课件26张PPT。Unit 4
PygmalionReading and actingReview of Act One Eliza Doolittle is a poor, dirty ________ seller. The Pygmalion in this film is Henry Higgins, a __________and _________ expert who believes that speech is what really sets the classes apart.flowerlinguistphoneticPreview of Act Two Henry’s friend Colonel Pickering makes a bet with him. If Henry can turn Eliza into a lady in three months, Pickering will consider Henry the greatest teacher alive, and he also agrees to pay all the costs himself. Read the passage and tick out the speeches of Eliza and figure out the meanings them. And then rewrite them. I wanna is a common mispronunciation of I want to.
’stead shows how Eliza does not say her words correctly. It should be instead.
o’ is the same mistake and should be of.1. I wanna be lady in a flower shop ’stead o ’selling flowers in the street.”Correct sentence:
I would like to be a lady (working) in a flower
shop instead of selling flowers in street.2. Now yer talking .... You wouldn't have the face to ask me for the same for teaching me as yet would for French. The word yer is a bad pronunciation for you are.
When you shorten you are to you’re, it can
soon become yer.Correct sentence:
Now you’re talking … You wouldn’t dare to ask the same (amount) for teaching me (my own language) as you would for (teaching me) French.3. I can't. I dursn't. It ain't natural and it'd kill me.Correct sentence:
I cannot. I daren’t. It isn’t natural and it would kill me. 1. This text is mainly about Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering _____ about teaching Eliza.
A. making a conversation
B. quarreling
C. making a bet
D. fightingRead the text and answer the questions. C 2. Eliza came to visit Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering in order to let them _____.
A. give her some money
B. give her a job as a flower shop’s
assistant
C. teach her speak well
D. have a bathC 3. Eliza only offer them ____ if they can teach her.
A. 1 shilling B. 2 shillings
C. nothing D. 3 shillingsA 4. Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering finally decide to ____ Eliza.
A. throw back B. teach
C. hire D. beatBWhat do you think these speeches tell us about Eliza’s character? Is she going to listen and follow everything Henry says or do you think she is going to be more independent?Find some evidence from the speeches to support your view.Language pointsI rather fancied myself because I can pronounce twenty-four distinct vowel
sounds; …
fancy oneself (as) 自以为是 …；自命不凡
She fancied herself (as) a famous singer.
fancy doing “想不到会做某事”，常用语祈使句， 表示惊叹
Fancy meeting you meeting here!2. shabby adj. 破烂的;破旧的
An old man in shabby clothes came to the door.
That shabby street needs remodelling.
卑鄙的,不光彩的
It's shabby to speak ill of others behind their backs.
3. compromise v. ＆ n. 妥协, 让步
They found it wiser to compromise with her. I wanted to go to Greece, and my wife wanted to go to Spain, so we compromised on Italy.
I hope we shall come to a compromise between our two parties.
compromise with sb. on / over sth.
come to terms 达成协议，妥协, 和解
make a deal with 做交易, 达成协议Reading task Read the text and answer the following questions.1.Why does Eliza collect Henry’s slippers for
him although she is not a servant?
2.Why does she throw the shoes at him?
3.Why does Henry think he won the bet?
4.Why does Eliza get upset when Henry does
not congratulate her?
5.Why does Henry get upset when he hears
Eliza will marry Freddy?1. Why does Eliza collect Henry’s slippers for
him although she is not a servant?She collects his slippers because she wants to
Show him she cares about him.2. Why does she throw the shoes at him?She throws them at him because she realizes
he doesn’t care for her.3. Why does Henry think he won the bet?He thinks his teaching is successful.4. Why does Eliza get upset when Henry does not congratulate her? She gets upset because she thinks her efforts have been overlooked.5. Why does Henry get upset when he hears Eliza will marry Freddy? He gets upset because he really does love Eliza.Fill in the chart about Eliza and Henry’s attitude to each other.Discussion What do you think of the end of the play?
Do you think Eliza would marry Freddy or Henry Higgins?
Discuss with you classmates and give your
opinions and reasons.Sample dialogue
S1: I think I’d like Henry to marry Eliza. They
do really like each other.
S2: Yes, they do. But do you think Eliza would
like being married to Henry? I think
Pickering is so much nicer to her.
S1: Yes, indeed. So perhaps he’s really fond of
her and would like to marry her.
S2: Yes. That would make a really good ending.
S1: Pickering shows care and concern for Eliza. S2: Henry, on the other hand, is always rude
to her and makes nasty comments about
her. I think he still thinks of her as a
flower girl.
S2: He would make s bad husband as he’s so
unkind. He keeps telling her where she
was going wrong. Poor Eliza! That’s not
marriage!
S1: So we agree. The best solution would be
for Colonel Pickering to marry Eliza.
