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Unit 4 Pygmalion Speaking, Acting &comprehending--- by Liu Yan

Learning goals: a. Learn about the Greek story Pygmalion and the playwright Bernard Shaw b. Put on the play (Act one Fateful Meetings) c. Understand the characters properly Teaching important points: a.

Improve students’ ability of observing, speaking and comprehending b.

Inspire students’ potential by adapting and acting the play Teaching difficult points: Cultivate students’ ability of dealing with information Teaching methods: Discussion & Demonstration Teaching procedures: Step I Warming-up Ask Students to look at a group of pictures and try to describe them in their own words.

T: Today we are going to learn about a Greek story Pygmalion. First, look at the pictures on page 28. Please work in pairs and work out the story. 3 minutes, please. T: So class, have you made up the story? Picture one, please. S1: Let me try. Pygmalion was a very gifted artist. He spent a long time making a stone statue of a beautiful woman. It was so beautiful that he couldn’t help loving it and wanted it to be his wife. T: Good beginning, thanks. What about Picture 2? S2: But it was only a stone. How could he make his dream become true? He thought and thought and at last he asked the Greek Goddess to help him to bring it to life. T: Wonderful! Continue Picture 3? S3: Finally the Goddess was moved by his sincerity, and agreed to help him. In the end his wish was granted. Afterwards, they fell in love with each other and married. T: Amazing story! You did a good job! Now let’s have a discussion. Do you think that

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Pygmalion and his statue-wife will be happy together? S4: No, I don’t think so.

T: What problems do you think they will have? S4: Maybe they can’t understand each other, because they come from different world.

S5: It’s very hard for Pygmalion to understand his wife, because his wife is made form a stone. She doesn’t know the words, behavior, anything about him.

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T: How do you think they might solve them? S6: Pygmalion loves the girl so much that he decides to teach her how to speak and how to behave herself. Little by little, they understand each other well and live happily. T: Good imagination! Bernard Shaw thought this Greek story was so fantastic and classic that he adapted it to a play--- Pygmalion. Do you know this famous playwright? Step II Lead-in Make a brief introduction about Shaw, and then lead in the movie My Fair Lady. T: Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman. Shaw was a freethinker, defenders of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honor, but refused the money. He was a very humorous playwright. Here is a story about him. One day, Shaw took part in a grand party, in which he met the then Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill was very fat at that time while 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.” From it we can see how humorous and wise Shaw is! Step III Role play and comprehending 1.

Play Act One “Fateful Meetings” by students. T: The story is so brilliant and interesting that it was made into a movie My Fair Lady, which was based on the play by Bernard Shaw. Have you seen the film My Fair Lady? (Showing the movie picture) T: Now I’m honored to welcome my students Dream, Bolin, Wilson and another supporting actor Jackie , please. Are you ready? Let’s enjoy the play together !!!(Aloud: Act one--- Fateful Meetings!!!)

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(Putting on Act One) 2.

Describe main characters. T: Now, please describe the main characters and work out their social groups.

How many characters are there in the play? Students: 3. They are Eliza, Higgins and Pickering.

S7: Eliza:a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself

S8: Professor Higgins: an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society

S9: Colonel Pickering: an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’ who sets him a task

T: what do you think this play is mainly about?

S10: This play, My Fair Lady, is about judging/recognizing a person’s position in society by the way they behave and speak.

T: Pretty good understanding! Now, class, please recall the play and work out the characteristics of each social group. Fill in the charts according to the play, please.

(Charts ---PPT)(By all students)

T: Well done! Thank you, dear. Next, turn to page 31, Exercise 4. Choose those adjectives in the list to describe main characters in the play, please. You can use some sentence patterns, such as:

As far as I’m concerned, I think he/she is …; Maybe he/she is from upper/middle/upper class. From what he/she speaks and behaves in the play, I feel he/she is…; I bet he/she is from…class. According to the play, I’m afraid that he/she is …; I believe he/she is from…class. and so on. Henry Higgins

Colonel Pickering

Eliza Impatient, rude,

kind, polite,

anxious, eager Confident, superior

generous, enthusiastic

emotional, ambitious Self-important

eager, confident

unsure Step IV Discussion Work in groups and discuss the following: 1.

What fate/fortune do you suppose will happen to Eliza, the poor flower girl as the plot develops? 2.

What wish do you have for her? 3.

How can you improve yourself if you are in poor situation? Step V Assignment

1. Surf the Internet to find more information about the film My Fair Lady and some relevant events. 2. Prepare Act Two.

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