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M8U4 Reading:

A Fair Lady

故事概要Summary:

Act One of Pygmalion tells us how the main characters of this play, Eliza Doolittle, Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering had their 1__________ meetings while 2_________________from a heavy rain outside a

3___________ in London, England in 1914.

一、判断正误

1. Eliza succeeded in selling some dead flowers to Higgins for small change.(

) 2. Higgins was good at judging people from their conversation.(

) 3.

Higgins promised to help her find a good job.(

) 4.Eliza had met Higgins for many times.(

) 5. Either man had planned to meet the other although they didn’t know each other.(

) 二、选择填空

1. This 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 gentleman 2. Why did Eliza begin to cry? Because __________ . A. the gentleman didn’t give her any money

B. she thought Professor Higgins would arrest her

C. Pickering beat and scolded her

D. there was no reason 3.

Eliza greeted the gentleman in order to _________ . A. ask him to buy some flowers from her

B. talk with him

C. ask him to teach he

D. beg some money from him 4 Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by_______

A. his appearance

B. his conversation

C. his action

D. his manners 5. From the text, we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man as described below EXCEPT that

A. he is greedy

B. he is proud

C. he is an expert in phonetics

D. he doesn’t care about money

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三、语篇填空１（Eliza Doolittle １）

Eliza Doolittle was a poor flower girl. When she tried to sell her flowers to a gentleman, her

1________(terrify) English caught Professor Higgins’ s attention. Higgins, who is an 2_______ （专家）in 3__________(phonetic), could 4___________ (classification) people from their conversation. He was 5___________(convince)that the 6_________（质量）

of a person’s English decides his/her social position. For him, once 7_________(education)to speak

8_______ (proper), Eliza could pass herself 9___ in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party and perhaps she could even work 10________ a shop assistant.

语篇填空２（Eliza Doolittle ２）

Eliza was a flower girl determined to succeed and be independent of her family. 1 _______(force) to earn money 2________ because her family was poor, she dreamed of working in a proper flower shop. Knowing 3___ was impossible to be accepted in that profession 4___ she did not speak correct English.

She asked Professor Higgins to give her lessons. But5__________ her first lesson, she was disappointed because Professor Higgins was so impatient 6_________ her. However, Eliza did not give up that easily. Having been trained for several months, Eliza began to speak in a 7_____ attractive accent.

In time her spoken English 8__________ (become) so pleasant 9______ she became accepted as “The London songbird” because of her beautiful 10_____________ (pronounce). Before long she had been accepted into the highest ranks of society.

四、课文语法填空

１（

fateful meetings）

Higgins, Pickering and Eliza (1)________(shelter) from the rain.

Eliza was a poor flower girl who was (2)________ (ambition) to improve herself.

(3) ________she could speak poor English.

The expert in phonetic, Higgins, noticed this and became interested in teaching her English.

At first he wrote down the words (4)_______ the girl used.

She was surprised at this.

Later she knew that phonetics (5) ________(classify) from people’s own speech.

And that was Higgins profession (6) ________hobby.

Higgins said her terrible English will condemn her (7)________ the gutter to the end of her days.

Once (8) ________(educate) to speak properly, the girl could pass (9) ________ off in three months as a duchess at (10)________ ambassador’s garden party.

Higgins and Pickering had exchanged their own opinion and decided to teacher her English from the alphabet。

课文语法填空

２（George Bernard Shaw）

George Bernard Shaw was interested in the way people spoke. He argued that he was never mistaken about a person’s status. Generally speaking, he thought that lower class people betrayed 1 ___________ (they) with their remarks whenever they spoke, and 2 _______ he could classify people’s social position after only a few 3 _________ (minute) observation. 4 ________ , he never put himself to the test like Henry Higgins and tried 5 __________ (pass) someone of the lower class off 6 ____ an authentic member of the upper class. Higgins thought that a superior social position was more 7 _________ (depend) on 2

grammar and 8 _____________ (pronounce) than on a person’s fortune. Actually his view was only accepted by a handful of his 9 _________ (follow). These people never realized that ideas 10 ____________(form) the plot for one of Bernard Shaw’s most famous and classic plays!

五、单词填空：

1 Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone ____________ (雕像)of a beautiful woman. 2 Eliza Doolittle(E): a poor flower girl who is _____________(有野心的，有雄心的) to improve herself. 3Professor Higgins(H): an expert in phonetics, c______________ that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society.

