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选修八Unit 4 Pygmalion Period 1 Words 1.adaptation 改编；适应（性）

→ adapt to 适应于

adapt oneself to使自己适应于

adapt sth. for把……改编为

adapt sth. from根据……改编某物

→ adaptable adj.有适应能力的；能适应的

2. Classic adj. 第一流的；典型的；传统的；典雅的/ n.（书、电影的）名著；杰作

classical adj. 指西方古典的（特别应用于形容音乐或文学，通常表示这些作品具有长远历史）；传统的（特别是指一些传统学派）

例：Tai O is a classic example of a fishing village in the old days. 大澳是昔日渔村的典型例子。 Beckham's classic pass 贝克汉姆的典型传球 / classic works 优秀作品

例：That piece of classical music was written by Mozart. 这个古典音乐乐章是莫扎特的作品。 a classical pianist弹奏古典音乐的钢琴家 / classical economics传统经济学派 例：Dream of the Red Chamber is a classic work of Chinese Literature. 《红楼梦》是一部优秀的中国文学作品。 a work of classical Chinese Literature. 《红楼梦》是一部中国古典文学作品。 3. hesitate犹豫不决

hesitate about/over sth. to do sth. 例：Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 如果有问题请尽管和我联系。

She hesitated about / over the choice between the two pairs of shoes. 在这两双鞋之间她拿不定主意究竟该挑哪一双。

He hesitated (about) whether he should make one last attempt to save the drowning girl.他犹豫是否应该做最后一次尝试去救那个溺水的女孩。

→ hesitation n. 犹豫；踌躇 without (the slightest) hesitation毫不迟疑

hesitant adj. 犹豫的；踌躇的

例：She agreed without hesitation.她毫不犹豫地同意了。

He was hesitant about telling her the secret.他对是否告诉她这个秘密还犹豫不决。

She hesitated about / was hesitant about accepting the invitation. 4. remark vt.说，评论说 （后通常跟从句或用在插入语中和直接引语连用）

例：I remarked that we mustn’t

buy things we didn’t need.我说用不着的东西我们决不要买。

“It’s much colder than yesterday,” he remarked casually.

“今天比昨天冷多了，”他漫不经心地说。

vi.谈论，议论；评论

（后常跟介词on / upon）

例：It would be rude to remark on / upon her appearance.对她的外貌评头品足是极不礼貌的。

n.言辞，话语；谈论，评论

例：His opening remarks were serious.他的开场白说得很严肃。

He made a number of rude remarks about the food. 关于这里的食物他给了许多无礼的评论。

5.betray 出卖；

背叛；泄漏（秘密等）；辜负；失信于；暴露；表现

betray sb./sth. to 出卖，背叛，辜负

betray sb./sth. to be /that无意中显露

betray oneself 原形毕露

6.acquaintance make one’s acquaintance= make the acquaintance with sb.结识某人

gain acquaintance with得以熟悉

have an acquaintance with与……相识，了解

pick acquaintance with偶然认识

of one’s acquaintance某人所了解的，所认识的

on first acquaintance初次相见时

→acquaint with 熟悉 be acquainted with了解，与……相识，熟悉

7.fortune make a fortune发财

seek one’s fortune找出路，碰运气

try one’s fortune碰运气

have a good/bad fortune运气好/坏

→fortunate adj. 幸运的 fortunately adv. 幸运地

8. condemn vt.谴责；使……注定；迫使处于某种状态；宣判；宣告使用…不安全

condemn sb. / sth. (for /as sth.)指责……为……

condemn sb. to (do) sth.判某人某种刑罚；使某人注定要……，

condemn sb. to sth.迫使某人接受困境（或不愉快的状况）

condemn sth. (as sth.)宣告使用……不安全

例：The editor of the newspaper was condemned as lacking integrity. 这家报纸的编辑被指责不够正直。

His bad leg condemned him to a wheelchair.他的瘸腿使他注定要在轮椅上。

The judge condemned the criminal to death for a case of murder. 因一桩凶杀案法官判那位罪犯死刑。

He condemned the meat as unfit for human eating. 他宣称这种肉不适宜人们食用。

Period 2 Reading Step Ⅰ Lead-in T: Has anyone heard of “the Pygmalion Effect”？What is it? S1: 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.

