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8 Unit 4 Pygmalion

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Title-- Pygmalion Act One FATEFUL MEETINGS designed by Ren Liping

Teaching Objectives

Develop reading skills Grasp the general idea of the play Grasp some expressions Improve thinking through reading Appreciate literary works Teaching Difficulties

Enable students to develop reading skills through literary works Encourage thinking through reading Teaching Methods

Task-based teaching, cooperative learning Teaching Aids Computer Teaching Procedures

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Pygmalion Effect The main idea about the Pygmalion Effect is that if you believe that someone is capable of achieving greatness, then that person will indeed achieve greatness. This effect came from the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, which is also the basis of the film and stage musical My Fair Lady. “The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s

treated.”

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A classic Greek story: Pygmalion, a gifted/ talented artist, makes a stone statue of a

beautiful woman, called Galatea. He falls in love with his ideal woman, so he asks the

Greek Goddess Aphrodite to bring her to life. His wish is granted--Pygmalion and Galatea get married. Activity 1: check to see whether students have got more information for the story

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Background knowledge on George Bernard Shaw (1856.7.26.--1950.11.2.) An Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Some of his works: Major Barbara(1905), Man and Superman(1905), Pygmalion (1913), adapted as the musical play My Fair Lady in 1956, filmed in 1964 

Introduction to the main characters Eliza Doolittle (E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself. 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. Activity 2: allow students to distinguish and describe each character by using the

following adjectives. (impatient, kind, polite, rude, confident, anxious, eager, enthusiastic, emotional, self-important, ambitious, generous, unsure, superior, dynamic) Activity 3: Underline and translate the following sentences 1.

It is pouring with rain and cab whistles are blowing in all directions. 2.

While watching, he makes notes. 3.

Nearby a flower girl wearing dark garments and a wollen scarf is also sheltering from the rain. 4.

A gentleman passes and hesitates for a moment. 5.

I’m sorry but I haven’t any change. 6.

Will that be of any use to you? 7.

It’s raining heavily now, isn’t it? 2

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What do you take me for? 9.

That’s quite brilliant! 10.

That’s my profession and also my hobby. 11.

You can place a man by just a few remarks. 12.But they betray themselves every time they open their mouths. 13.

Now once taught by me, she’d become an upper class lady... 14.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. Perhaps I could even find her a place as a lady’s maid or a shop assistant, which requires better English. 15.

And I came to England to make your acquaintance!

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Enjoy the film My Fair Lady

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Pygmalion was adapted and filmed in 1964, which won eight Oscars including Best Picture ( 最

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术指导), costumes (最佳服装) and sound (最佳音响). Activity 4: appreciate Act One by watching the film My Fair Lady (1964) and allow students to compare and think. (If possible, they can try to act the play out.) 

Assignments ---Finish exercises on Page 32 ---Review the passage and pay attention to some of the sentences and expressions ---Read more about George Bernard Shaw and his works ---Watch the movie My Fair Lady [电影天堂

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Using Language Act Two Scene 1 MAKING THE BET Page34-35 1.

Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering are sitting deep in conversation. 2.

Well, she’s quite a common kind of girl with dirty nails. 3.

Show her in, Mrs Pearce.

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She is dirty and wearing shabby dress. 5.

She’s the one we saw the other day. She’s no use at all. Take her away. 6.

I’m not asking for any favours—and he treats me like dirt. 7.

I’ll say you’re the greatest teacher alive if you can pass her off as a lady. 8.

Oh, she is so deliciously low. 9.

They won’t like the smell of you otherwise. 10.

It’ll be how to teach her grammar, not just pronunciation. She’s in need of both.

READING TASK Act Five 1.

It’s been a great triumph for you. AFTERWARDS (Page 74-75) 2.

Eliza throws herself into a chair and sobs violently. 3.

What on earth…?

What’s to become of me? 4.

I’m nothing to you—worthless than those shoes. 5.

I wouldn’t like to be accused of stealing when I leave. 6.

To think I spent all my hard-learned knowledge on you! 7.

What nonsense! 8.

I leave the colour to you.

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