4 A gentleman(G) passes and _______________(犹豫) for a moment. 5 Now, don’t be _______________ (trouble) 6 I thought maybe you was a policeman ____________ _________(伪装的

便衣警察) 7 There you are and you were born in Lisson Grove if I’m not ___________ (mistake) 8 Simply phonetics studied and _____________(分类) from people’s own speech. That’s my profession and my hobby. 9 You can place a man by just a few r____________ (谈论)．I can place any spoken c___________ within six miles…

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But they ___________ ___________ (显露本来面目)every time they open their mouths. 11-- Now once ________ (teach) by me, she’d become an u_________ class lady…

--Is that so? ______________!(非凡的) 12 Look at this girl with her __________(terrify) English that will c__________ her _______（使她注定会）

the gutter（贫民区）

to the end of her days. 13 But, sir,(proudly) once __________(educate) to speak __________(proper), that girl could _________ herself _________ in three months _________ a duchess at an a______________’s garden party. 14 I study many Indian ____________ (方言)myself and…

15 And I came to England to ___________ your __________(结识你) 16 Oh, take that. (carelessly throws ______ ________ _______（一把）money into her basket.) 17 (looking at the collected money __________ ____________ (惊讶地)

)

Well, I never. A whole pound! I _________ _________ _________ (发财啦)！

Choose those adjectives in the list which best describe each character in the play.

In pairs discuss them and then place them in the boxes below. Some can be used more than once. impatient

kind

polite

rude

confident

anxious

eager

enthusiastic

emotional

self-important ambitious

generous

unsure

superior

dynamic Henry Higgins:_________ ________ _______ ________ ________ ________ Colonel Pickering: _________ ________ _______ ________ ________ ________ Eliza:

_________ ________ _______ ________ ________ ________

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词组运用

generally speaking,

pass oneselfoff as,

in need of,

make the acquaintance of,

in terms of

1. The flower girl was ______________

an actress and attended the ball. 2. –Can you afford to buy a new car?

-- No, I can’t, because my daughter is ____________ money. She is abroad for further study. 3. ______________________, the more expensive the stereo, the better it is. 4. At the hotel, I ____________________ a young American actor. 5. ___________________ money the girl is rich, but not in the light of delight.（在喜悦之光中）

6 The voice on the radio ________收音机的声音越来越小。(become less clear and then disappear) 7When the guests arrived, the waitress _________ them _________ politely. 客人到来时，服务员礼貌地把他们领进来。

8 I can’t follow the teacher, so I begged him to explain ________________我没懂得老师的讲解，所以请求他再讲解一遍。

9 He said that a man __________________________his friend and _______________all his money. 他说有个人冒充是他的一个朋友抢光了他所有的钱。

10 He returned me 100 yuan and gave me ___________ gold coins in return.他还了一百元给我，又给我一把金币作为回报。

11His words left me _____________-_-他的话让我很吃惊

(in return

in disguise

in delight

in particular) 12But he looked so poor that I had to ______________ __and gave him 100 yuan. 但是他看起来那么可怜，我只好妥协了并给了他一百元。

13 Please ask me for help___________（毫不犹豫）

when you have any questions. Don’t

h____________ to ask me for help when you have any difficulties.

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condemn

vt. 谴责；使……注定；判刑 We ______________him__________his bad conduct. 我们责备他行为不检点。

His laziness ____________

him

_________failure.他的懒惰注定了他的失败。

The murderer _______________________death.那个杀人犯被判了死刑。

15 I ________________ her honesty.我相信她的诚实。（convince) 16 (1)Have you _________ yourself ____

living in a different country?(适应

）

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The book is _____________middle school students.(为…改编

)

(3) The play My Fair Lady _____________

a classic Greek Story of George Bernard Shaw.(由。。。改编而成）

(4)This play by George Bernard Shaw is an___________of a classic Greek story. 乔治·伯纳德·萧写的这部戏剧是根据一个经典的希腊神话故事改编的。

17 I thought maybe you was a policeman ___________我以为你是个便衣警察。(P29) 18 She ___________________a man.(化装成；装扮成

) 19 But they ______________ every time they open their mouths. 但每次一张嘴说话，他们就原形毕露。(P29) 4

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