My Fair Lady 卖花女学习英语.docVIP

Eliza learning how to speak English (Part one) Eliza: The “rine” in Spain...stays mainly in the “pline”. Mr. Higgins: The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. Eliza: Didnt I sigh that? Mr. Higgins: No, Eliza, you didnt “sigh” that. You didnt even say that. Mr. Higgins: Every night before you get into bed where you used to say your prayers, I want you to repeat “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain”...50 times .Youll get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. Now for your “H”s. Pickering, this is going to be ghastly. Captain Pickering: Control yourself, Higgins. Give the girl a chance. Mr. Higgins: Of course, no one expect her to get it right the first time. Now Eliza, watch closely. Now, you see this flame? Now, every time your H correctly, the flame will waver, every time you drop your H, the flame will remain stationary. Thats how you tell the difference. Now, listen carefully. “In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire...hurricanes hardly ever happen.” Now, repeat that after me. “In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.” Eliza: “In ‘Ertford, ‘Ereford ‘n’ ‘Ampshire, ‘urricanes ‘ardly’ ‘hever’ ‘appen’. ” Ah!!! Mr. Higgins: Oh, no, no, no! Have you no ear at all? Eliza: Shall I do it again? Mr. Higgins: No, please. No, you must start from the very beginning. Just do these: “ha, ha, ha, ha.” Eliza: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, hahahaha!+ Mr. Higgins: Go on! Go on, go on. Eliza: Ha, ha, ha, ha…… [Mr. Higgins: Does the same thing hold true in India, Pickering? This peculiar habit of not only dropping a letter like the letter H, but using it where it doesnt belong, like “hever” instead of “ever”. Why is it Slavs, when they learning English, do the same thing with their Gs? They say sin-ger instead of sing-er. Then they turn right around and say ling-er instead of lin-ger. I wonder why that’s so. I must look it up.] Captain Pickering: Oh, I say, Higgins. Mr. Higgins: That’s right, go on. Go on. Go on. Eliza learni