Unit 4 Pygmalion-Reading[上课件]

课件33张PPT。Company LogoUnit4 Pygmalion myth(神话)Pygmalion, a gifted artist, dislikes local women. He spends much time creating a stone statue of a beautiful woman.PygmalionHe falls in love with the statue and goes to the Greek Goddess Aphrodite to ask her to to bring the statue to life.As a result of his prayers, his wish is granted and the statue is made into a real woman. The two marry and live happily ever after. He falls in love with the statue and goes to the Greek Goddess Aphrodite to ask her to to bring the statue to life.As a result of his prayers, his wish is granted and the statue is made into a real woman. The two marry and live happily ever after. the Pygmalion 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 won’t. What we expect tends to come true.Psychological termThis play “My fair lady” (窈窕淑女)by George Bernard Shaw (萧伯纳) is an adaptation改编 of this Greek myth(神话).
Although there is no character called Pygmalion in the play, it is about the same theme 主题。the myththe playThe play by Shaw has the same theme as the Greek story. What is the theme of the play? Reading Pygmalion Fateful meetingsAct OneAbout the author(1856-1950)George Bernard ShawCompany LogoA brief introduction1.Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman
2.defender of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income.
3.In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honour but refused the money.
4.He was a very humorous playwright.George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)Company LogoAnecdoteYou’re
so skinnyMeat ball ^O^“When people see you, they will know
how poor your country is”.“When people see you,
they will know the reason
whyour country is so
poor.”Company LogoQuotes1. 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，别人来到这个世界
又是干什么的
2. Money is not everything. There's Mastercard & Visa.
金钱并非一切，还有信用卡呢。
3. One should love animals. They are so tasty.
人们应该喜爱动物，它们好吃来着呢。Company LogoLiterary worksThe filmSome were made into filmsThis play, Pygmalion, was
also made into a film called
My Fair Lady. Company LogoMain charactersAct oneFateful meetingsEliza DoolittleHenry
HigginsColonel
Pickeringlower class middle class upper class11:15,PM in 1914London, EnglandEliza, Professor Higgins, Colonel Pickeringfateful meetingsFast reading6This 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 gentlemanCompany LogoListening 1. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _______.2. Why did Eliza begin to cry? Because _______.3. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _______.4. From the text, we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described as _________.2. Eliza greeted to 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 him3. 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 reason4. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _______.
A. his appearance
B. his action
C. his conversation
D. his manners5. 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 greedystatusspeaking or behaviorclothesattitudeexpensive possessionseducation levelhow many foreign languages spoken
or countries visited
(like cars and jewellery)What other things can show one’s status（身份，地位） in society?Lower classLanguage: calls gentleman “sir” and ___________ (or captain) which is a complimentBehaviour: _______ to people of higher classComprehending respectful“cap’in”Language: calls Eliza “___________” and Pickering “________________”Behaviour: _____ to lower class; _____ to same or upper classMiddle classrudepoliteyou silly girlmy dear manUpper classLanguage: prepared to begin a __________ with Henry, whom he does not know; generous with praise to himBehaviour: generally confident and ______; but _______ ElizapoliteignoresconversationDiscussionChoose adjectives to describe each characterimpatient kind polite confident
anxious eager rude enthusiastic
unsure （不自信的） generous ambitious（有抱负的，有上进心的，野心勃勃的）
superior (优秀的，傲慢的) emotional
self-important（自大的）kind, polite, generous,
enthusiastic, eager, confident impatient, rude, confident,
superior, self-importantanxious, eager, emotional,
ambitious, unsureCorrect 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 flowers
From a poor girl.2. I ain’t done nothing wrong bu 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 disguise4. How do I know whether’ ou took me words
down 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!