it have a new life . Theme of My fair lady: Higgins, a phonetics create a new girl Eliza fro

4、m lower class to upper class by teaching her English.,Pygmalion,Reading,1. Eliza was selling some flowers when Higgins first met her. 2. She succeeded in selling some dead flowers to Huggins for some small change. 3. Higgins wrote down her name and address. 4. Higgins was good at judging people from

5、 their own speech.,T,F,F,T,True or False?,5. Higgins could earn a lot for his job. 6. Higgins promised to find her a good job. 7. Either man had planned to meet the other although they didnt know each other.,T,F,T,1. This text is mainly about the first experience of Eliza meeting with _. A. Professo

6、r Higgins B. Colonel Pickering C. Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering D. a gentleman,C,Choose the best answer.,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,C,Choose t

7、he best answer.,2. 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,A,3. Why Eliza began to cry? Because _. A. she thought Professor Higgins would arrest her B. the gentleman didnt give her some

8、money C. Pickering beat and scolded her D. there was no reason,A,4. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _. A. his appearance B. his action C. his conversation D. his manners,C,5. From the text, we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described below EXCEPT _. A. he doesnt

9、 care about money B. he is an expert in phonetics C. he is proud D. he is greedy,D,Read Act One of the play and then answer these questions.,Comprehending,1. What is the name of the man hiding from the rain?,Henry Higgins,2. Why is Eliza frightened of him at first? 3. Where has Colonel Pickering bee

10、n living and what has he studied?,She thinks he is a policeman in disguise.,He has been living in India and has studied many Indian dialects.,4. Who is Henry Higgins anxious to meet and why?,He is anxious to meet Colonel Pickering because he is researching in the same academic field as Pickering.,5.

11、 What is Elizas ambition and what does she decide to do about it?,Her ambition is to be a shop assistant. She decides to take lessons from Professor Higgins to achieve her aim.,2. Suppose you have a chance to help Eliza improve her use of the English language. Correct all these sentences in terms of

12、 grammar, spelling, etc, so that she can use them properly.,1. Come overere, capin, and buy me flowers off a poor girl.,Come over here, captain, and buy some flowers from a poor girl.,2. I aint done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.,I havent done anything wrong by speaking to that gentlem

13、an.,I thought maybe you were a policeman in disguise.,4. How do I know whether ou took down right?,How do I know whether you wrote down what I said accurately?,5. A shop assistant? Now thats sommat I want, that is!,A shop assistant? Now thats something I would like to be!,3. I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise.,3 What other things show ones status in Society apart from how one speaks?,You can show your social status by: Clothes you wear Expensive possessions ( like cars or jewellery) Attitudes and behavior Education level how many foreign