2014-2015学年高中英语 Unit 4 Pygmalion 听力原文练习 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Using Language CHANGING ELIZA H = Higgins CP = Colonel Pickering E = Eliza Listen again and fill in the blanks. H: Good morning, Eliza. My goodness, how pretty you are after a good bath! Ready for your first lesson? You see, Colonel Pickering and I are both here waiting. E: Than’ you sir! H: So let’s begin. Say your alphabet. E: I know my alphabet. Do yer thin’ I know noffink! H: Now, now! Let’s start again. Say this after me. (very slowly, loudly and carefully) Do you think I don’t know anything? E: Do yer think I don’t know anythink! CP: Do you know, Higgins, I think that was better! H: (far from satisfied) Once more, Eliza. (emphasizing each word) Do you think I don’t know anything! E: (very slowly and carefully too) Doo yoo think I don’t know anything? H: Now to the alphabet, my girl. Don’t argue — just say it. CP: Yes, say it, Eliza! You’ll understand soon. Do what he tells you and let him teach you in his own way. E: Oh, well! If you put it like that! Ahyee, Bayee, Sayee, Dayee … H: (bored) Stop at once. Now say A, B, C, and D. E: (in tears) But I am saying it. Ahee, Bayee, Sayee, Dayee … H: Stop! Say “a cup of tea”. E: I cap-o-tee. H: Put your tongue forward until it pushes against the top of your lower teeth. Now say “cup”. E: C-c-c. I can’t. I can’t hear no difference ’cept that it sounds more genteel — like when you say it. (begins to cry) H: (angrily) Well, if you can hear that, why are you crying? Now try again, Eliza. E: C-cup. CP: Splendid, Miss Doolittle. Never mind a little crying, you are doing very well. The lessons won’t hurt. I promise not to let him pull you round by your hair. H: Now try the whole thing, Eliza. A cup of tea. E: (very slowly and with emphasis) A cu-up of tea. CP: Good, good! H: Better, better! Now try this sentence. “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”. E: (again with emphasis) The rine in Spine falls minely on the pline. H: (excitedly) It’s coming! It’s coming! Now try again, Eliza. (slowly) The rain (ai, ai, ai) in