1、Unit 4 PygmalionReading This play,Pygmalion,was also made into a film called My Fair Lady.Have you seen the film?If you have,did you like it?Have a discussion and give reasons.Pre-readingThe play by Shaw has the same theme as the Greek Story.In pairs discuss what this theme might be.Theme of the Gre
2、ek 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 from lower class to upper class by teaching her English.PygmalionActingAct oneFateful meetings:Try to act it out.Eliza DoolittleHenryHigginsColonel Pi
3、ckeringEliza Doolittle(E):a poor flower 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 ta
4、sk.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 gentlemanC Choose the 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.
5、ask him to teach her D.beg some money from himA 3.Why Eliza began to cry?Because _.A.she thought Professor Higgins would arrest her B.the gentleman didnt give her some money C.Pickering beat and scolded her D.there was no reasonA 4.Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _.A.his a
6、ppearance B.his action C.his conversation D.his mannersC 5.From the text,we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described below EXCEPT _.A.he doesnt care about money B.he is an expert in phonetics C.he is proud D.he is greedyD CharacterPosition in societyEvidence in the playElizaLower classLan
7、guage:calls gentleman“sir”and _(or captain)which is a complimentBehaviour:_ to people of higher classrespectful“capin”Fill in the chart.CharacterPosition in societyEvidence in the playHenry HigginsLanguage:calls Eliza“_”and Pickering“_”Behaviour:_ to lower class;_ to same or upper classMiddle classr
8、udepoliteyou silly girlmy dear manCharacterPosition in societyEvidence in the playColonel PickeringUpper classLanguage:prepared to begin a _ with Henry,whom he does not know;generous with praise to himBehaviour:generally confident and _;but _ Elizapoliteignoresconversation1.Eliza was selling some fl
9、owers 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.T F F T True or False?5.Huggins could earn a lot for his job.6.Huggins promised to find
10、her a good job.7.Either man had planned to meet the other although they didnt know each other.T F T 1Read Act One of the play and then answer these questions.Comprehending 1.What is the name of the man hiding from the rain?Henry Higgins2.Why is Eliza frightened of him at first?3.Where has Colonel Pi
11、ckering been 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 Pickeri
12、ng.5.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.6.Can you recognize each characters social position by their behaviour and language?Is he or she from the upper class,midd
13、le class or lower class?Give your reasons.2 The social position of each character influences the way they behave to each other.Generally speaking,people are more polite to those who they think are of a higher social class(H)and less polite to those they consider are members of a lower class(L).Is th
14、is true of the characters in Shaws play?Give your evidence in the chart below.Relationships between charactersEvidence from the playHenry Higgins:1.respect his _ work as a _;calls him sir and my dear man2.watches her;_her reactions;talks about her in front of her;calls her _1.Attitude to Colonel Pic
15、kering(H)2.Attitude to Eliza(L)Is the statement true?1._ 2._professionalphoneticiannotessilly girlYesYesRelationships between charactersEvidence from the playColonel Pickering1.Appreciates his _;_him;asks his opinion;Happy to be friends2._her;does not _ Henry when he talks about Eliza in front of he
16、r(which is very rude)1.Attitude to Henry Higgins(H)2.Attitude to Eliza(L)Is the statement true?1._ 2._expertisepraisesYesYesignoresstopRelationships between charactersEvidence from the playEliza 1._;_ not to do the wrong thing;_ to improve herself;_ and curious about Henrys expertise2._ not being in
17、cluded in the conversation when talked about1.Attitude to Colonel Pickering(H)2.Attitude to Henry(H)Is the statement true?1._ 2._feels upsetYesUnclearanxiouseagerambitiousrespectful3 What other things show ones status in Society apart from how one speaks?You can show your social status by:Clothes yo
18、u wear Expensive possessions(like cars or jewellery)Attitudes and behavior Education level how many foreign languages spoken and countries visited4 Choose those adjectives in the list which best describe each character in the play.In pairs discuss them and then place them in the boxes below.Some can
19、 be used more than once.impatient kind polite rude confident anxious eager enthusiastic emotional self-important ambitious generous unsure superior dynamic kind,polite,generous,enthusiastic,eager,confident impatient,rude,confident,superior,self-importantanxious,eager,emotional,ambitious,unsure,dynam
20、ic5 Suppose you have a chance to help Eliza improve her use of the English language.Correct all these sentences in terms of 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
21、aint done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.I havent done anything wrong by speaking to that gentleman.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
22、 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.Homework1.Review the text.Try to act out the play.2.Write a short passage to introduce the story briefly.3.Find out some difficult words and expressions in the play.1.美育包括美术教育和审美
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