1、Unit 4 PygmalionPygmalion effectThe Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will.If you expect a person to take responsibility,they probably will.If you expect them not to even try,they probably wont.The author-George Bernard ShawAn Irish dramatist,literary critic,a sociali
2、st spokesman,and a leading figure in the 20th century theater.His main works:WidowersHouses 鳏夫的房产鳏夫的房产Major Barbara(1905)巴巴拉上校巴巴拉上校Apple cart 苹果车苹果车Pygmalion 皮格马利翁皮格马利翁Pygmalion-My fair LadyMain characters Eliza Doolittle Professor Higgins Colonel PickeringAct I Fateful meetings1.What is the functio
3、n of the first paragraph in the whole play?2.What is the main idea of Act one?AnalysischaracterpositionevidenceElizaHigginsPickeringcharacterposition evidencelower classJob:sell flowersbroken&informalrudeLanguage:Behaviour:characterpositionevidencemiddleclassJob:Behaviour:research phoneticsrude to E
4、&polite to PcharacterpositionevidenceupperclassTitle:Behaviour:ColonelgentlemanWhat happened to them?1.Eliza asked _.2.Eliza was warned that _ _.3.Professor Higgins stressed _.4.Colonel Pickering and Professor Higgins_.Pickering to buy flowers Higgins was taking down her wordsthe importance of Engli
5、sh make their acquaintanceWhat was Eliza going to do next?Act II making the bet1.Who made this bet?2.What was the bet?3.Why did they make this bet?Characters1.Eliza was poor but a_.2.Colonel Pickering was kind m_ and c_.3.Mr Higgins was s_,rude and a little s_.mbitiousodestonsiderateuperiorelf-impor
6、tant4.From act II,what can you infer?A.In order to prove himself,Higgins decided to teach Eliza free of chargeB.Eliza had to change her grammar as well as pronunciation if she wanted to speak wellC.When the bet was over,Eliza might get a job in a flower shop.D.Eliza would return to the gutter sellin
7、g flowers in the street when once the experiment was over.Analysis1.What does Mr Higgins want to tell us?And what is the possible plot?3.Why did George Bernard Shaw name this play“Pygmalion”?4.In your opinion,who is the most important character in this play?Why?2.What else can show a persons status?
8、Roman HolidayAudrey HepburnImprove the sentences in terms of grammar,spelling,etc.1.Come overere,capin,and buy me flowers off a poor girl.2.I aint done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.Come over here,captain,and buy some flowers from a poor girl.I havent done anything wrong by speaking to
9、 that gentleman.3.I thought may be you was a policeman in disguise.4.Then why didou take down my words for?How do I know whetherou took me down right?Ou just show me whatou wrote?I thought may be you were a policeman in disguise.Then why did you take down my words?How do I know whether you took me down accurately?Just show me what you wrote.6.Now thats sommat I want,that is!Now thats something I would like to be.7.Howll you help me?How are you going to help me?5.What if I was?Whats it to you?What if I do?What business is it of yours?
