A classic Greek story

Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman

He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life.

His wish is granted.

• Pygmalion ， King of Cyprus ， was a famous sculptor ． He made an ivory image of a woman so lovely that he fell in love with it ． Every day he tried to make Galatea up in gold and  purple ， for that was the name he had given to this mistress of his heart ． He embraced and kissed it ， but it remained a statue ． In despair he went to Aphrodite's  shrine （神殿） for help ．Offering rich sacrifice and sending up a passionate prayer ， he begged the goddess to give him a wife as graceful as Galatea ． Back home ， he went straight up to the statue ．

• Even as he gazed at it, a change came over it ． A faint colour appeared on its cheeks ， a gleam shone from its  eyes and its lips opened into a sweet smile ． Pygmalion stood speechless when Galatea began to move towards him ． She was simple and sweet and alive ！ Soon the room was ringing with her sliver voice ． The work of his own hands became his wife ．

This play by George

Bernard Shaw is an

adaptation of a Greek

story. Do you know something about Shaw?

George Bernard Shaw

(1856-1950)(1856-1950)

Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater.

His main works:

Widowers' Houses (1892)

Major Barbara (1901)

Man and Superman (1903),

John Bull's Other Island (1904),

Pygmalion (1912)

In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Shaw accepted the honor but refused the money . He was a very humorous playwright.

AnecdoteAnecdote One day, Shaw took part in a grand party, in which he One day, Shaw took part in a grand party, in which he met the then Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill was very met the then Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill was very fat at that time whereas Shaw was very thin. Churchill fat at that time whereas Shaw was very thin. Churchill said to Shaw very sharply, “When people see you, they said to Shaw very sharply, “When people see you, they will know how poor your country is”. And then Shaw will know how poor your country is”. And then Shaw answered very quickly, “When people see you, they will answered very quickly, “When people see you, they will know the reason why our country is so poor.” know the reason why our country is so poor.”

You’re You’re so skinnyso skinny

Meat ball ^O^Meat ball ^O^

About My Fairy Lady

• My Fairy Lady was the title of a successful musical (the 1950s) and later a film(1964) based on Bernard Shaw’s classic Pygmalion.

About My Fairy Lady • In the musical, Professor Higgins takes a

bet from Pickering that he can change a flower girl Eliza into a lady, and fool everyone into thinking she really is one, too. He does, and thus young aristocrat( 贵族 ) Freddy falls madly in love with her. But when Higgins takes all the credit and forgets to acknowledge her efforts, Eliza angrily leaves him for Freddy, and suddenly Higgins realizes he’s grown accustomed to her face and can’t really live without her.

Audrey Hepburn 奥黛丽 · 赫本

Belgium (May 4,1929---Jan 20, 1993)

罗马假日 (R

oman Holid

ay)

1953 年

Can you name some films which she acted in?

龙凤配 (Sa

brina)

1954 年

战争与和平(War and Peace)

1956 年

修女传 (The Nun’s St

ory)

1959 年

第凡内早餐 (Breakfast at

Tiffany’s)

1961 年

窈窕淑女(My Fair Lady)

1964 年

Eliza 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 person’s 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.

QuotesQuotes1. Behind every successful man, there is a woman and behind every unsuccessful man, 1. Behind every successful man, there is a woman and behind every unsuccessful man, there are two. there are two. 每个成功的男人后面都有一个女人；每个不成功的男人后面都有两个女人。 每个成功的男人后面都有一个女人；每个不成功的男人后面都有两个女人。

2. I was born intelligent 2. I was born intelligent ———— education ruined me. education ruined me. ——我生下来时很聪明的 教育把我给毁了。——我生下来时很聪明的 教育把我给毁了。

3. Practice makes perfect..... But nobody's perfect...... so why practice? 3. Practice makes perfect..... But nobody's perfect...... so why practice? …… …… 完美无缺苦练来 但没有一个人是完美无缺的 所以干吗要苦练呢？…… …… 完美无缺苦练来 但没有一个人是完美无缺的 所以干吗要苦练呢？