T: Good. How did you know? S1: I have once read some Greek stories. And I have read the story Pygmalion before. T: You’re great. If someone is good at writing, we often say he or she is a lucky dog of the Muses. Do you know where the saying comes from? S1: It also comes from the Greek story. Step 2 Warming up Ask the students to tell the story according to the pictures. And then the teacher tell the story to the students. Step 3 See the film of the first part comprehending ( C A A C D ) 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. 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 him 3. 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 reason 4. Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by _______. A. his appearance B. his action C. his conversation D. his manners 5. 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 greedy

Period 3 Reading 1 Ability goals Enable the students to talk about the play and use the play to work out the characteristics of each social group 2 learning ability goals Help the students learn how to talk about the play and use the play to work out the characteristics of each social group 3 Teaching important & difficult points How to use the play to work out the characteristics of each social group 4 Teaching methods Listening, reading and discussion Step1 Reading Deal with the reading part. Play the tape for the students to listen. Then analyze the play. Ask the students to read through the text. While reading, pay attention to the writing style. Step 2 language points 1. work out 计算出，设法弄懂，精心制定出，逐渐解决，按某种方式发展。

1) You can work out the answer by adding all the numbers. 2) I’m not telling you the answer-----work it out for yourself. 3) I haven’t worked out who is going to look after the kids tonight.

4) I hope it all works out between you and me. 5) We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well.

2.…an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society.一位语音学专家，认定一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位。

(1) Convince vt. to cause to believe or feel certain; to persuade 说服；使相信，说动

（某人）

例：We convinced him to go by train rather than plane. 我们说服了他坐火车，而不是飞机。

2)(be) convinced + of 短语/ that 从句意思是“坚信…”;“确信…”。

例：I am convinced of his guilt.=I am convinced that he was guilty. 我确信他有罪。 3) convince (vt.) sb + of 短语/that 从句，“使…坚信…”; “使…确信…”。

例：I don’t think her forced smile will convince her father that she lives happily on that small lonely island. 我不认为她的强作欢颜能使她父亲相信她在那个孤岛上过得开心。

→Convinced adj.坚信的，意志坚定的Convincing adj.令人心服的

3. set (1) vt. 安排；布置（岗哨）；定（时间、标准）；创造（记录）；专心于

例： Set guards around the gate. The time and date of the meeting have not yet been set. He set a new record. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. (2) vt. 使――做某事；使――处于某状态

例：I opened the cage and set the bird free. A spark set the soods on fire. (3) vi.（日、月等）下落；下沉 例：It will be cooler when the sun has set. (4) n. 一套，一组；电器设备 例：

I bought a set of LuXun’s short stories.

短语：

set off 出发,动身

set out

出发，着手

Set about 开始，着手 set up 建立，成立 set sb. a good example 为某人树立好榜样

4． Hold up 1) raise; keep up举起 例：Hold up your right hand. 2) show as an example 提出（作为榜样）

例：The teacher always holds up Tom as a model of hard work. 3) to delay 阻滞 例：The building of the new road has held up by bad weather. 短语：hold back 使固定；阻挡 hold down 压制 Hold to 遵循；坚持 hold together (使团结；连接在一起)

5．Hand over 移交；让与；交给某人照料

1)The captain was unwilling to hand over the command of his ship. 军舰的指挥权

2）The thief was handed over to the policeman. 短语： hand down 传给 hand over 传递 hands up 举手 hand out 分发，分给

6. But they betray themselves every time they open their mouths.但每次一张嘴说话，他们就原形毕露。

betray oneself 无意中露出本性；背叛

Every time 每一次；下列名词词组可作为连词使用：the moment, the second, the minute, the instant, any time, the first time, the last time等。

例：The moment I heard the news that she had been admitted into Oxford University, I sent an e-mail to congratulate her.

