1、Unit 4 Pygmalion,Reading,Warming up,皮格马利翁与伽拉忒亚,心理学家莫顿（Robert Merton）将此现象名之为“自我实现的预言”。这也就是在萧伯纳名剧窈窕淑女(My Fair Lady)中为人所熟知的“皮格马利翁效应”（Pygmalion effect）。,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 t
2、ake responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try, they probably wont.,This play by George Bernard Shaw (萧伯纳) is an adaptation of a Greek story. Do you know this story?,Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman.,When he finishes the statue, he fal
3、ls in love with it and goes to the Greek goddess, Aphrodite, to ask her to make the statue into a real woman.,His wish is granted.,The author George Bernard Shaw,An Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater.,His main works:,Immaturity W
4、idowers Houses Pygmalion Man and Superman (1902), Major Barbara (1905),In Shaws play, Professor Higgins is a man who does not like women either and is very rude to them. For a bet he agrees to teach a poor young woman so that she can be passed off as a rich lady in high class society. So, like Pygma
5、lion, Higgins creates a perfect young woman. Both the statue and Eliza depend on their creator for their new life.,My Fair Lady Have you seen the film? If you have, did you like it? Have a discussion and give reasons.,Pre-reading,Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve her
6、self. Professor Higgins(H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a persons English decides his/her position in society.,Main characters,Fateful meetings,Colonel Pickering (P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins who sets him a task.,Read the text quickly and complet
7、e its main idea.The play is mainly about a poor 1. _ girl who is lucky to come across a professor who might help her to 2. _ her life.,flower,improve,Skimming,Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.,Careful reading,selling flowers,ambitious,taking notes,policeman,thief,terrible,gutter,phonet
8、ics,position,says,upper class,three,India,officer,dialects,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,Read through the act one and choose the best answer.,2. Which of t
9、he following can best describe Henry Higgins? A. Kind and polite. B. Impatient and anxious. C. Self-important and confident. D. Unsure and generous.,3. The flower girl wanted to become _. A. a duchess B. a shop assistant C. a lady D. a ladys maid,4. The flower girl was worried when she found Higgins
10、 making notes because _. A. she thought she did something wrong B. she thought she didnt have the right to sell flowers C. she didnt want Higgins to write down what she said D. she thought Higgins was a policeman in disguise,5. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _. A. ask him to buy some flo
11、wers from her B. talk with him C. ask him to teach her D. beg some money from him,6. Why Eliza began to cry? Because _. A. she thought Professor Higgins would arrest him B. the gentleman didnt give her some money C. Pickering beat and scolded her D. there was no reason,7. Professor Higgins believed
12、that he could judge a person by _.A. his appearance B. his action C. his conversation D. his manners,8. From the text, we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described below EXCEPT _.A. he doesnt care about moneyB. he is an expert in phoneticsC. he is proud D. he is greedy,9. From the last sen
13、tence of the play, we can conclude that Eliza felt _ about what Higgins said.A. confident B. optimistic C. certain D. doubtful,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
14、 class (H) and less polite to those they consider are members of a lower class (L). Is this true of the characters in Shaws play? Give your evidence in the chart below.,Comprehending,Lower class,Language: calls gentleman “sir” and “capin” (or captain) which is a compliment,Behaviour: respectful to p
15、eople of higher class,Language: calls Eliza “you silly girl” and Pickering “my dear man” (an equal and friend),Behaviour: rude (and patronizing) to lower class; polite to same or upper class,Middle class,Upper class,Language: prepared to begin a conversation with Henry, whom he does not know; genero
16、us with praise to him,Behaviour: generally confident and polite; but ignores Eliza,2 Attitude to Eliza (L)Is the statement true?,1 Attitude to Colonel Pickering (H),2 watches her; notes her reactions; talks about her in front of her; calls her silly girl,1 respects his professional work as a phoneti
17、cian; calls him sir and my dear man,2 Yes,1 Yes,1 appreciates his expertise; praises him; asks his opinion; happy to be friends 2 ignores her; does not stop Henry when he talks about Eliza in front of her (which is very rude),1 Attitude to Henry Higgins (L) 2 Attitude to Eliza (L)Is the statement tr
18、ue?,2 Yes,1 Yes,1 anxious; eager not to do the wrong thing; ambitious to improve herself; respectful and curious about Henrys expertise 2 feels upset not being included in the conversation when talked about,1 Attitude to Henry Higgins (H) 2 Attitude to Colonel Pickering (H)Is the statement true?,2 U
19、nclear,1 Yes,The social relationships within the play are shown by the different way people talk to and about each other. Try to think about what you say when you like someone or want to help them.,What other things show ones status in society apart from how one speaks?,Choose those adjectives in th
20、e list which best describe each character in the play. In pairs discuss them and then place them in the boxes below. Some can be used more than once.,impatient kind polite rude confident anxious eager enthusiastic emotional self-important ambitious generous unsure superior dynamic,kind, polite, gene
21、rous, enthusiastic, eager, confident,impatient, rude, confident, superior, self-important,anxious, eager, emotional, ambitious, unsure, dynamic,Act one of Pygmalion tells us how the main characters of this play, Eliza Doolittle, Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering had their _ meetings while _ fr
22、om a heavy rain outside a theatre in London, England in 1914.,sheltering / hiding,fateful,Eliza Doolittle was a poor flower girl. When she tried to sell her flowers to a gentleman, her _ English caught Professor Higgins attention. Professor Higgins, an expert in _, could place a person by his / her
23、remarks. He convinced that the _ of a persons English decides his / her social position.,terrible,phonetics,quality,In his opinion, once educated to speak _, Eliza Doolittle could pass herself off in three months as a _ at an ambassadors garden party and perhaps she could even work as _ or a shop assistant. Colonel Pickering, an officer in the army, who had studied many _ dialects himself, came to England to make the _ of Professor Higgins.,properly,duchess,a ladys maid,Indian,acquaintance,