4. If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? 4. If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? 有人说我们来到这个世上就是要帮助别人的，倘若此话非虚，那么请问，别人来到 有人说我们来到这个世上就是要帮助别人的，倘若此话非虚，那么请问，别人来到 这个世界又是干什么的？ 这个世界又是干什么的？

5. Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak. 5. Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak. 由于光速比音速快，所以在我们听到人们开口之前，个个都显得很聪明。由于光速比音速快，所以在我们听到人们开口之前，个个都显得很聪明。

QuotesQuotes6. Money is not everything. There's Mastercard & Visa. 6. Money is not everything. There's Mastercard & Visa. 金钱并非一切，还有信用卡呢。金钱并非一切，还有信用卡呢。

7. One should love animals. They are so tasty. 7. One should love animals. They are so tasty. 人们应该喜爱动物，它们好吃来着呢。人们应该喜爱动物，它们好吃来着呢。

8. Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. 8. Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. 每一个男人都应该结婚。毕竟，幸福不是人生中惟一的东西。每一个男人都应该结婚。毕竟，幸福不是人生中惟一的东西。

9. The wise never marry and when they marry they become otherwise. 9. The wise never marry and when they marry they become otherwise. 明白人从不结婚，结了婚就不明白了。明白人从不结婚，结了婚就不明白了。

10. Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives. 10. Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives. 成功是一个相对的概念，就看你怎么看，无怪乎成功人士大家都拿他当自家亲戚看。成功是一个相对的概念，就看你怎么看，无怪乎成功人士大家都拿他当自家亲戚看。

Act One

Fateful meetings

This play, Pygmalion, was

also made into a film called

My Fair Lady.

Starring Audrey Hepburn

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

Act One

• 2. The flower girl was worried when she found Higgins making notes because ______.

• A. she thought she did something wrong. • B. she thought she didn’t have the right sell

flowers • C. she didn’t want Higgins to write down what

she said. • D. she thought Higgins was a policeman in

disguise.

• 3. From the last sentence of the play, we can conclude that Eliza felt _____ about what Higgins said.

• A. confident B. optimistic

• C. certain D. doubtful

• The story happened on a(n) ____ night outside a theatre in London in 1914. Professor Higgins, whose profession and hobby was to study __________ and __________ people from their own speech, was hiding from the rain but watching people’s ___________ and reactions, busy making ______ . In his opinion, once educated to speak _________, in three months the girl could ______ herself off as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party, and even find her __________ as a lady’s maid or a shop assistant. Colonel Pickering, a(n) _________ in the army, was very curious about their talk and later, he became Higgins’___________.

rainy

phoneticsclassify

language notes

pass properly

employment officer

friend

Unit 4 Making the bet

(Act Two)

Time and place 11 am in ________________ the next day

Eliza’s purpose of visiting Higgins

She wanted to be a lady in a(n) _____ shop instead of selling flowers in the__________.

The bet between Pickering and Higgins

If Higgins could pass Eliza off as a(n) _____in the party, Pickering would admit Higgins was the greatest ________ alive and pay for the _______, too.

Higgins’ house

flowerstreet

lady

teacherlessons

DiscussionDiscussion

GroupsGroups reasonsreasons

Choose adjectives to describe each character in the play.Choose adjectives to describe each character in the play.

impatient kind polite confident impatient kind polite confident

anxious eager rude enthusiastic anxious eager rude enthusiastic

unsure generous ambitious unsure generous ambitious

superior emotional self-importantsuperior emotional self-important

agreeagree

kind, polite, generous, enthusiastic, eager, confident

impatient, rude, confident, superior, self-important

anxious, eager, emotional, ambitious, unsure, dynamiclower class

lower class

upper class

upper class

middle class

middle class

2. Eliza greeted the gentleman in order

to _______.