7. a handful of 一把，少数的（人） I gave the boy a handful of sweets. 我给了那个男孩一把糖。

We invited 12, but only a handful of them came. 我们邀请了12人，但只有几个人来。

a basketful一篮子 a bagful of一书包

a mouthful of一口 a pocketful of一袋

8. in amazement 惊讶地

to one’s amazement 使某人惊奇的是

9. Generally speaking, people are more polite to those whom they think are of higher social class.总的来说，人们对那些他们认为属于较高社会阶层的人更礼貌一些。

(1)本句中的of 表示”从属”关系。

例：Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。

(2) be of + 形容词+抽象名词=be +副词+与该抽象名词同根的形容词。

例：What I said is of great importance. = What I said is very important. 我所说的非常重要。

可用于以上结构的抽象名词及相对应的形容词有：ability-able, help-helpful, importance-important, interest-interesting, significance-significant, use-useful, value- valuable

10.superior 作为形容词有两大用法：

1) 作为普通形容词，意为“傲慢的”。

例：I hate his superior manner. 我讨厌他那傲慢的态度。

2) 作为暗含比较级的形容词，意为”较高级”、“较好的”、“较…为优秀的”。由于superior本身隐含着比较意义，因此不能在前面再加more。在与另一事物进行比较时，与之搭配的介词要用to,不能than。

例：Johnson is superior to Mr. Wang in mathematics. 约翰逊的数学比王先生好。

与superior用法相同的词还有inferior, senior, junior, prior等。比…优越，不屈服于be superior to 低于be inferior to 比…年长be senior to 比…年轻be junior to 例：Brass is inferior to gold. 青铜不如金子。

He is junior to me by many years. 他比我小很多岁。

Prior to her marriage, my mother was an electrician. 我母亲在结婚前曾经是电工。

11. in terms of 根据，依照，从—角度；

以…的措辞

例：In terms of money we’re quite rich but not in terms of happiness.让每一个孩子根据自己的兴趣爱好选择书籍阅读。 Let each child read in terms of his own tastes and choices. 他对你的工作大加赞赏。

He referred to your work in terms of high praise.

12. in disguise 意为“乔装”

例：

I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise. 我以为你是便衣警察。

The emperor liked travelling in disguise. 这位皇帝喜欢微有私访。

联想：in need of 意思是“需要”。

例：He is in need of a haircut. 他需要理发了

in need 意思是“在困难（穷困）中”。

例：We should help those in need. 我们应该帮助贫困的人。

13. bet n.&vt. 打赌

例：I’ve made a bet that our team will win the first.

I bet you($5) that they will win. 短语：I bet 我敢肯定 win/lose a bet 赌赢/赌输 Make a bet on 就-----打赌

14．Deep in sth. 专心；全神贯注；深陷

例：They are deep in prayer. He was deep in thought when I saw him. He is often so deep in his books that he forgets to eat. 形容词短语deep in sth. 可用在句中作状语。

例：Deep in thought, he didn’t notice the car running towards him.

同样用法还有：lost, determined, absorbed, interested 等。

15．Treat 对待；看待（以某种方式对待和处理）（常与as连用）；治疗；款待；享受；

例： She treated me all right. Don’t treat this serious matter as a joke. Are they able to treat this disease? I’m going to treat myself a vacation in the mountain.

→treatment n. 治疗；疗法 treatable 可治疗的

16.I rather fancied myself because I can pronounce twenty-four distinct vowel sounds. 本来我很自负，因为我能发出24个不同的元音。

1) fancy oneself (as) 自以为是；自命不凡。

例：She fancied herself (as) a famous actress. 2) fancy doing 表示“想不到会做某事”常用于祁使句，表示惊叹。

例： Fancy meeting so many old friends！

And fancy you talking like that! 3)想象，设想 例：We cannot fancy a life without electricity. 4) 爱好，喜欢 例：What do you fancy for supper?

重点句子

1. An expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his / her position in society. P28 2. There you are and you were born in Lisson Grove if I’m not mistaken. P29

3. But, sir, (proudly) once educated to speak properly, that girl could pass herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. P30

4. This is the age of the newly rich. People begin their working life in a poor neighbourhood of London with 80 pounds a year and end in a rich one with 100 thousand. P29 5. The English that will condemn her to the gutter to the end of her days. P30 6. Perhaps I could even find her a place as a lady’s maid or a shop assistant, which requires better English. P30 7. What other things show one’s status in society apart from how one speaks? P31

8. I’m not asking any favours — and he treats me like dirt. P34 9. I’d never have come if I’d known about this disgusting thing you want to do to me, I... P34 10. What’s to become of me? P74 Period 4 Grammar