课件40张PPT。外研版
高三年级(选修9)
Module 1Module 1
Bernard Shaw’s PygmalionReading and vocabulary (1)ContentsRead the following wordsbadly creating done joke
language laugh like mouthIntroductionComplete the quotations with the words.1. The English have no respect for their
________, and will not teach their
children to speak it. They spell it so
_____ that no man can teach himself
what it sounds like. It is impossible for an
Englishman to open his ______ without
making another Englishman hate him.
languagebadlymouth2. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about ________ yourself.
3. If you are going to tell people the
truth, you’d better make them ______. Otherwise, they’ll kill you.creatinglaugh4. My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest ____ in the world.
5. Nothing is ever ____ in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
6. Take care to get what you like or you
will have to ___ what you get.jokedonelikeIrish dramatist
literary critic
a socialist spokesman
a leading figure in the 20th century theater
a free thinker
defender of women’s rights
advocate of equality of income
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1925
accept the honor but refuse the money 1. What does a dramatist do?Writes plays.Education, no class system, equal rights for everyone.Amusing, popular and educational.3. What kind of plays did Shaw write?2. What kinds of things does a socialist
believe?Read through the words in the box and the introduction to Bernard Shaw, then answer the questions.4. Do you think dramatists should use plays to express political opinions? Say why / why not.
5. What plays have you seen? Say if you enjoyed them or not.《鳏夫的房产》WIDOWER'S HOUSES
《圣女贞德》 历史剧 Saint Joan
《窈窕淑女》Pygmalion
《魔鬼的门徒》The?Devil’s?Disciple
《人与超人》Man and Superman
《伤心之家》Heartbreak?House
《华伦夫人的职业》Mrs.?Warren’s?Profession
《巴巴拉少校》Major?Barbara
《苹果车》 The?Apple?Cart Bernard Shaw’s worksCan you introduce Bernard Shaw in your own words to us?Reading and vocabulary (1)Pygmalion was made into a musical (a play that uses singing and dancing to tell a story), both called My Fair Lady. What’s the bet?Professor Higgins bets that he shall make a queen out of a street girl.Who do you think will win the bet?
Will the street girl be a lady?Read Part 1 and answer the questions.Fast ReadingTo make her into a lady.Because it is based on a Greek myth of the same name.1. Why is the play called Pygmalion?2. What does Higgins want to do with
Eliza?3. How does Eliza change?She changes from being an uneducated flower-seller into a charming young woman who is accepted in polite society.4. How does Higgins treat Eliza?As an object.5. What does the story end with?The story ends with Eliza’s winning Higgins’ respect. As well as the theme of class, Shaw explores relationships between men and women.7. What does Shaw explore in the play?6. How does Eliza win his respect?By insisting that he respect her.Read Part 1 again. choose the correct answers.1. In the Greek story, the king
Pygmalion falls in love with ______.
A. a statue B. a woman C. a myth
2. Higgins is ________ than Eliza.
A. of a higher social class
B. a better human being
C. nicerCareful Reading3. The professor believes he can change Eliza’s __________.
A. voice B. character C. behavior
4. Eliza _______ in ways that Higgins does not expect.
A. speaks B. changes C. helps
5. Eliza leaves Higgins because______.
A. he treats her badly
B. he sees her as a servant
C. he does not love her6. In the end, Eliza makes Higgins ______ her.
A. teach B. help C. respectRead Part 2 and answer the questions.1. Does the extract in Part 2 come form the beginning, the middle or the end of the play? Say why you think so.Fast ReadingThe beginning. Because it is at the beginning of Higgins’ experiment. 2. Does Higgins believe that coming from a high social class gives you a better character? Why?/Why not?No. he doesn’t. Because he believes that all the people are equal.Read part 2 again. choose the correct
answers.1. Eliza wants lessons in order to ____.
A. work in a flower shop
B. buy a flower shop
C. buy flowers in a flowers shopCareful Reading2. How much does Eliza tell Higgins she will pay for lessons?
A. less than a shilling
B. exactly one shilling
C. more that a shilling3. Higgins agrees to teach Eliza because ______.
A. he likes her
B. he sees it as a challenge
C. she is so dirty
4. Pickering believes that Higgins
_____.
A. can make Eliza a lady
B. should make Eliza a lade
C. can’t make Eliza a lady Find these words and phrases in the passages and choose the correct meanings.1. …a king…carves a statue…
This means _______.
a. pays for b. makes
2. The statue come to the life …
This means _______.
a. looks very alive b. becomes alivebb3. …tries to make a lady out of an uneducated girl…
This means _______.
a. a woman who belongs to the higher
classes of society
b. a real woman
4. … to behave in a refined way …
This means _______.
a. in a polite and educated way
b. intelligentlyaa5. Higgins introduces Eliza to polite society…
This means _______.
a. people who are polite
b. people in the highest classes of
society
6. … he treats me as if I was dirt.
This means _______.
a. as if I was completely
unimportant
b. he thinks I am dirtyba7. I won’t give more that a shilling.
This is probably _______.
a. a small amount of money
b. a large amount of money
8. What about the ambassador’s party?
An ambassador is _______.
a. a man with an important position
in society
b. a man with an unimportant
position in societyaa9. I’ll … pass her off as anything.
This means _______.
a. to make people believe she is very
different from what she really is
b. people will pass her without noticing
heraDecide whether the following
statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Professor Henry Higgins falls in love
with Eliza and marries her.
2. Higgins is domineering in his
behaviour towards Eliza, but treats
her well. FFPost Reading 3. Eliza leaves Higgins’ house and marries a young man, and they start a clothes shop.
4. Higgins treats women as objects, while Eliza insists Higgins respect her. FTWork in pairs and discuss the questions. How is the play Pygmalion similar to the Greek myth?
Do you think the “bet” is a good idea? Say why / why not.
What do we learn about Professor Higgins from the extract in Part 2?4. What is your opinion of Eliza?
5. Do you think Mrs Pearce is a friend or a servant of Higgins? Say why?
6. How do you feel about the way the play ends?Rewrite Part 2 into a story in English then make a play of Part 2 and show to the class. Homework