A. ask him to buy some flowers from

her

B. talk with him

C. ask him to teach her

D. beg some money from him

3. Why Eliza began to cry? Because

_______.

A. she thought Professor Higgins

would arrest him

B. the gentleman didn’t give her some

money

C. Pickering beat and scolded her

D. there was no reason

4. Professor Higgins believed that he

could judge a person by _______.

A. his appearance

B. his action

C. his conversation

D. his manners

5. From the text , we can infer that

Professor Higgins is a man described

below EXCEPT _________.

A. he doesn’t care about money

B. he is an expert in phonetics

C. he is proud

D. he is greedy

推理判断

• The social position of each character influences the way they behave to each other.

Character Position in society

Evidence in the play

ElizaLower class Language: calls

gentleman “sir” and ___________ (or captain) which is a compliment

Behaviour: _______ to people of higher class

Comprehending

respectful

“cap’in”

Character Position in society

Evidence in the play

Henry Higgins Language: calls Eliza

“___________” and Pickering “________________”

Behaviour: _____ to lower class; _____ to same or upper class

Middle class

rudepolite

you silly girl

my dear man

Character Position in society

Evidence in the play

Colonel Pickering

Upper class

Language: prepared to begin a __________ with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with praise to him

Behaviour: generally confident and ______; but _______ Eliza

politeignores

conversation

• What other things show one’s status in society apart from how one speaks?

• clothes you wear

• expensive possessions

• attitude and behaviour

• education level

Choose adjectives to describe each character

in the play.

Henry Impatient, rude, confident, superior, self-important

Colonel Kind, polite ,generous,

enthusiastic, eager, confident

Eliza Anxious, eager, emotional

ambitious, unsure,dynamic

Correct all these sentences in terms of grammar,

spelling,etc.

1. Come over’ere, cap’in, and buy me flowers off

a poor girl.Come over here, captain, and buy some flowersFrom a poor girl.

2. I ain’t done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.I haven’t done anything wrong by speaking to that gentleman.

3. I thought maybe you was a policeman in

disguise.I thought maybe you were a policeman in disguise

4. How do I know whether’ ou took medown right?How do I know whether you wrote down what I said accurately?

5. A shop assistant ? Now that’s sommat I want,that is!A shop assistant? Now that’s something I would like to be!

plot professor hesitate troublesome

classify remark condemn rob

shabby compromise disgusting overlook

• statue status

• hesitate hesitation

• penny pence pennies

P28~31• be ambitious to do sth

• set sb a task

• take ---for

• in disguise

• pass sb off as ---

• make one’s acquaintance

• a handful of

• in amazement

• be superior to

• in terms of

• 决心去做 ---• 给某人分配任务• 把 --- 当作 ----• 伪装的，假扮的• 把（某人）冒充成 ---• 结识某人 ---• 一把 ---• 惊愕地• 比…优越，不屈服于• 在 --- 方面，从 --- 角度

来说

P33• show sb in

• the other day

• take ---away

• once more

• in need of

• fade out

• 领—进来• 几天前• 带走• 再一次• 需要• （声音画面）逐渐模糊

• P29 • It is pouring with rain.• It is better than nothing. • What if I was? • P33• I rather fancied myself because----• That comes with practice.• P34• This is a bit of luck.• So she is deliciously low. • If I teach you, I’ll be worse than a father.

• Grant 1. agree to give sb sth (especially formal or legal permission) 同意，准予

• ~ sb sth \~ sth to sb • The bank finally granted to a $500 loan to me. • I was granted permission to visit the palace.• She was granted a divorce.• 2.to admit although you may not agree with it 勉强承认 • I grant you that it looks good, but it’s not exactly practical.• 3. take sth for granted take it for granted that S+v• We take having an endless supply of clean water for grante

d. • We take it for granted that we have an endless supply of cle

an water.

