Unit4《Pygmalion》人物语言和性格分析.ppt

PYGMALION;;;;;;P：Im afraid not. Its worse than before. E： If its worse, its a sign its nearly over. Cheer up, Captn, buy a flowr off a poor girl. P：Im sorry, I havent any change. E：I can change alf a crown.Take this for tuppence. P：I told you, Im awfully sorry. Wait a minute. Oh, yes. Heres three pence,if thats any use to you. E：Thank you, sir. s：You be careful. Better give im a flower for it. Theres a bloke there behind that pillar...takin down every blessed word youre sayin. E：I aint done nothin wrong by speakin to the gentleman. Ive a right to sell flowrs if I keep off the curb. Im a respectable girl, so help me. I never spoke to ‘im except to ask him to buy a flowr off me. S : Whats the bloomin noise? Play1 S : A tecs takin her down. E: Im makin an honest livin.;We can easily classified Eliza into the lower class from the hint of her pronunciation , grammar and vocabulary. Pronunciation : omit the vowel in words, such as flower-- flowr, captain-- Captn. clips(cut) the consonant /h/ in words,such as half-- alf, him—’im. use/in/ instead of /I?/ in words such as taking-- takin, speaking-- speakin.;Grammar: Apply“ain’t” to every negative sentence, regardless of person or auxiliary. such as I aint done nothin wrong by speakin to the gentleman. Omit ‘that’ in the noun-clause. “Its a sign its nearly over”. Vocabulary (a) bloke--- (a)man Play 1;Suppose you are Professor Higgins. there are some other incorrect/improper use of Eliza’s words in the text. Try to correct them .; Dialogue 2 H：In short, you want me to be as infatuated about you as he is, is that it? E： No, I dont. Thats not the sort of feeling I want from you. I want a little kindness.I know Im a common, ignoran