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Unit 4

Pygmalion – Language points

I

Read the summary and fill in the blank This play is an ①_________ (adapt) of a Greek story. One day, Professor Higgins, an expert ②

____ phonetics, met Eliza, a London flower. Higgins was recording Eliza’s ③

________ (pronounce)while the girl was ④

_______(mistake) and took Higgins ⑤

__a policeman. Higgins declared that he could place people by a few ⑥

_____（remark）and that the broken English Eliza spoke would condemn her ⑦

__ a poor life, but once ⑧

_______(educate) to speak ⑨

_____ (proper), she could pass herself ⑩

____as a duchess. Meanwhile, Colonel Pickering, an Indian dialect scholar, came to England to make the acquaintance of Higgins.

II

Vocabulary

1.

adapt

1)

Fill in the blank The film My Fair Lady is adapted ____ Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and the _______ (改编本) is faithful to the play. In the play, Eliza is a flower girl who is highly ______ (适应力强的) to changes for she adapt __ the new surroundings quickly. 2)

Translate ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

2.

expert 1)

Fill in the blank Professor Higgins is an expert ______ phonetics,

Colonel Pickering is expert _____ Indian dialects, and Eliza is ______ (不熟练的) to speak proper English.

3.

mistake 1)

Part of speech (词性) (

) Eliza made a mistake.

(

) She mistook Higgins for a policeman in disguise. (

) She is very much mistaken. 3)

Translate by mistake __________

mistake A for B _______

be mistaken about _______

4.

take A for B

1)

Paraphrase(意译) the underline part: Of course I didn't steal his money! What do you take me for? _______________________________________________________________ 2)

Translate the sentence: I took the man with him to be his father.

_______________________________________________________________

5.

remark Over the years, many critics have made various _____ (remark) about the play Pygmalion. Most of them have ______ (remark) that it was __________ (remark).

6.

pass off

1)

translate the sentences

The pain will soon pass off.

_______________________________ The storm has passed off.

__________________________________ The meeting passed off very well.

_________________________________ 2)

translate the phrases

pass away

_________

pass …on (to …)

___________

pass through

___________

pass by __________

7.

acquaintance 1)

find out the meaning: He is not a friend, only an acquaintance.

______________________________ have a wide acquaintance

______________________________ 2)

translation 结识…

_________________

与…绝交

_____________________

III

Choose the adjectives that can best describe each character in the play. ambitious

confident

impatient

self-important

kind

polite

rude

anxious

eager

enthusiastic

emotional

generous

superior

dynamic

adaptable Professor Higgins:_____________________________________________________ Eliza: _______________________________________________________________ Colonel Pickering: _____________________________________________________

IV

Make a simple remark on one character using the words and phrases we have just talked about. Here is an example: I think Eliza is ambitious, eager and adaptable, because she is willing to improve herself for a better job though she is poor and is not expert in English language.

V Quote

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, they make them.

--- George Bernard Shaw 在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便会自己创造机会。

--- 萧伯纳