▲ convince vt. 说服 ; 使相信Convince sb to do sth convince sb of sthconvince sb that 使（某人）信服；使（某人）明白 He couldn’t ____ his father that John was telling the truth .A convince B believe C admit D display • (be) convinced + of / that “ 坚信…” ;“ 确信…”。例如：• 我确信他有罪。 • _______________________________• =__________________________________.

A

I am convinced of his guilt.I am convinced that he was guilty.

• Pour =Cause to flow

• Would you like me to pour you some more wine?

• =Flow quickly

• The sweat was pouring down her face by the end of the race.

• It looks as though it's about to pour (with rain).

• I was standing in the pouring rain for an hour waiting for my bus.

• Condemn =to criticize sth or sb strongly, usually for moral reasons.

• Terrorism is condemned by people all over the world.

• =punish • He was condemned to six years in prison for tre

ating his wife cruelly.• They were condemned to spend the rest of their

lives in prison.• =to make someone suffer in a particular way: 注

定• Poor education condemns many young people t

o low-paid jobs.

acquaintance = a person that you have met but do not know well:

• a business acquaintance=used in some expressions about knowing or

meeting people: make one’s acquaintance / make the acquaint

ance of sb. =meet sb for the first time • On first ~ =when you first meet sb • It was at the Taylors' party that I first made h

is acquaintance (= first met him).• I wasn't sure about Darryl when I first met her,

but on further acquaintance (= knowing her a little more) I rather like her.

= knowledge of a subject:

• Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is rather limited.

• have (little\slight )acquaintance with sth.对…的了解

• be superior to 比…好的，上级的• be inferior to 低于，不如• be prior to 在 --- 前的be senior to 比…年长be junior to 比…年轻

= to want to have or do something:• Do you fancy a drink this evening?• I didn't fancy swimming in that water.

• He started to chat to me and I could tell that he really fancied himself.

• =to think that one is very popular, attractive, or intelligent 自负，自命不凡

• She fancies herself as a serious actress.• =used to show that you are surprised.• Fancy! She’s never been in a plane before.• Fancy meeting you here!

fancy v

= unusual

• I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.

=expensive:

• We stayed in a fancy hotel near the capital.

• a fancy restaurant

fancy adj.

• compromise n.

• = an agreement

• It is hoped that a compromise will be reached in today's talks.

• V.

• Well, you want $400 and I say $300, so let's compromise at/on $350.

• overlook v.

• = to provide a view of, especially from above:

• Our hotel room overlooked the harbour.

• The house is surrounded by trees, so it's not overlooked at all (= it cannot be seen from any other buildings).

• = to fail to notice or consider something:

• I think there is one key fact that you have overlooked.

• No one will be overlooked in the selection of the team.

Pygmalion

• Ancient Greek myth• Pygmalion, a gifted

artist• a stone statue • became a woman• Fell in love with her

and married

• Play by Bernard Shaw• Higgins, a phonetics

professor • a flower girl\student• became a very ladylike

Miss Doolittle \upper class

• fell in love with her but is unable to admit it.

The play by Shaw has the same theme as

the Greek story. What this theme might be?

A teacher creates a new person by teaching

her in the same way that an artist creates a

statue from stone. Both the statue and the

student depend on their creator for their

new life. The statue becomes a woman;

Eliza becomes an accepted member of the

upper class. Pygmalion is the creator of the

statue and Henry Higgins of Eliza.

                          

       

This is what we call Pygmalion Effect or Rosenthal ( 罗森塔尔 )effect. It refers to the phenomenon that the greater expectation we place upon people, children or students, the better they will perform. From this effect, we can see that we can get we are dreaming of or what we are expecting. And then, from this, we can go to our education. That is we can expect something of our students. And our students can adjust themselves to what we expect them to be.

Such is the essence of the self-fulfilling prophecy: what we expect tends to come true.

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