選修八第四單元 Pygmalion Reading (共13張PPT)

Unit4PygmalionLead-inWhatistheGreekmythofPygmalionabout?Pygmalion,agiftedartist,makesastonestatueofabeautifulwoman.HeaskstheGreekGoddessto

bringhertolife.(使…復(fù)活)Hiswishisgranted.(被準(zhǔn)許了)TheplayPygmalion,by

GeorgeBernardShaw,isan

adaptation

ofthisGreekstory.CompanyLogoAbriefintroduction1.Irishdramatist,literarycritic,asocialistspokesman2.defenderofwomen’srights,andadvocateofequalityofincome.3.In1925hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Shawacceptedthehonourbutrefusedthemoney.4.Hewasaveryhumorousplaywright.GeorgeBernardShaw(1856-1950)Thisplay,Pygmalion,wasalsomadeintoafilmcalledMyFairLady.MaincharactersElizaDoolittle(E)apoorflowergirlwhoisambitioustoimproveherself.anexpertinphonetics,whoisconvincedthatthequalityofaperson’sEnglishdecideshis/herpositioninsociety.ProfessorHiggins(H)anofficerinthearmyandlaterafriendofHiggins.ColonelPickering(P)ReadingPygmalionFateful

meetingsActOneReadingComprehension1.WhyisElizafrightenedofhimatfirst?2.WherehasColonelPickeringbeenlivingandwhathashestudied?

3.WhoisHenryHigginsanxioustomeetandwhy?4.WhatisEliza’sambitionandwhatdoesshedecidetodoaboutit?

Carefulreading1.WhyisElizafrightenedofhimatfirst?Shethinksheisapolicemanindisguise.P282.WherehasColonelPickeringbeenlivingandwhathashestudied?

HehasbeenlivinginIndiaandhasstudiedmanyIndiandialects.P573.WhoisHenryHigginsanxioustomeetandwhy?

HeisanxioustomeetColonelPickeringbecause

heis

researchinginthesameacademicfieldasPickering.4.WhatisEliza’sambitionandwhatdoesshedecidetodoaboutit?

Herambitionistobeashopassistant.ShedecidestotakelessonsfromProfessorHigginstoachieveheraim.

P55

MAKINGTHEBET

1.ThistextismainlyaboutHenryHigginsandColonelPickering______aboutteachingEliza.

A.makingaconversation

B.quarreling

C.makingabet

D.fightingReadthetextcarefullyandfindoutthecorrectanswers.C

2.ElizacametovisitHenryHigginsandColonelPickeringinordertoletthem_____.A.givehersomemoneyB.giveherajobasaflowershop’sassistantC.teachherspeakwellD.haveabathC

3.Elizaonlyofferedthem_____iftheycouldteachher.

A.1shilling

B.2shillings

C.nothingD.3shillings4.HenryHigginsandColonelPickeringfinallydecidedto____Eliza.

A.throwback

B.teach

C.onlyteachherhowtospeak

D.beatA

B5.Elizarefusedtohaveabath.Fromwhatshesaid,wecaninferthatsheliveda_____life.

A.miserableB.happy

C.goodD.dirtyA

Summary

Elizawas1.__unrefined(粗俗),dirtyflowergirlwithpoorphonetics2._______ProfessorHigginswasanexpertinphonetics.Onedaytheyhappenedtomeeteachotherwhile3.______(hide)fromtherain.WhenElizawastalkingtoagentleman,Higginsalwayswatchedherandtooknotes,4.______madeherworried,becauseshethoughthewasapoliceman5.___disguise(偽裝).Infacthejustshowedinterestinherpoorphoneticsand6.______(make)abetwithColonelPickeringwhohewasgoingtomeet.Higginssaidonce7.________(educate)tospeak8.________(proper),Elizacouldpassherselfoffinthreemonthsasaduchess(貴婦)atanambassador’s(大使館)gardenparty.AfterthatHigginsthrewa9._______(hand)ofmoneyintoherbasketandleftwithPickering,leavingEliza10._______(excite)andinamazement.Elizadecidedtofindhimthenextday.anwhilehidingwhichinmadeeducatedproperlyhandfulexcited簡(jiǎn)介說話不饒人的語言學(xué)家希金斯（HenryHiggins）與友人打賭，要在六個(gè)月之內(nèi)，將滿口鄉(xiāng)音、在倫敦街頭賣花的少女伊麗莎（ElizaDoolittle）改造成大家閨秀，出席上流社會(huì)的舞會(huì)而不被揭發(fā)。伊麗莎得知受改造之后有望斬?cái)喔F根，便欣然接受希金斯一連串的發(fā)音及儀態(tài)訓(xùn)練。