课件24张PPT。Unit 4 Pygmalion
Reading高中英语
人教版英语
选修8unit4 reading
邹丽娜
宁师中学What is Pygmalion?a gifted artist,
makes a
stone statue
of a beautiful
womanHe asks the
Greek Goddess
to bring
her to life.His wish comes true.How about
this girl?How did she change?Company LogoQuestions:Who wrote the play?George Bernard ShawCompany LogoAbout 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 LogoLiterary worksThe filmSome were made into filmsWhenWhereWhoWhatAt 11: 15 PM,
in 1914Outside in
London,
England1.The structureEliza DoolittleHenry
HigginsPickeringThis 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 gentleman2.Each characterShe wears dark garments and
a woolen scarf.Questions :① what about the dressing of Eliza ?② Is her language standard?No, she calls gentleman “sir” and cap’in. Questions :① What do you think the job of Henry Higgins? Is he a policeman?He is not a policemen, but an expert in phonetics.② what kind of man do you think Henry Higgins is ?He is kind, polite, generous, etc.① what’s the identity of Pickering? He is an officer in the army.Questions :True or false questions.
①Eliza belongs to the upper class.
②Eliza is respectful to the higher class.
③ Pickering is hiding from the rain listening
to people’s language and watching their
reactions.
④ In act one, Higgins and Pickering got along well with each other before.
3. Careful reading FTFF1. What was Eliza’s spoken English ?
A. She spoke standard English
B. She didn’t speak standard English
C. She spoke official English
D. She spoke American English2. 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. What did Higgins take down on his
notebook?
A. He wrote down what the girl said
B. He wanted to tell the police what he saw
C. He was writing a story
D. He took down the weather4. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _______.
A. his appearance
B. his action
C. his conversation
D. his manners5. 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 reason6. Where was the girl from?
A. The west end of the Wales
B. The west land of Scotland
C. The west end of London
D. The east end of London7. 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 greedy8. Once educated to speak properly, the girl can do the following except _________.
A. acting as a duchess
B. going on selling flowers
C. working as a shop assistant
D. serving as a lady’s maidHOME WORKRecite the words of unit 4 and
preview the vocabulary of
this passage.3Q