NSEFC Student’s Book 8 Pygmalion Period 1 Warming Up & Reading Company LOGO www. zjhyzx. net
About the author Introduction Anecdote George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950) Quotes Works Company Logo
Pygmalion This play by Bernard Shaw is an adaptaion of a 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. Company Logo
Pygmalion Effect Psychological term The 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. Company Logo
Pre-reading the myth the play The play by Shaw has the same theme as the Greek story. In pairs discuss what this theme might be. Company Logo
Reading Pygmalion Act One Fateful meetings Company Logo
Skimming 1 2 What are the main characters of this act? What do they do respec -tively? 3 What are they doing at the beginning of the play? Tip: Some information is included in the stage directions, like the character, time, place, weather, lighting, etc. Company Logo
Skimming Main characters Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. Let’s check 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. They are sheltering from the rain ouside a theatre. Company Logo
Scanning 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 below EXCEPT _____. Company Logo
Scanning 1. Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to _______. A. talk with him B. ask him to buy some flowers from her C. ask him to teach her D. beg some money from him Company Logo
Scanning 2. Why did Eliza begin to cry? Because _______. A. she thought Professor Higgins would arrest her B. the gentleman didn’t give her some money C. Pickering beat and scolded her D. there was no reason Company Logo
Scanning 3. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _______. A. his appearance B. his action C. his conversation D. his manners Company Logo
What other things show one’s status in Society? • Clothes • Expensive possessions(like cars or jewellery) • Attitudes and behavior • Education level • How many foreign language spoken and countries visited Company Logo
Scanning 4. From the text , we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described below EXCEPT _____. A. about money he doesn’t carein phonetics B. he is an expert C. he is proud D. he is greedy Company Logo
Comprending According to Higgins behaviour language social position click to see more details Colonel Pickering Henry Higgins Eliza How did you do standard that, may I ask? well-educated There, standard there. Who’s hurting you, you silly girl? well-educated Who do you take me for? Come over’ere, cap’in, non-standard and buy me flowers off poor-educated a poor girl. generally confident Pickering who had been and polite; but watching the girl, now ignores Eliza speaks to Higgins carelessly throws rude to lower class; handful to same or polite of money upper class into her basket listened quietly respectful to people when spoken to of higher class upper middle lower click to correct Company Logo
Discussion Choose adjectives to describe each character in the play. reasons Groups polite agree impatient kind confident anxious eager rude enthusiastic unsure gereous ambitious superior emotional self-important Company Logo
Discussion from upper class kind polite eager confident generous enthusiastic Text rude Colonel Pickering impatient confident Henry Higgins superior self-important Eliza s las er c low anxious unsure emotional from middle class eager ambitious Company Logo
Acting Read the play repeatedly & try to act it out. Act one Fateful meetings Company Logo
Assignment 1. Words and expressions 2. Ex. 1&2 on P 32 Revision Read the play repeatedly & try to act it out Acting Preview the grammar part Preview Company Logo
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A brief introduction George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20 th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defender of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honour but refused the money. He was a very humorous playwright. George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950) Company Logo
Anecdote One day, Shaw took part in a grand party, in which he met then Prime Minister Churchill was very fat at that time whereas Shaw was very thin. Churchill said to Shaw very sharply, “When people see you, they will know how poor your country is”. And then Shaw answered very quickly, “When people see you, they will know the reason why our country is so poor. ” You’re so skinny Meat ball ^O^ Company Logo
Quotes 1. Behind every successful man, there is a woman and behind every unsuccessful man, 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。 2. I was born intelligent —— education ruined me. 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? 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? 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？ 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。 Company Logo
Quotes 6. Money is not everything. There's Mastercard & Visa. 金钱并非一切，还有信用卡呢。 7. One should love animals. They are so tasty. 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. 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. 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. 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。 Company Logo
Some were made into films Literaryfilm The works Candia 康蒂妲 The Devil’s Disciple 魔鬼的门徒 Androcles and the Lion 安德罗克利斯与狮子 Heartbreak House 伤心之家 This play, Pygmalion, was also made into a film called Arms and the Man My Fair Lady. 武器与人 Have you seen the film? Click here to. Joan Saint watch the film. 圣女贞德 Company Logo
Comprending Suppose you are Professor Higgins. Find out all the incorrect/improper use of Eliza’s words. Try to correct all of them in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, so that she can use them properly. 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 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 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! Company Logo
Attitude Colonel Peckering Henry Higgins Appreciates his expertise praises him; asks his opinion; Happy to be friends Eliza ignores her; does not stop Henry when he talks about Eliza in front of her (which is very rude) Company Logo
Attitude Henry Higgins Colonel Peckering Eliza calls him sir and my dear man watches her; notes her reactions; talks about her in front of her; calls her silly girl Company Logo
Attitude Eliza herself Henry Higgins anxious; eager not to do the wrong things; ambitious to improve her self respectful and curious about Henry’s expertise Company Logo
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