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1、PYGMALION,unit 4,period 1 warming up & reading,Pygmalion, a gifted artist, dislikes local women. He spends much time creating a stone statue of a beautiful woman.,Pygmalion,He falls in love with the statue and goes to the Greek Goddess Aphrodite ,frudaiti 阿佛洛狄特(爱与美的女神) to ask her to bring the statue
2、 to life.,As a result of his prayers, his wish is granted and the statue is made into a real woman. The two marry and live happily ever after.,Have you ever heard of the “Pygmalion Effect ”?,The Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person to take re
3、sponsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try, they probably wont.,皮格马利翁效应也被总结为：“说你行，你就行，不行也行；说你不行，你就不行，行也不行。”,心理学家莫顿（Robert Merton）将此现象名之为“自我实现的预言”。这也就是在名剧窈窕淑女(My Fair Lady)中为人所熟知的“皮格马利翁效应”（Pygmalion effect）。,Questions:,Have you seen the film My Fair Lady ? Who wrote the play
4、?,George Bernard Shaw,A brief introduction to Shaw,George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defender of womens rights, and advocate提倡者, 拥护者of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the
5、Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honour but refused the money. He was a very humorous playwright.,George Bernard Shaw,(1856-1950),This play “My fair lady” (窈窕淑女)by George Bernard Shaw (萧伯纳) is an adaptation改编 of this Greek myth(神话).Although there is no character called Pygmalion in the
6、play, it is about the same theme 主题。,the myth,the play,The play by Shaw has the same theme as the Greek story.,What is the theme of the play?,Reading Pygmalion,Fateful meetings,Act One,This text is mainly about the first experience of Eliza meeting with _.A. Professor HigginsB. Colonel PickeringC. P
7、rofessor Higgins and Colonel PickeringD. a gentleman,Act One,Skimming,Tip: Some information is included in the stage directions, like the character, time, place, weather, lighting, etc.,Main characters,Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. Professor Higgins(H):
8、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.,11:15,PM in 1914,London, England,Eliza, Professor Higgins, Colonel Pickering,fateful meetings,F
9、ast reading,6,Scanning,1. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _.,2. Why did Eliza begin to cry? Because _.,3. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _.,Scanning,1. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _.,talk with him B. ask him to buy some flowers from her C. ask hi
10、m to teach her D. beg some money from him,2.The flower girl cried when she found Higgins making notes becauseA. She thought she did something wrong.B. She thought she didnt have the right to sellflowers.C. She didnt want Higgins to write down whatshe said.D. She thought Higgins was a policeman in di
11、sguise and wanted to arrest her.,Scanning,3. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _.,his appearance B. his action C. his conversation D. his manners,Lower class,Language: calls gentleman “sir” and _ (or captain) which is a compliment,Behaviour: _ to people of higher class,Compr
12、ehending,respectful,“capin”,Language: calls Eliza “_” and Pickering “_”,Behaviour: _ to lower class; _ to same or upper class,Middle class,rude,polite,you silly girl,my dear man,Upper class,Language: prepared to begin a _ with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with praise to him,Behaviour: gene
13、rally confident and _; but _ Eliza,polite,ignores,conversation,Choose those adjectives in the list which best describe each character in the play.,Impatient kind polite rude confident anxious eager enthusiastic ambitious （有雄心的） emotional （易于动感情的，情绪化的） self-important(妄自尊大的) generous unsure (没自信的) sup
14、erior (傲慢的),kind, polite, generous, enthusiastic, eager, confident,impatient, rude, confident, superior, self-important,anxious, eager, emotional, ambitious, unsure,He is arrogant（傲慢的）. He thinks the use of correct English grammar matters. He thinks the girl can never overcome this problem.,Eliza is
15、 respectful to people of a higher social class than her (sir). She is aggressive （敢做敢为的）when defending herself. She is sensitive（敏感的） about how she appears to others.,Modest. In truth he is an authority （权威）on Indian languages. He is prepared to learn from others. He ignores Eliza but speaks to Henry as they are social equals.,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. Huggins wrote down her name and address. 4. Huggins was good at judging people from their own speech.,
