选修八unit4_pygmalion_warming_up_and_reading.ppt

Analysis Why is the meeting fateful？ Eliza’s ambition is to improve herself. Without meeting Higgins and Pickering ,she couldn’t realize her dream. So, the meeting determined her fate. Act II making the bet Who made this bet? What was the bet? 5. From act II, what can you infer? In order to prove himself, Higgins decided to teach Eliza free of charge Eliza had to change her grammar as well as pronunciation if she wanted to speak well When the bet was over, Eliza might get a job in a flower shop. Eliza would return to the gutter selling flowers in the street when once the experiment was over. Rewrite these sentences using correct English. 1. I wanna be a lady in a flower shop ’stead o’ selling flowers in the street. 2. Now yer talking…. You wouldn’t have the face to ask me for the same for teaching me as yer would for French. 3. I can’t. I dursn’t. It ain’t natural and it’d kill me. Discussion 4. Eliza refused to have a bath, from what she said, we can infer that she lived a ________ life. A. miserable B. happy C. good D. dirty 推理判断 I want to be a lady in a flower shop instead of selling flowers in the street. Now you’re talking… You wouldn’t dare to ask the same (amount) for teaching me (my own language) as you would for (teaching me) French. I cannot. I daren’t. It isn’t natural and it would kill me. * About the author (1856-1950) Works Introduction Quotes Anecdote George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion This play by Bernard Shaw is an adaptation of a Greek story. His wish is granted. He asks the Greek Goddess to bring her to life. Pygmalion, a gifted artist, makes a stone statue of a beautiful woman Do you know the myth of Pygmalion? It is a Greek myth. 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. But it was only a stone. How could he make his dream become true? He